Zizau Explained

Zizau
Native Name:Arabic: جيزاو
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Libya
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in libya
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Libya
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Fezzan
Subdivision Type2:District
Timezone:EET
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:25.9°N 24°W

Zizau or Zezow[1] (Arabic: جيزاو) is a village in the Murzuk Desert in Murzuq District in southwest Libya. It is located east of Murzuk and just to the southwest of Funqul. A good high road is said to connect Zizau to Traghan, with frequent incrustations of salt.[1] The village was visited by western explorers in the early 1820s who described it at the time as having "merely a few huts".[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Hornemann. Friedrich. Laing. Alexander Gordon. Missions to the Niger. 18 September 2011. 1964. Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press.
  2. Book: Denham. Dixon. Clapperton. Hugh. Oudney. Walter. Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa: in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824. 18 September 2011. 1826. John Murray.