Msallata (shima Al Qasabat, Cussabat da El-Gusbát ) wani birni ne, da ke a yankin arewa maso yammacin Kasar Libya, a gundumar Murqub . Tana da yawan mutane kusan 24,000, kuma a tarihance cibiya ce ta karatun addinin musulunci. Haka kuma an san garin da noman itacen zaitun da samar da man zaitun. An sanar da Jamhuriyar Tripoli a Msallata a ranar ga watan 16 Nuwamba shekara ta 1918 wacce ita ce jamhuriya ta farko a duniyar Larabawa. Tare da garin Tarhuna, ya ba da sunan ga tsohuwar gundumar Libya ta Tarhuna wa Msalata . Babu wani bincike game da asalin sunan Msallata, amma akwai wasu maganganu game da asalinsa. Wata mahangar ita ce cewa sunan ya fito ne daga jam'in kalmar larabci don obelisk masallaci wanda shine masallat, saboda garin shine gida na dogayen gini 22 da ake kira qasaba . Wasu kuma suna hasashen cewa sunan ya fito ne daga kalmar Larabci gishiri (gogewa), wanda kuma yake da mahimmancin ma'anar 'aske zaitun daga itaciyarta', tare da M a farkon kasancewar bambancin labarin Himyarite tabbatacce am- . Magoya bayan wannan gardamar sun ambaci cewa Msallata ya shahara da noman zaitun.