Al Wahat District

Wahat al -, Arabic الواحات, DMG al - Wahat, is a Munizip, located in the north-east of the Libyan Arab Republic.

Geography

Major cities in the enlarged Munizips addition Ajdabiya, El Agheila Sultan near the coast and Al Labbah and the oasis Yalu inland. Adjacent municipalities are currently: al - Butnan (in the east ), al - Kufra ( to the south), al - Dschufra ( in the southwest ), the Munizip Surt (in the west ), the new Munizip Benghazi ( in the northwest), the municipalities al - Marj and al - Jabal al - Akhdar (north) and the new Munizip Darna ( in the northeast ). The Munizip also has a piece of state's border with Egypt.

History

At the last local government reform in the former Munizip Wahat al was considerably enlarged by the Munizip Ajdabiya and parts of Munizips al - Kufra were integrated. Capital for the enlarged Munizip has since Ajdabiya.

Throughout the area of al - Wahat 29 257 people lived (as of 2003) on a total area of ​​108,670 km ². Main village was probably Al Labbah. The former al - Wahat limited to the following former Munizipen:

• Al - Butnan in the East
• Al - Kufra in the south
• Ajdabiya in the West
• Al Hizam al - Akhdar in north-west
• Al - Marj in the north-northwest
• Al - Jabal al - Akhdar in the North
• Al - Quba in the Northeast