Fezzan

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desert region historical region

Fezzan is a sparsely populated desert region in southwestern Libya, historically significant as a trans-Saharan trade hub and home to several ancient oasis settlements.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Fezzan region	7
eastern Libya	7
southern Libya	2
French Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames	1
Tadrart Acacus mountain range	1
southwestern Libya	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert region ⓘ historical region ⓘ
borders	Algeria ⓘ Chad ⓘ Niger ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ hot desert climate ⓘ
containsCity	Ghat ⓘ Murzuq ⓘ Sabha ⓘ Ubari ⓘ
containsOasis	Ghadames Oasis ⓘ Ghat Oasis ⓘ Murzuq Oasis ⓘ Ubari ⓘ surface form: Ubari Oasis
country	Libya ⓘ
countrySubdivisionOf	Libya ⓘ
economy	date cultivation ⓘ oasis agriculture ⓘ pastoralism ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ Tebu ⓘ Tuareg ⓘ
hasCapital	Sabha ⓘ
hasNaturalFeature	oases ⓘ rock formations ⓘ salt lakes ⓘ sand dunes ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Italian colonial period ⓘ Kingdom of Libya era ⓘ Ottoman era ⓘ
historicalRole	trans-Saharan trade hub ⓘ
knownFor	ancient oasis settlements ⓘ caravan routes ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	North Africa ⓘ Sahara Desert ⓘ Libya ⓘ surface form: southwestern Libya
partOf	Libya ⓘ Italian Libya ⓘ surface form: Tripolitania–Cyrenaica–Fezzan division of Libya
populationDensity	sparsely populated ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of trans-Saharan trade routes ⓘ
terrain	desert ⓘ rocky plateaus ⓘ sand seas ⓘ
timeZone	UTC+2 ⓘ
usedToBe	province of Libya ⓘ

Referenced by (35)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cyrenaica → borderedBy → Fezzan ⓘ

Italo-Turkish War → conflictForControlOf → Fezzan ⓘ

Central Sahara → contains → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fezzan region

Libyan National Army → controlsAirbasesIn → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

Sabha Airport → countrySubdivision → Fezzan ⓘ

Red Castle Museum → focusesOnRegion → Fezzan ⓘ

Libya → historicalRegion → Fezzan ⓘ

Sabha → historicalRegion → Fezzan ⓘ

Italian Libya → includesRegion → Fezzan ⓘ

Cyrenaica → locatedIn → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus → locatedIn → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tadrart Acacus mountain range

Sabha → locatedIn → Fezzan ⓘ

Sabha Airport → locatedIn → Fezzan ⓘ

HLLS → locatedIn → Fezzan ⓘ

subject surface form: Sabha Airport

this entity surface form: Fezzan region

Benina International Airport → locatedInRegion → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

Ghat → locatedInRegion → Fezzan ⓘ

Sabha District → locatedInRegion → Fezzan ⓘ

Fezzan campaign → location → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Libya

Second Libyan Civil War → location → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fezzan region

Khalifa Haftar → operatesIn → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

Libyan National Army → operatesIn → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus → partOf → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fezzan region

Sabha District → partOf → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fezzan region

Kel Ajjer → region → Fezzan ⓘ

Martyrs of February Stadium → region → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

Tebu → region → Fezzan ⓘ

Toubou → region → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Libya

Toubou → region → Fezzan ⓘ

Sabha → regionServed → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: Fezzan region

Sabha Airport → regionServed → Fezzan ⓘ

University of Benghazi → regionServed → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: eastern Libya

SEB → servesRegion → Fezzan ⓘ

subject surface form: Sabha Airport

this entity surface form: Fezzan region

Italian Libya → successor → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: French Military Territory of Fezzan-Ghadames

Kel Ajjer → traditionalTerritoryIncludes → Fezzan ⓘ

this entity surface form: southwestern Libya