Mizda Explained

Official Name:Mizda
Native Name:مزدة
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:Libya
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Libya
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Libya
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Tripolitania
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Jabal al Gharbi
Population As Of:2011
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population Total:23216
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:31.445°N 12.9831°W
Elevation Footnotes:[2]
Elevation M:454
Registration Plate Type:License Plate Code
Registration Plate:38

Mizda or Mesdah (Tamazight: ⵎⵉⵣⴷⴰ, Mizda) is a town in the Nafusa Mountains in Libya. It was the capital of the former Mizda District.

Just to the west of Mizda is the Mizda Army Base at

The Berber tribe Awlad Abu Say is centered around Mizda and Gharyan to the north.[3]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Gazetteer. Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population. 15 October 2011. https://archive.today/20121204173451/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1273372850&men=gcis&lng=en&des=gamelan&geo=-133&srt=dpnn&col=abcdefghimoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=pdnn. 4 December 2012. dead.
  2. http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Mizdah Wolfram Alpha
  3. Book: Bell . Anthony . Witter . David . 2011 . Libyan Revolution: Roots of Rebellion: Part 1 . Washington, D.C. . Institute for the Study of War . 20 . resrep07869 . 754124415 .