Zliten

Zliten ( ) is a toun in the Misrata Destrict o Libie. It is locatit on the soothren coast o the Mediterranean Sea wast o the Gulf o Sidra. It wis the caipital o the umwhile Zlitan Destrict.

Location
The name Zliten is gien tae baith the toun an the whole aurie. As a toun, Zliten is situatit  east o the caipital, Tripoli, an aboot  east o the auncient Roman ceiety o Leptis Magna. It is aboot  wast o the ceety o Misrata an  east o Al Khums. It haes spread ower an aurie o aboot . The destrict o Zliten is widespread an covers an aurie o .  It is surroondit bi the Mediterranean frae the north, Misrata frae the east, Bani Walid frae the sooth an Khoms frae the wast.

Name
The etymology o the ceety's name in Arabic is a vera controversial subject. Some experts contend that it oreeginatit frae an auld Tamazight (Berber) designation, while ithers claim it is actually frae Arabic for  the fig trees shadae as that wis whaur traders uised tae meet in passin atween Tripoli an Misrata. Oreeginally twa wirds, it wis later compundit intae ane wird."سفير السلام: سلسة مدينتي (زليتن)أو زليتانيا" ("Ambassador of Peace: The city of Zlitan (Zletn) or Zlitania"), in Arabic, accessed 31 May 2009

History an cultur
Thare are mony auncient Roman steids in Zliten, such as the Villa o Omira ('Darbuk Omira' ), an the Castle in Al-Jumaa. The toun an aw contains the Mausoleum an Mosque o Sidi Abd As-Salam Al-Asmar, a revered Islamic saunt who livit an dee'd in Zliten durin the 15t century. Thare is some fine Arabic calligraphy in saundstane on tap o the ooter pillars o the biggin sayin al-mulk-'illah ("Iverything tae Allah").A. Ham p.148 The toun is famous for its olives, palm trees an citrus fruits alang bonnie coastal shores. The Slat Abn Shaif Synagogue () in Zliten is a historic synagogue an Lag Ba'omer pilgrimage steid for Libie Jews. It is ower 900 year auld.

Notes

See an aw
 Leet o ceeties in Libie

Freemit airtins

Zliten “Ceeties o the Saunts” 
Zliten Hotel 


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