Marzuq

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Marzuq (mär´zŏŏk) or Murzuk (mŏŏr´–), town (1984 pop. 42,294), SW Libya. With Sabha, it is one of the chief settlements of the Fazzan municipality. Marzuq developed around a fort built c.1310 (now in ruins). The town declined with the advent of modern transportation.

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