Mizda

Mizda
مزدة
Town
Mizda is located in Libya
Mizda
Mizda
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 31°26′42″N 12°58′59″E / 31.44500°N 12.98306°E / 31.44500; 12.98306
Country Libya
RegionTripolitania
DistrictJabal al Gharbi
Elevation
[1]
454 m (1,490 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Total
23,216
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
License Plate Code38

Mizda[3] or Mesdah (Tamazight: ⵎⵉⵣⴷⴰ, Mizda) is a town in the Nafusa Mountains in Libya. It was the capital of the former Mizda District.

Just to the west of Mizda is the Mizda Army Base at 31°25′29″N 12°56′54″E / 31.42472°N 12.94833°E / 31.42472; 12.94833

The Berber tribe Awlad Abu Say is centered around Mizda and Gharyan to the north.[4]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Wolfram Alpha
  2. ^ World Gazetteer. "Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population". Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
  3. ^ Mizdah (Approved) at GEOnet Names Server
  4. ^ Bell, Anthony; Witter, David (2011). Libyan Revolution: Roots of Rebellion: Part 1. Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of War. p. 20. JSTOR resrep07869. OCLC 754124415.
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