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Zella or Zalla ( ''az-Zallah'') is an
oasis
In ecology, an oasis (; : oases ) is a fertile area of a desert or semi-desert environmentLibya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
, in the northeastern Fezzan
Fezzan ( , ; ; ; ) is the southwestern region of modern Libya. It is largely desert, but broken by mountains, uplands, and dry river valleys (wadis) in the north, where oases enable ancient towns and villages to survive deep in the otherwise in ...
region . The Sahara Desert
The Sahara (, ) is a desert spanning across North Africa. With an area of , it is the largest hot desert in the world and the list of deserts by area, third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Ar ...
town is approximately halfway between Marada
The Mardaites () or al-Jarajima (; /ALA-LC: ''al-Jarājimah'') were early Christians following Chalcedonian Christianity in the Nur Mountains. Little is known about their ethnicity, but it has been speculated that they might have been Persians ( ...
and Hun
A Hun is a member of the Huns, a confederation of nomadic tribes in Western Asia and Europe in late antiquity.
Hun or huns may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Hun, a British subcultural stereotype, see Hun subculture
* Hun, a charac ...
in the Jufra District
Jufra or Jofra () is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the centre of the country. Its capital is Hun. Jufra was originally one of the 25 baladiya in the administrative system of Libya established in 1988. In 2001, it became a ''Shabiya'', ...
.
Features
Zella is a city in the Midlands of Libya. Situated just in the North ofHaruj
Haruj (, also known as Haroudj) is a large volcanic field spread across in central Libya. It is one of several volcanic fields in Libya along with Tibesti, and its origin has been attributed to the effects of geologic lineaments in the crust ...
Lava ( Called Alharuj Alaswad) is the site of an ancient Berber and Arab
Arabs (, , ; , , ) are an ethnic group mainly inhabiting the Arab world in West Asia and North Africa. A significant Arab diaspora is present in various parts of the world.
Arabs have been in the Fertile Crescent for thousands of years ...
castle. There are a number of smaller oases in the vicinity, such as Tirzah, Meduin, Tagreft and Tlesim. Zella is a gateway to Alharuj Al Asswad. There are nearby some Oil and GAs Resources Fields.Administration
Zella became municipality in the year 2022. First elected governor was in the year 2025.
See also
*List of cities in Libya
This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya. Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
''Source:Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou ...
* Long Range Desert Group
The Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) was a reconnaissance and raiding unit of the British Army during the Second World War.
Originally called the Long Range Patrol (LRP), the unit was founded in Egypt in June 1940 by Major Ralph Alger Bagnold, ...
References
Populated places in Jufra District Oases of Libya {{Libya-geo-stub