Munizip an-Nuqat al-Chams
Munizip an-Nuqat al-Chams - النقاط الخمس | |
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Capital | Zuwara |
Residents | 287,662 (as of 2006) |
surface | 5,250 km² |
Population density | 54.79 inhabitants per km² |
Coordinates | 32 ° 36 ' N , 11 ° 54' E |
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an-Nuqat al-Chams , Arabic النقاط الخمس, DMG an-Nuqāṭ al-Ḫams , is a municipality located in the northwest of the Libyan Arab Republic , in the historical region of Tripolitania . The capital of an-Nuqat al-Chams is Zuwara .
geography
In the west, -Nuqat al-Chams borders Tunisia . In the north the municipality borders on the Mediterranean Sea, in the hinterland it borders on the following municipalities:
- Zawiya Municipality - East
- Al-Jebel al-Gharbi Municipality - Southeast
- Munizip Nalut - South
Administrative history
In the course of the Libyan territorial reform 2007 (shabiyah), the municipality received some municipalities of the dissolved municipality Sabrata wa-Surman in the east, such as Sabrata , but not Surman .