Hizam al Akhdar District
Former district of Libya
Hizam al Akhdar (Arabic: الحزام الأخضر Al Ḥizām al Aḫḍar, English: Green Belt) was one of the 32 districts (shabiyat) of Libya, prior to the 2007 administrative reorganization.[1] The former capital city was Abyar. The territory of Hizam al Akhdar was transferred to the newly enlarged Marj District.[1]
Former bounds
In the north and west, Hizam al Akhdar had a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. On land, it bordered the following districts:
- Benghazi - northwest
- Marj - east
- Al Wahat - southeast
- Ajdabiya - southwest
Notes
- ^ a b شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى – Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 25 May 2009, in Arabic
31°40′N 20°20′E / 31.667°N 20.333°E / 31.667; 20.333
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Districts of Libya 2001–2007
- Ajdabiya
- Bani Walid
- Benghazi
- Butnan
- Derna
- Ghat
- Ghadames
- Gharyan
- Hizam al Akhdar
- Jabal al Akhdar
- Jafara
- Jufra
- Kufra
- Marj
- Misrata
- Mizda
- Murqub
- Murzuq
- Nalut
- Nuqat al Khams
- Quba
- Sabha
- Sabratha & Sorman
- Sirte
- Tajura & Arba‘
- Tarhuna & Msalata
- Tripoli
- Wadi al Hayaa
- Wadi al Shatii
- Al Wahat
- Yafran
- Zawiya
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