Zliten
Zliten ( Arabic زليتن; also Sleitan , Sliten or Zlīţan , in antiquity Sugolin or Seggera ) is a city in the area of the same name in the municipality of Misrata in north-western Libya with about 110,000 inhabitants.
location
Zliten is located about 160 km east of Tripoli and about 60 km west of Misrata on the south coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the historical part of Tripolitania . The city of al-Chums with the famous Roman city of Leptis Magna is also nearby , 40 and 35 km west of Zliten. South of the city is Bani Walid . The settlement area of the city is 8 km², the administrative area of the same name is more than 3000 km².
Attractions
The city is famous for olive trees, palm trees and citrus trees on the picturesque coast. Before the Second World War, there were several Roman archaeological sites in Zliten, including the Villa of Omira (Darbuk Omira) and the castle in al-Jumaa . The city is also home to the mausoleum and mosque of Sidi Abd as-Salam al-Asmar , a respected Islamic scholar who lived in Zliten in the 15th century. The Slat Abn Schaif Synagogue (Hebrew בית הכנסת צלאת בן שאיף) in Zliten was 900 years old and was a Lag baOmer pilgrimage site for Libyan Jews before it was destroyed by Gaddafi in the 1980s .
history
During the civil war in Libya in 2011 , Zliten was fought over by troops loyal to Gaddafi and rebels who tried to take the strategically important city on their advance into Tripoli. In mid-June 2011 there was a rebel uprising, the aim of which was to capture the large garrison of the Libyan armed forces. The city was also the site of fierce fighting in July 2011 when the Misrata rebels tried to defeat the loyalists who had besieged Misrata. A major pro-Gaddafi demonstration with thousands of Gaddafi supporters took place in the center of Zliten in mid-July.
On August 5, 2011, the Libyan government accused NATO of killing 85 people, including 33 children, 32 women and 20 men, in an air raid on a children's hospital in Majar near Zliten. Journalists were shown 30 bodies in a local morgue. Officials stated that the remaining bodies had been taken to other hospitals, which could not be verified.
The rebels captured the city in a major advance on August 19, 2011.
education
Zliten is home to Libya's most famous Islamic university, al-Jamiaa al-Asmariya ( Arabic جامع الاسمربة), with faculties for humanities and natural sciences, for economics and political sciences, for dental and oral surgery, and for educational sciences. All faculties are under the supervision of al-Merqib University. There is also a higher technical vocational school in Zliten.
economy
In addition to numerous banks, a shopping center and the Zliten Hotel , the place has an important cement and building materials industry ( Arab Cement Company ACC). A seawater desalination plant was also built in Zliten .
Personalities
- Rossana Podestà (* 1934 in Zlitan; † 2013 in Rome), Italian actress
- Salvatore Aurigemma (1885–1964), Italian archaeologist, discovered a Roman villa here around 1917
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sugolin . Pleiades. Retrieved December 28, 2012.
- ↑ nytimes.com: Qaddafi Forces Shell Rebels Near Misurata , accessed on June 12, 2011 (English)
- ↑ Oman Tribune: Libya rebels inch closer to Tripoli ( Memento of the original from October 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ↑ Nations Formally support Libyan opposition . July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ↑ US recognizes Libyan rebels' authority . July 15, 2011. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
- ↑ Video: Libya government: NATO air missiles targeted children's hospital in Zlitan . August 5, 2011. Accessed August 28, 2011.
- ↑ Tripoli says NATO strike kills dozens of civilians . August 5, 2011. Accessed August 28, 2011.
- ^ Libyan rebels capture city near Tripoli . August 19, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
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Coordinates: 32 ° 28 ' N , 14 ° 34' E