Talk:Zintan

Zintan played a very important role in teh revolution, and its kataib are strong and influential. Nevertheless, the town is not one of the largest in North West Libya. It definitely doesn't rank among the 10 largest cities in that area by population. The figure of 50'000 also is questionable. I believe these data should be checked. This of course doesn't take anything away from the importance of Zintan. To the contrary, it underlines how a small town played such a big role.~ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jroman05 (talk • contribs) 11:43, 12 May 2013 (UTC)

Interesting information

I found this on the Internet and thought that I would be great to enrich the article. Sadly, I don't have enough time to do it myself. Maybe someone else is interested ;) This is the source.

Economically, Al-Zintan has traditionally relied on agriculture. However, today it has become a major commercial hub in the Nafusa mountain region and most of its inhabitants are engaged in commerce to which testify the numerous stores and markets the visitor encounters when entering the city. It is particularly noted for having one of the largest truffles markets in the world. Yet in spite of the expansion of commerce and industry, the large proportion of the inhabitants remain engaged in agriculture, cultivating such crops as wheat and barley. Al-Jafara, the mountain riverbeds, and Marmoutha have long been prime agricultural areas. Although temperatures can climb in the summer and drop considerably in the winter, the climate is relatively mild throughout the year with the hillsides bursting into colour with the advent of spring and spring blossoms.

According to the latest government statistics, Al-Zintan has a population of 30,000. However, the people of the city will generally tell you that the figure is much larger as they include in their calculations the people of Zintan residing in other cities such as Tripoli, Mazda, Tabaqa and Darj.

The population of Al-Zintan is made up in part of a number of tribes such as Awlad Abul-Hol, Awlad Al-Dhwaib (also known as the Bin Eissa clan), Al-Omyan, Awlad Khalifa, Awlad Eissa and Al-Qawasem. These are Arab tribes that had established themselves in the Nafusa mountain range among the Amazigh. Collectively they are referred to as the Zintan tribes. During the revolution, Zintan became a revolutionary stronghold and one of the foremost centres for training combatants to fight the Gaddafi regime. These would liberate most of the areas in the western mountain region and also contribute to the liberation of the western coastal region and the capital.

All the best. --Bespin (talk) 15:12, 12 February 2017 (UTC)

All?

The Zintan people were responsible for the capture of Saif al-Islam, the second son of Muammar Gaddafi. --2A02:908:C33:8D80:B051:AFC3:2AD9:1E3A (talk) 15:34, 20 March 2021 (UTC)

Latin and Berber names

The same user has now deleted the following alternate names for Zintan twice from the beginning of the article:

Latin: Tentheos, Berber language: Zintan or Tigharmin or Tiɣaṛmin

referring to them as "random unsourced mumbo jumbo." This sounds like an objection to including non-Arabic terminology in the article, which would be unjustified, but it's true that these forms are unsourced. Rather than reverting the change again, I'm copying them here in case anyone can find a source for them. (The same user has recently removed Latin and Berber names from several other Libya-related articles.) Obiara (talk) 15:54, 5 April 2024 (UTC)