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Murzuk
مرزق | |
|---|---|
Town | |
 Fort and mosque of Murzuk | |
  Murzuk Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 25°54′49″N 13°55′01″E / 25.91361°N 13.91694°E | |
| Country |  Libya |
| Region | Fezzan |
| District | Murzuq |
| Elevation | 1,486 ft (453 m) |
| Population (2011)[2] | |
| • Total | 12,746 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| License Plate Code | 15 |
Murzuk, Murzuq, Murzug or Merzug (Arabic: مرزق) is an oasis town and the capital of the Murzuq District in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya.[3] It lies on the northern edge of the Murzuq Desert, an extremely arid region of ergs or great sand dunes which is part of the greater Sahara Desert.
- ^ Wolfram Alpha
- ^ "World Gazeteer". Archived from the original on 5 January 2013.
- ^ Robinson, Harry (1960) "Murzuq" The Mediterranean Lands University Tutorial Press, London, p. 414 OCLC 10499572