Fezzan province

Fezzan

ⴼⵣⵣⴰⵏ (Berber languages)
فزان (Arabic)
Fezzan ⴼⵣⵣⴰⵏ (Berber languages); فزان (Arabic)
Region
	Fezzan was a governorate within both Italian Libya and the Kingdom of Libya, 1934–1963.
Country	Libya
Capital	Sabha
Area
• Total	551,170 km2 (212,810 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Total	442,090
• Density	0.80/km2 (2.1/sq mi)

Fezzan province is one of the three traditional Provinces of Libya. It was a formal province from 1934 until 1963, when it was subdivided into the Governorates of Libya. Its capital was the city of Sabha.

In 1963, the province was split into:

^ Abdel Aziz Tarih Sharaf, "Jughrafia Libia", Munsha’at al Ma’arif, Alexandria, 2nd ed., 1971, pp.232–233.
^ 2006 census, based on the sum of population of districts Murzuq, Sabha, Wadi al Hayaa, Ghat, Jufra, Wadi al Shatii

[1] Abdel Aziz Tarih Sharaf, "Jughrafia Libia", Munsha’at al Ma’arif, Alexandria, 2nd ed., 1971, pp.232–233.

[2] 2006 census, based on the sum of population of districts Murzuq, Sabha, Wadi al Hayaa, Ghat, Jufra, Wadi al Shatii

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Fezzan province

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