Munizip al-Wahat
Al-Wahat Municipality - الواحات | |
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Capital | Ajdabiya (since 2007) |
Residents | 177,047 (as of 2006) |
surface | 108,670 km² |
Population density | 1.63 inhabitants per km² |
Coordinates | 30 ° 0 ′ N , 22 ° 0 ′ E |
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al-Wahat , Arabic الواحات, DMG al-Wāḥāt , is a municipality located in the northeast of the Libyan Arab Republic .
geography
Major cities of the enlarged municipality are Adschdabiya , El Agheila , Sultan near the coast and Al Labbah and the Jalu oasis in the interior. Adjacent municipalities are currently: al-Butnan (in the east), al-Kufra (in the south), al-Jufra (in the southwest), the Munizip Surt (in the west), the new Munizip Banghazi (in the northwest), the Munizipien al- Marj and al-Jabal al-Achdar (in the north) and the new municipality of Darna (in the northeast). The municipality also has a piece of the state border with Egypt .
history
During the last territorial reform, the former Munizip al Wahat was considerably enlarged by integrating the Munizip Ajdabiya and parts of the Munizip al-Kufra. Since then, the main place for the enlarged municipality has been Ajdabiya.
- 2001 to 2007
In the entire area of al-Wahat, 29,257 people (as of 2003) lived on a total area of 108,670 km². The main town was probably Al Labbah. The former al-Wahat bordered on the following former municipalities:
- al-Butnan in the east
- al-Kufra in the south
- Ajdabiya in the west
- al-Hizam al-Achdar in the northwest
- al-Mardsch in the north-northwest
- al-Jabal al-Achdar in the north
- al-Quba in the northeast