Al-Jifara municipality
Al-Jifara Municipality - الجفارة | |
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Residents | 451,175 (as of 2006) |
surface | 1,940 km² |
Population density | 232.56 inhabitants per km² |
Coordinates | 32 ° 9 ′ N , 13 ° 0 ′ E |
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al-Jifara ( Arabic الجفارة, DMG al-Ǧifāra , often also al-Jfara ) is a municipality located in the northwest of the Libyan Arab Republic . The capital of the municipality is Al-'Azīziyah . The name is derived from the Djeffara coastal plain, the center of which it forms.
geography
In the entire area of al-Jifara in 2003, 289,340 people lived on an area of 1,940 km². In 2006 there were already 451,000 inhabitants. The municipality is located on the Tripolitan Mediterranean coast and has the following limits to other municipalities:
- Tripoli Municipality - East
- Munizip al-Jabal al-Gharbi - South
- Zawiya Municipality - West