Murzuq (Arabic: مرزقMurzuq) is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the south of the country. Its capital is Murzuk. The city was occupied by the Ottoman Empire in 1578 and served as the capital of Fezzan off and on until the Ottomans ceded Libya to Italy in 1912. It was not occupied by the Italians until 1914.
To the southeast, Murzuq borders the Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region of Chad, and to the southwest it borders the Agadez Department of Niger. The border crossing to Niger is at Tumu. Domestically, it borders Ghat in the west, Wadi al Hayaa in northwest, west of Sabha, Sabha in northwest, east of Wadi Al Hayaa, Jufra in north and Kufra in the east.
Per the census of 2012, the total population in the region was 157,747 with 150,353 Libyans. The average size of the household in the country was 6.9, while the average household size of non-Libyans being 3.7. There were totally 22,713 households in the district, with 20,907 Libyan ones. The population density of the district was 1.86 persons per sq. km. Per 2006 census, there were totally 28,642 economically active people in the district.
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Murzuq (Arabic: مرزق Murzuq) is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the south of the country. Its capital is Murzuk. The city was occupied by the Ottoman...
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still-spoken Berber language of Tmessa, an oasis located in the north of the MurzuqDistrict. Blažek (1999) considers the language spoken in Tmessa as a dialect...
borders Algeria (Tamanrasset Province and Illizi Province) and Libya (MurzuqDistrict) to the north, Chad (Tibesti Region) to the east, Diffa Region, Zinder...
population center in the southeastern desert, rebel forces moved through MurzuqDistrict along the international border with Chad and Niger in mid-July 2011...
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14.5660972°E / 24.2450861; 14.5660972 Country Libya Region Fezzan DistrictMurzuq Elevation 1,558 ft (475 m) Population (2009) • Total 300 Time zone...
square kilometer. The district is bordered by Wadi al Shatii in north, Sabha in east, Murzuq in south and Ghat in the west. The district is part of the Fezzan...
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