Municipalities of Libya
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There are thirty-four municipalities of Libya, known by the Arabic term sha'biyat (singular sha'biyah). These came recently (in the 1990s to replaced old Baladiyat systam (see below). The Baladiyat system in turn was introduced to replace the system of muhafazah (governorates or provinces) that existed from the 1960s to the 1970s, more details on that too is in the section on former Baladiyat below.
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[edit] Sha'biyat
Sha'biyah is a neologism exclusive to Libya. The term basically means a municipality (or a top level administrative division). The current system which comprises 22 Sha'biya has replaced the 32 Sha'biya system (see below). However, it draws largely upon it.[1] The current list is as following:
| Arabic | English |
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| البطنان | Al Butnan |
| درنة | Darnah |
| الجبل الاخضر | Al Jabal al Akhdar |
| المرج | Al Marj |
| بنغازي | Benghazi |
| الواحات | Al Wahat |
| الكفرة | Al Kufrah |
| سرت | Surt |
| مرزق | Murzuq |
| سبها | Sabha |
| وادي الحياة | Wadi Al Hayaa |
| مصراتة | Misratah |
| المرقب | Al Murgub |
| طرابلس | Tarabulus |
| الجفارة | Al Jfara |
| الزاوية | Az Zawiyah |
| النقاط الخمس | An Nuqat al Khams |
| الجبل الغربي | Al Jabal al Gharbi |
| نالوت | Nalut |
| غات | Ghat |
| الجفرة | Al Jufrah |
| وادي الشاطئ | Wadi Al Shatii |
[edit] 32 Sha'biyat
The data in this table was taken from the first external link below.
| شعبية | Sha'biyah | Population | Area (sq km) |
Number (on map) |
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| إجدابيا | Ajdabiya | 165,839 | 91,620 | 1 |
| البطنان | Al Butnan | 144,527 | 83,860 | 2 |
| الحزام الاخضر | Al Hizam Al Akhdar | 108,860 | 12,800 | 3 |
| الجبل الاخضر | Al Jabal al Akhdar | 194,185 | 7,800 | 4 |
| الجفارة | Al Jfara | 289,340 | 1,940 | 5 |
| الجفرة | Al Jufrah | 45,117 | 117,410 | 6 |
| الكفرة | Al Kufrah | 51,433 | 483,510 | 7 |
| المرج | Al Marj | 116,318 | 10,000 | 8 |
| المرقب | Al Murgub | 328,292 | 3,000 | 9 |
| النقاط الخمس | An Nuqat al Khams | 208,954 | 5,250 | 10 |
| القبة | Al Qubah | 93,895 | 14,722 | 11 |
| الواحات | Al Wahat | 29,257 | 108,670 | 12 |
| الزاوية | Az Zawiyah | 197,177 | 1,520 | 13 |
| بنغازي | Benghazi | 636,992 | 800 | 14 |
| بنى وليد | Bani Walid | 77,424 | 19,710 | 15 |
| درنة | Darnah | 81,174 | 4,908 | 16 |
| غات | Ghat | 22,770 | 72,700 | 17 |
| غدامس | Ghadamis | 19,000 | 51,750 | 18 |
| غريان | Gharyan | 161,408 | 4,660 | 19 |
| مرزق | Murzuq | 68,718 | 349,790 | 20 |
| مزدة | Mizdah | 41,476 | 72,180 | 21 |
| مصراتة | Misratah | 360,521 | 2,770 | 22 |
| نالوت | Nalut | 86,801 | 13,300 | 23 |
| تاجوراء والنواحي الأربع | Tajura Wa Al Nawahi AlArba' | 267,031 | 1,430 | 24 |
| ترهونة و مسلاته | Tarhuna Wa Msalata | 296,092 | 5,840 | 25 |
| طرابلس | Tarabulus | 882,926 | 400 | 26 |
| سبها | Sabha | 126,610 | 15,330 | 27 |
| سرت | Surt | 156,389 | 77,660 | 28 |
| صبراته و صرمان | Sabratha Wa Surman | 152,521 | 1,370 | 29 |
| وادي الحياة | Wadi Al Hayaa | 72,587 | 31,890 | 30 |
| وادي الشاطئ | Wadi Al Shatii | 77,203 | 97,160 | 31 |
| يفرن | Yafran | 117,647 | 9,310 | 32 |
There are two minicipalities missing from the map, Al Qatrun and Al-Jaghbub.
[edit] Former Baladiyat
Baladiyah (singular) or Baladiyat (plural), are Arabic words used in many Arab countries to denote a type of top-level administrative division (roughly equivalent to municipality). The system consisted of 25 Baladiyat and was introduced in the early 1970s as a substitute to the 3-Muhafazat system (Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan). The table hereunder lists the old 25 Baladiyat in alphabetical order with a link to each one. Note that each page linked talk about a "municipality" which means both a Baladiyah and a Sha'biyah. Most Baladiyat remained unchanged in the new Sha'biyat-system and whenever this is not applicable the articles are/will be changed to reflect the new system.
- 1 Ajdabiya
- 2 Al 'Aziziyah
- 3 Al Fatih
- 4 Al Jabal al Akhdar
- 5 Al Jufrah
- 6 Al Khums
- 7 Al Kufrah
- 8 An Nuqat al Khams
- 9 Ash Shati'
- 10 Awbari
- 11 Az Zawiyah
- 12 Banghazi
- 13 Darnah
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[edit] The old three-governarate system
Tripolitania, Cyrenaica (same as Cirenaica) and Fezzan were separate States for most of their history until Libya was unified (first as an Italian colony in 1934). They were in use until the 1970s. The map below shows how each of the three Governarates was divided up into smaller Baladiyat.
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