Zuwaila is a village in southwestern Libya.
زويلة هي قرية في جنوب غرب ليبيا.
Even as late as A.D. 900 the dwellers in the town of Zeila in Fezzan ( the southwestern region of modern Libya ), the ancient Jerma or Garama .
Fezzan was home to the Garamantes ( Garama ) . Garama, is an archaeological site in Libya.
"According to the notable 12th century traveler Benjamin of Tudela (a locale of Spain), the Zeila or Zawila in the Libyan Fezzan was also designated Havila, and capital of the land of Ghana.
The Kanem–Bornu Empire existed in areas which are now part of Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Libya and Chad.
"According to the notable 12th century traveler Benjamin of Tudela (a locale of Spain), the Zeila or Zawila in the Libyan Fezzan was also designated Havila, and capital of the land of Ghana.
Thank you for your correction, I learned something today.This town is not the Somali city of Zeila
It's a city in the Libyan desert .