Al-Jebel al-Gharbi municipality
Municipality of al-Jebel al-Gharbi - الجبل الغربي | |
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Capital | Gharyan |
Residents | 304,159 (as of 2006) |
Coordinates | 30 ° 0 ′ N , 13 ° 0 ′ E |
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Al-Jabal al-Gharbi ( Arabic الجبل الغربي; Italian Gebel Garbi ) is a municipality in northwest Libya . The capital is Gharyan .
It is located in the hinterland of the historic Tripolitania region . The name translates as "Western mountainous region" and refers to the mountains of Jabal Nafusa . It was created during the last administrative reform from the municipalities of Mizdah , Gharyan and the southern part of the municipality of Yafran , after it had already existed in the 1990s.
geography
304,159 people live in the entire area (as of 2006). Al-Jabal al-Gharbi borders on the following municipalities:
- Munizip al-Murgub - North -Northeast
- Misrata Municipality - Northeast
- Munizip Surt - East
- Al-Jufra Municipality - Southeast
- Municipality of Wadi ash-Shati ' - South
- Munizip Nalut - West
- Munizip an-Nuqat al-Chams - Northwest
- Zawiya Municipality - North
- Tripoli Municipality - North
- Al-Jifara Municipality - North