Zintan, Tripolitania Region, Libya
🇱🇾 Zintan (الزنتان) is one of the biggest cities in north western Libya, situated roughly 136 km (85 mi) south-west of Tripoli, in the area.
History The Roman garrison town of Tentheos was on the Nafusa mountain range in the hinterland of the Limes Tripolitanus, near the border.
Libyan Civil War Groups from Zintan joined in the Libyan Civil War (2011). The Battle of Zintan reportedly began when the Gaddafi-led government forces arrived to recruit 1,000 soldiers. Insulted by the proposal to fight fellow Libyans, a group formed in Zintan to protest. As the group grew, pro-Gaddafi forces attacked but local groups counterattacked with seized weapons, "rout[ing]" a large, heavily armed government convoy on 19–20 March.
The Zintan people were responsible for the capture of Saif al-Islam, the second son of Muammar Gaddafi. He was captured on 19 November 2011, a month after his father's death, about 50 km (31 mi) west of the town of Ubari near Sabha in southern Libya.
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Zintan has a population of over 50,000 people. Zintan also forms one of the centres of the wider Jabal al Gharbi District which has a population of over 157,747 people.
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Twin Towns - Sister Cities Zintan has links with:
🇮🇹 Verona, Italy🇮🇱 Nes Ziyyona 31.933
🇮🇱 Rishon LeTsiyyon 31.95
🇮🇱 Rishon LeZiyyon 31.958
🇮🇱 Rishon LeZion 31.958
🇲🇦 Errachidia 31.917
🇮🇱 Modi‘in Makkabbim Re‘ut 31.9
🇮🇱 Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut 31.887
🇩🇰 Høje-Taastrup 12.27
🇸🇪 Vänersborg 12.317
🇸🇪 Trollhättan 12.317
🇩🇪 Bitterfeld-Wolfen 12.328
🇩🇪 Tirschenreuth 12.337
Locations Near: Zintan 12.2483,31.9306
🇱🇾 Gharyan 13.017,32.167 d: 77
🇱🇾 Nalut 10.967,31.867 d: 121.2
🇱🇾 Tripoli 13.183,32.883 d: 137.6
🇹🇳 Medenine 10.5,33.35 d: 227.4
🇹🇳 Djerba 10.883,33.783 d: 242.3
🇨🇳 Huangshan 11.333,29.7 d: 263
🇱🇾 Misratah 15.095,32.374 d: 272.5
Antipodal to: Zintan -167.752,-31.931
🇹🇴 Nuku'alofa -175.216,-21.136 d: 18604.7
🇦🇸 Pago Pago -170.701,-14.279 d: 18029.6
🇼🇸 Apia -171.76,-13.833 d: 17961.8
🇵🇫 Papeete -149.566,-17.537 d: 17586
🇺🇸 Hilo -155.089,19.725 d: 14114.9
🇺🇸 Maui -156.446,20.72 d: 14038
🇺🇸 Maui County -156.617,20.868 d: 14025.6
🇺🇸 Wailuku -156.505,20.894 d: 14020.4