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977:References
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197:Population
1307:Ras Ajdir
1209:in Arabic
1091:18 August
211:Time zone
189:Elevation
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1380:‘Aziziya
1370:Ajdabiya
1109:Archived
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955:See also
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365:Riqdalin
280:district
273:Tunisian
1455:Tripoli
1430:Misrata
1405:Gharian
1375:Al Jawf
1297:Ajaylat
1263:Capital
1166:Sources
892:(8.07)
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402:Climate
382:Economy
316:esparto
286:History
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239:Zuwarah
160:Country
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131:32°56′N
29:Zavareh
1475:Zuwara
1470:Zawiya
1460:Tobruk
1435:Murzuk
1312:Zaltan
1302:Jumayl
1271:Zuwara
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429:Month
361:Jumayl
251:Arabic
243:Zuwara
205:55,893
179:Region
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41:Zuwara
1465:Ubari
1450:Sirte
1445:Sebha
1440:Nalut
1420:Khoms
1400:Derna
1385:Beida
1359:Libya
1256:Libya
1059:NPR;
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890:204.9
468:Year
392:Palau
259:Libya
255:زوارة
247:Zwara
245:, or
216:UTC+2
173:Libya
46:زوارة
18:Zuara
1425:Marj
1410:Ghat
1395:Brak
1180:ISBN
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1093:2011
1036:2011
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571:28.5
566:26.1
561:23.2
556:21.1
551:19.3
546:18.3
536:50.2
531:32.5
526:39.0
521:43.8
516:46.0
511:47.0
506:47.0
501:50.2
496:47.0
491:41.2
486:39.2
481:36.5
476:31.8
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462:Nov
459:Oct
456:Sep
453:Aug
450:Jul
447:Jun
444:May
441:Apr
438:Mar
435:Feb
432:Jan
363:and
81:Seal
56:City
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865:1.7
860:0.0
855:0.8
850:4.6
845:9.6
816:1.0
811:3.5
806:4.0
776:9.5
771:6.8
766:4.0
761:1.0
756:2.5
691:9.8
686:9.0
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