Misrata Municipality

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Misrata municipality - مصراتة
Capital Misrata
Residents 550,938  (as of 2006)
Coordinates 32 ° 10 ′  N , 14 ° 50 ′  E Coordinates: 32 ° 10 ′  N , 14 ° 50 ′  E
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Misrata ( Arabic مصراتة, DMG Miṣrāta ) is a municipality located in the northwest of the Libyan Arab Republic . The capital of the municipality is the city of the same name, Misrata .

geography

In the historical region of Tripolitania , the municipality borders on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea or the Great Syrte . On the land side it borders:

history

Until 2007, the municipality consisted essentially of the city of Misrata and its surrounding area, before it was merged with the municipality of Bani Walid to form the new municipality of Misrata and was given areas in the east by the municipality of Surt. In 2003 the smaller municipality comprised 360,521 people and 2,770 km². In the north, the former municipality bordered the Mediterranean Sea; in the countryside it bordered the municipalities of Surt in the south, Bani Walid in the southwest, Tarhuna wa-Msalata in the west and Tajura 'wa-n-Nawahi al-Arbaʿ in the northwest

  • Misratah municipality until 2007

  • Munizip Bani Walid until 2007

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  1. ↑ 'شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى' 'Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya (Arabic)