Az Zawiyah

Az Zawiyah (kent as Ez or Al Zawiyah or Zawiya or Zawia or Zavia or Zauia an aw), (, transliteration: Az Zāwiyah), (variants: Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah, , Ḩārat az Zāwiyah, Al Ḩārah, El-Hára and Haraf Az Zāwīyah), is a ceity in northwastren Libie, situatit on the shores o the Libian coastline o the Mediterranean Sea aboot 50 km wast o Tripoli, in the historic region o Tripolitanie. Az Zawiyah is the caipital o the Az Zawiyah Destrict.

In the Libian censuses o 1973 an 1984, the ceity coontit aboot 100,000 inhabitants; it wis then - an possibly continues tae be the day - the fowert lairgest ceity in Libie bi population (efter Tripoli, Benghazi an Misrata). In 2006, the Az Zawiyah Destrict wis estimatit tae hae a population o aboot 291,000 fowk,"Libya: Districts & Cities - Population Statistics & Maps", accessed 9 May 2009 maist o whom wur concentratit in the ceity. Az Zawiyah haes a university named the Seivent o Aprile University which wis foondit in 1988. There is forby an ile field near the ceity an Az Zawiyah haes ane o the twa maist important ile refineries in Libie.

Sport
The multi-purpose stadium, Zaawia Stadium, which is mainly uised for fitbaa is locatit in the ceity.Al-Olympique Stadium at goalzz.comAl-Olympic Stadium at Soccerway

 References 

 Freemit airtins 
 Az-Zawiyah page on Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
 Map of Az Zawiyah on the dynamic atlas of Encarta Online (encarta.msn.com). 
 Az Zawiyah dynamic map from Google Maps.

Category:Populatit places in Libie
Category:Populatit coastal places in Libie
Category:Tripolitanie