For the town near Tripoli, see Janzur.
Zawiyat Janzur
زاوية جنزور Zawiat Janzur | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 31°58′14″N 24°44′52″E / 31.97056°N 24.74778°E | |
Country | Libya |
District | Butnan |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Zawiyat Janzur, or Zawiyat Zanzur, also Zauiet Gianzur is a small coastal village located at Cyrenaica in eastern Libya.[1] It's linked by road with Bi'r al Ashhab to the south.
Janzur is known as the birthplace of Omar Mukhtar, the Libyan resistance leader during the Italian rule.