Zawiyat Janzur

For the town near Tripoli, see Janzur.

Village in Butnan, Libya
Zawiyat Janzur
زاوية جنزور
Zawiat Janzur
Village
31°58′14″N 24°44′52″E / 31.97056°N 24.74778°E / 31.97056; 24.74778
Country Libya
DistrictButnan
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

Zawiyat Janzur, or Zawiyat Zanzur, also Zauiet Gianzur is a small coastal village located at Cyrenaica in eastern Libya.[1] It's linked by road with Bi'r al Ashhab to the south.

Janzur is known as the birthplace of Omar Mukhtar, the Libyan resistance leader during the Italian rule.

Notes

  1. ^ Zāwiyat Zanzūr (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
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