Munizip al-Butnan

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Munizip al-Butnan - البطنانا
Capital Tobruk
Residents 159,536  (as of 2006)
surface 83,860  km²
Population density 1.9 inhabitants per km²
Coordinates 30 ° 0 ′  N , 24 ° 0 ′  E Coordinates: 30 ° 0 ′  N , 24 ° 0 ′  E
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Niger Tschad Sudan Ägypten Algerien Tunesien Munizip Bengasi Munizip al-Mardsch Munizip al-Dschabal al-Achdar Munizip Darna Munizip al-Butnan Munizip an-Nuqat al-Chams Munizip az-Zawiya Munizip Tripolis Munizip al-Dschifara Munizip al-Murgub Munizip Misrata Munizip Wadi al-Haya Munizip Sabha Munizip Surt Munizip Nalut Munizip al-Dschabal al-Gharbi Munizip Wadi asch-Schati' Munizip al-Wahat Munizip Ghat Munizip Murzuq Munizip al-Kufra Munizip al-DschufraThe location of Munizip al-Butnan in Libya
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al-Butnan , Arabic البطنان, DMG al-Buṭnān , is a municipality located in the northeast of the Mediterranean coast of Libya . It borders Egypt to the east . The capital of the municipality is Tobruk .

geography

In the entire area of ​​al-Butnan, 144,527 people lived in 2003, 84 percent of them (121,052 inhabitants, as of 2005) in the capital Tobruk (طبرق). The municipality covers an area of ​​83,860 km² and, like most of Libya, consists of desert. al-Butnan borders the Mediterranean Sea and the following municipalities:

In the east, al-Butnan borders the Egyptian ( Matruh Governorate ).

Important places besides Tobruk are Bardia and Jarabub (al Jaghbub).

history

al-Butnan and especially the capital Tobruq played an important role for the colonial power Italy in World War II .

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