Zawiya (, transliteration:
Az Zāwiyaẗ), (variants:
Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah,
Ḩārat az Zāwiyah,
Al Ḩārah,
El-Hára and
Haraf Az Zāwīyah), is a city in northwestern
Libya, situated on the Libyan coastline of the
Mediterranean Sea about west of
Tripoli, in the historic region of
Tripolitania. Zawiya is the capital of the
Zawiya District.