Zawiya, Zawiyah, Zawia, Zaouia, Zaouiet and similar terms may refer to: *

Zawiya (institution) A ''zawiya'' or ''zaouia'' (; ; also spelled ''zawiyah'' or ''zawiyya'') is a building and institution associated with Sufism, Sufis in the Islamic world. It can serve a variety of functions such a place of worship, school, monastery and/or maus ...

, a building and institution associated with Sufis in the Islamic world

Places

Algeria

* Aïn Zaouia, an Algerian town * Mazer Zaouia, an Algerian village *

Zaouia El Abidia Zaouia El Abidia () is a town and commune in Touggourt District, Touggourt Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 19,993, up from 15,381 in 1998, and has an annual population growth rate of 2.7%. It forms the northe ...

, an Algerian town *

Zaouia el Kbira Zaouia el Kbira (also written Zaouia el Kebira or Zaouia Kebira) is a village in the commune of Kerzaz, in Béchar Province, Algeria. It lies on the Oued Saoura between Béni Ikhlef and Kerzaz Kerzaz () is a town and commune, and capital of ...

, an Algerian village * Zaouia Foukania, an Algerian village * Zaouia Sidi Moussa, an Algerian village *

Zaouiet Kounta Zaouiet Kounta () is a town in southern Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to A ...

, an Algerian town *

Zaouiet Kounta District Zaouiet Kounta District is a district of Adrar Province, Algeria. Communes The district is further divided into 2 communes: * Zaouiet Kounta * In Zghmir In Zghmir (also known as In Z'Ghmir) is a town in south-central Algeria Algeria, ...

, an Algerian district * Zawiya Thaalibia, an Algerian zawiya in the Casbah of Algiers * Zawiya Thaalibia, an Algerian zawiya in the Issers *

Zawiyas in Algeria The Zawiyas in Algeria are religious buildings located in Algeria honoring the memory of patron saints and dedicated to Quranic and religious education. They are associated with Sufism, with each affiliated to a tariqa (torouq) brotherhood un ...

, an Algerian Islamic topic *

Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif Zawiyet Sidi Amar Cherif (), or Zawiyet Sidi Daoud, is a Zawiya (institution), zawiya school located in Boumerdès Province in Algeria. Construction The zawiya was built in 1745 in the eastern heights of the current town of Boumerdès in the Kab ...

, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria *

Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi Zawiyet Sidi Boumerdassi () or Zawiyet Ouled Boumerdès is a Zawiya (institution), zawiya located within Boumerdès Province in Algeria. Construction The zawiya of Ouled Boumerdès was built in 1714 in the southern heights of the current town of ...

, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria *

Zawiyet Sidi Boushaki Zawiyet Sidi Brahim Boushaki () or Zawiyet Thénia is a Zawiya (institution), zawiya of the Rahmaniyya Sufi brotherhood located at Boumerdès Province, in the lower Kabylia region of Algeria. Construction The zawiya of Soumâa was built in 1442 ...

, a Sufi zawiya in Algeria

Egypt

Zawyet El Aryan Zawyet El Aryan () is a town in the Giza Governorate, located between Giza and Abusir. To the west of the town, just in the desert area, is a necropolis, referred to by the same name. Almost directly east across the Nile is Memphis. In Zawyet El ...

, an Egyptian town *

Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan The Unfinished Northern Pyramid of Zawyet El Aryan, also known as Pyramid of Baka, Pyramid of Bakare and Pyramid of Bikheris is the term archaeologists and Egyptologists use to describe a large shaft part of an unfinished pyramid at Zawyet El Ar ...

, an Egyptian pyramid *

Zawyat Razin Zawyat Razin (; ), formerly Shubra al-Laun () and Ibshāda (; ) known in Antiquity as Nikiû, Nikiou or Nikious (, , , ), is a city in the Monufia Governorate, Egypt. The region hosted Fort Nikiou which was built by Emperor Trajan. The city witn ...

, an Egyptian city

Israel

Khirbat Zawiya Al-Zawiya (), was a Palestinian Arab village in the District of Baysan. It was depopulated by the Israel Defense Forces during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War on May 15–18, 1948 under Operation Gideon. It was located 11.5 km northeast of Bays ...

, a Palestinian Arab village in Baysan, depopulated in 1948 during

Nakba The Nakba () is the ethnic cleansing; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; of Palestinian Arabs through their violent displacement and dispossession of land, property, and belongings, along with the destruction of their s ...

Zawiya, Safad Al-Zawiya was a Palestinian Arab village in the Safad Subdistrict. It was depopulated during the 1947–1948 Civil War in Mandatory Palestine on May 24, 1948, by the Palmach's First Battalion of Operation Yiftach. It was located 23 km nor ...

, a Palestinian Arab village depopulated in 1948 also during Nakba

Libya

Zawiya District Zawiya, officially Zawia ( ''Az Zāwiya''), is one of the districts of Libya. It is located in the north western part of the country, in what had been the historical region of Tripolitania. Its capital is also named Zawiya, Libya, Zawia. the prov ...

, (officially Zawia) a district in the west of Libya *

Zawiya, Libya Zawiya , officially Zawia (, transliteration: ''Az Zāwiyaẗ'', or ''Zavia'', variants: ''Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah'', ''Ḩārat az Zāwiyah'', ''Al Ḩārah'', ''El-Hára'' and ''Haraf Az Zāwīyah''), is a List of cities in Libya, city in no ...

, (officially Zawia) the capital city of that district

Palestine

Az-Zawiya, Salfit Az-Zawiya () is a Palestinian town in the Salfit Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located west of Salfit and south of Qalqilya. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics, az-Zawiya had a populati ...

, a Palestinian town in

Salfit Governorate Salfit Governorate () is one of the 16 Governorates of the Palestinian National Authority, Governorates of the State of Palestine. It is located in the northwestern West Bank, held under Israeli occupation of the West Bank, Israeli occupation ...

, West Bank *

As-Sawiya As-Sawiya () is a Palestinian town in the Nablus Governorate of the State of Palestine, in the northern West Bank, located 18 kilometers south of Nablus. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), the town had a population ...

, a Palestinian town in

Nablus Governorate The Nablus Governorate () is an administrative district of Palestine located in the Central Highlands of the West Bank, 53 km north of Jerusalem. It covers the area around the city of Nablus which serves as the ''muhfaza'' (seat) of the go ...

, West Bank *

Zawiya, Jenin Az-Zawiya (; also spelled ''Zawiyeh'') is a Palestinian village in the Jenin Governorate in the northern West Bank, located south of Jenin. According to the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) census, the village had a population of 7 ...

, a Palestinian village in

Jenin Governorate The Jenin Governorate () is one of 16 Governorates of Palestine. It covers the northern extremity of the West Bank, including the area around the city of Jenin, which is the district capital or ''muhfaza'' of the district. According to the Pale ...

, West Bank

Syria

Zawiya Mountain Mount Zāwiya () or Mount Rīḥā () (also in medieval times: Banī-ʻUlaym Mountain ()) is a highland region in Idlib Governorate in northwestern Syria. Around 36 towns and villages exist in the Mount Zawiya region. The biggest towns are Rī� ...

, a highland region in Syria {{disambiguation, geo