Kufra District

Al - Kufra, Arabic الكفرة, DMG al - Kufra, is a Munizip, located in the southeast of the Libyan Arab Republic. It occupies the entire south of the historic province of Cyrenaica large.

Geography

The capital of al - Kufra is al - Jawf (Al Jawf ) in the territory of Kufra oases ( 8793 km ²). In the vicinity of the capital there is a large oil refinery. 250 km northwest of Kufra oasis the oasis Tazirbu ( 6343 km ² ) ( تزربر ). The two oasis areas also define the two districts ( shabyat ) of Munizips.

Besides the two large oasis areas, there are even smaller oases and oasis group in Munizip:

  • Rabyānah ( ربيانة ) ( Erbehna ) (314 km ²)

24 ° 16 ' 27 " N, 22 ° 0' 46" O24.27416666666722.012777777778 180 km west of Kufra oasis basin and 170 km southeast of Tazirbu

  • Bazīmah ( بزيمة ) ( Buseima ) (320 km ²)

24 ° 55 ' 12 " N, 22 ° 3' 14" O24.9222.053888888889 124 km northwest of Kufra oasis basin and 120 km south-east of Tazirbu

  • Zīghan ( بئر زيغن ) ( Wadi Zighen, Zieghen ) ( 2054 km ²)

25 ° 29 ' 53 "N, 22 ° 7' 4" O25.49805555555622.117777777778 168 km northwest of Kufra oasis basin and 98 km east from Tazirbu

In Munizip of al - Kufra living in 2003 51.433 people in an area of ​​483,510 km ² in total at that time. Since the administrative reform of 2007 a ​​northern strip of the Munizip al - Wahat was ceded.

Today, the Munizip has the following limits to the other municipalities:

  • Munizip Murzuq - West
  • Munizip al - Dschufra - Northwest
  • Munizip al - Wahat - North
  • Munizip al - Butnan - North East

In the East, al - Kufra has a border with Egypt, in southeastern Sudan and southern Chad.

In the southwest of the northern foothills of the Tibesti Mountains extend far into the region. In it is the highest mountain in Libya, the 2,268 meter high Bikku Bitti. In the south, smaller parts of the province are in the Chad Basin.

Al Jawf, Libya DIN 31635 Al Wahat District Tripoli District, Libya
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