Zlitan ( ar, زليتن

Zliten Zliten ( ar, زليتن, Zlīten) is a city in Murqub District of Libya. It is located 160 km to the east of Tripoli. Location The name Zliten is given to both the city and the whole area. As a city, Zliten is situated east of the capita ...

) was one of the

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

(''

baladiyah Baladiyah () is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district" or "municipality". The plural is baladiyat (). Grammatically, it is the feminine of "rural, country-, folk-". The Arabic term amanah ( ...

'') of

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Suda ...

from 1983 to 1995. It lay in the northwestern part of the country, on the

Mediterranean The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western Europe, Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa ...

coast. In 1995 most of the municipality was included as part of

Misrata District Misrata ( ar, مصراته , Libyan Arabic: ''Məṣrātah''), also spelt ''Misurata'' or ''Misratah'', is a sha'biyah (district) in northwestern Libya. Its capital is the city of Misrata. In 2007 the district was enlarged to include what had be ...

, where it remains as of 2009."شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى"("Shabiyat of Libya")
(2007–), accessed July 6, 2007.

Settlements

The municipality, from 1988 to 1995 included the following settlements:
Falling Rain Genomics, Inc. * Fawatir * Al Huwayjat * Al Jumah * Mintaqat ad Daghdughi * Naimah * Libya Qabilat Dirsunah * Qabilat al Fawatir * Qabilat al Hurmah * Qabilat al Abadilah * Qabilat al Abadinah * Qabilat al Ataya * Qabilat ar Rahumat * Qabilat ash Shutaywiyah * Qabilat as Saqu * Qaryat ad Dawairah * Qaryat Hujjajah * Qaryat al Wuqayyat * Suq al Jumah * Wuriran * Zawiyat al Mahjub *

Notes

Municipalities of Libya (1983–1995) {{Libya-geo-stub