Zliten

Zliten is situated 175 km east of the capital, Tripoli.

The name Zliten is derived from the Isliten tribe, an old branch of the Nafzawa Berbers.

Zliten is home to one of Libya's most renowned Islamic universities, Al-Jamiaa Al-Asmariya Al-Islamiya.

Zliten has a proliferation of date palms that yield what is considered the best rubb (date juice) in Libya.

On January 7, 2016, a truck bomb killed more than 60 police officers at a training camp in Zliten during the Second Civil War.