Mizda

{{Expand German|topic=geo}} {{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Mizda |other_name = |native_name = مزدة  |settlement_type = Town |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Libya |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Libya  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Libya}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = Tripolitania |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = Jabal al Gharbi |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref = |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of = 2011 |population_footnotes =<ref name=gazeteer>{{cite web|last=World Gazetteer|url=http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1273372850&men=gcis&lng=en&des=gamelan&geo=-133&srt=dpnn&col=abcdefghimoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=pdnn|title=Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population|accessdate=15 October 2011|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20121204173451/http://www.world-gazetteer.com/wg.php?x=1273372850&men=gcis&lng=en&des=gamelan&geo=-133&srt=dpnn&col=abcdefghimoq&msz=1500&pt=c&va=&srt=pdnn|archivedate=4 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> |population_note = |population_total = 23216 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title = |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title = |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|31|26|42|N|12|58|59|E|region:LY|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes = <ref name=wolfram>[http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=Mizdah Wolfram Alpha]</ref> |elevation_m = 454 |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = | registration_plate_type = License Plate Code | registration_plate = 38 }} '''Mizda'''<ref>{{GEOnet2|32FA88078FC43774E0440003BA962ED3|Mizdah (Approved)}}</ref> or '''Mesdah''' (Tamazight: ⵎⵉⵣⴷⴰ, ''Mizda'') is a town in the Nafusa Mountains in Libya. It was the capital of the former Mizda District.

Just to the west of Mizda is the Mizda Army Base at {{Coord|31|25|29|N|12|56|54|E|display=inline}}

The Berber tribe Awlad Abu Say is centered around Mizda and Gharyan to the north.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Bell |first1=Anthony |last2=Witter |first2=David |year=2011 |title=Libyan Revolution: Roots of Rebellion: Part 1 |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher= Institute for the Study of War |page=20 |jstor=resrep07869 |oclc=754124415 }}</ref>

== See also == * List of cities in Libya

==Notes== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.maplandia.com/libya/gharyan/mizdah/ "Mizda Map — Satellite Images of Mizda"]

{{Jabal al Gharbi}} Category:Populated places in Jabal al Gharbi District