The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07.
Marzuq
(mär´zk) (KEY) or Murzuk (mr´) (KEY) , town (1984 pop. 42,294), SW Libya. With Sabha, it is one of the chief settlements of the Fazzan municipality. Marzuq developed around a fort built c.1310 (now in ruins). The town declined with the advent of modern transportation.