Al-Jebel al-Gharbi municipality

Municipality of al-Jebel al-Gharbi - الجبل الغربي
Capital	Gharyan
Residents	304,159  (as of 2006)
Coordinates	30 ° 0 ′  N , 13 ° 0 ′  E 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

See also

• az-Zintan

Individual evidence

1. ↑ statoids.com