For the town near Tripoli, see Janzur.
Official Name: | Zawiyat Janzur |
Other Name: | Zawiat Janzur |
Native Name: | زاوية جنزور |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Libya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Libya |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Libya |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Subdivision Name1: | Butnan |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 31.9706°N 24.7478°W |
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.