Zawiyat Janzur

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Zawiyat Janzur
زاوية جنزور
Zawiat Janzur
Village
Zawiyat Janzur
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°58′14″N 24°44′52″E / 31.97056°N 24.74778°E / 31.97056; 24.74778Coordinates: 31°58′14″N 24°44′52″E / 31.97056°N 24.74778°E / 31.97056; 24.74778
Country  Libya
District Butnan
Time zone UTC + 2

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 bithplace of Omar Mukhtar, the Libyan resistance leader during the Italian rule.

Notes

  1. ↑ '32FA880747893774E0440003BA962ED3'&Diacritics=DC Zāwiyat Zanzūr (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency


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