Zawiyat Janzur Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency