Zawiya , officially Zawia ( , transliteration: Az Zāwiyaẗ, or Zavia, variants: Az Zawiyah Al Gharbiyah, Ḩārat az Zāwiyah, Al Ḩārah, El-Hára and Haraf Az Zāwīyah ), is a city in northwestern Libya, situated on the Libyan coastline of the Mediterranean Sea about 45 kilometers west of Tripoli, in the historic region of Tripolitania.