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'''Wazzin''' ({{langx|ar|وازن}} ''{{Transliteration|ar|Wāzzin}}''; {{Langx|ber|ⵡⴰⵣⴻⵏ|translit=Wazen}})) is a town in the western [[Tripolitania]] region at the western boundary of [[Libya]]. It serves as a [[Libya–Tunisia border|border]] crossing to [[Tunisia]]. The town is located south-inland from the [[Mediterranean Sea]] coast, and is {{convert|360|km|mi}} west of [[Tripoli, Libya|Tripoli]].

Wazzin is in the desert near the western end of the [[Nafusa Mountains]] range, in the [[Nalut District]].

== History ==
[[File:Gasr Wazzin.jpg|thumb|left|The ruins of Gasr Wazzin]]
[[File:Mountains near wazzin.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Wazzin in the desert, with the [[Nafusa Mountains]].]]
[[File:Wazzin town center 2.jpg|thumb|right|200px|The town center.]]

===Old town===
The town is the seat of [[Gasr Wazzin]], which was built in 1482 CE (860 [[Hijri year|AH ''anno hegirae'']]). The Gasr has 360 rooms on 4 floors. The building has a rectangular shape, with a [[cistern]] for storing water in its center. It was used as a [[fortress]] and [[granary]].

The Gasr Wazzin is surrounded by the old town district of present-day Wazzin, whose buildings are mainly [[gypsum]] based [[masonry]]. A network of tunnels is below this historic portion, and is reserved for women traveling around the old town, without encountering non-familial men.<ref name="Qusur"/>

===2011 Libyan civil war===
{{main|Battle of Wazzin}}
On 21 April 2011, during the [[2011 Libyan civil war]], anti-Gaddafi fighters took over the control of the border crossing and 13 pro-Gaddafi officers defected to [[Tunisia]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-april-21-0 |title=Libya Live Blog - April 21 {{!}} Al Jazeera Blogs |website=blogs.aljazeera.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421105452/http://blogs.aljazeera.net/live/africa/libya-live-blog-april-21-0 |archive-date=2011-04-21}}</ref> Since then control has been in flux. The [[Battle of Wazzin|Battles in Wazzin]], the border, and nearby Nafusa Mountains are a campaign known as the 2011 Nafusa Mountain Campaign. The campaign has ended in a definite rebel victory with the capture of Gharyan, the last loyalist stronghold in the area.

==Demographics==
The people of Wazzin are divided into two clans, Awlad Mahmoud and Arrbai'a, both of which have several subclans as shown in the table below.<ref name="Qusur">Alqusur wa Atturuq liman Yurid Jabal Nafusa min Trabulus. Ibrahim Sulaiman Asshemmakhy. {{ISBN|9959-23-112-7}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
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!Awlad Mahmoud
!Arrbai'ah
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|Awlad 'uthman
|Awlad 'li
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|Awlad 'abdurrahim
|Awlad Mahammed
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|Awlad Jma'
|Awlad Yahya
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|Annjajra
|Awlad Sleman
|}

==See also==
*[[2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{commons category|Wazzin}}

==External links==
* [http://www.maplandia.com/libya/ghadamis/wazin/ "Wazzin Map — Satellite Images of Wazzin"] Maplandia World Gazetteer
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[[Category:Libya–Tunisia border crossings]]
[[Category:Populated places in Nalut District]]
[[Category:Tripolitania]]
[[Category:Baladiyat of Libya]]

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