Zintan (Arabic: الزنتان, meaning "small castles") is a city in northwestern Libya, situated roughly 136 kilometres (85 mi) southwest of Tripoli, in the area.

The Roman garrison town of Tentheos was on the Nafusa mountain range in the hinterland of the Limes Tripolitanus, near the border.

The Battle of Zintan reportedly began when the Gaddafi-led government forces arrived to recruit 1,000 soldiers.

Insulted by the proposal to fight fellow Libyans, a group formed in Zintan to protest.

[5] He was captured on 19 November 2011, a month after his father's death, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) west of the town of Ubari near Sabha in southern Libya.