Zizau

Zizau or Zezow[1] (Arabic: جيزاو) is a village in the Murzuk Desert in Murzuq District in southwest Libya. It is located east of Murzuk and just to the southwest of Funqul. A good high road is said to connect Zizau to Traghan, with frequent incrustations of salt.[1] The village was visited by western explorers in the early 1820s who described it at the time as having "merely a few huts".[2]

Zizau
جيزاو
Village
Zizau is located in Libya
Zizau
Zizau
Location in libya
Coordinates: 25°54′N 14°10′E
Country Libya
RegionFezzan
DistrictMurzuq
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)

References

  1. Hornemann, Friedrich; Laing, Alexander Gordon (1964). Missions to the Niger. Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. Denham, Dixon; Clapperton, Hugh; Oudney, Walter (1826). Narrative of travels and discoveries in Northern and Central Africa: in the years 1822, 1823, and 1824. John Murray. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
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