Murzuq

Murzuq

Murzuq ( _ar. مرزق) is one of the municipalities 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. Domestically, it borders the following municipalities:
*Ghat - west
*Wadi Al Hayaa - northwest, west of Sabha
*Sabha - northwest, east of Wadi Al Hayaa
*Al Jufrah - north
*Al Kufrah - east


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