Hizam al Akhdar District

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] Before the transfer, it had a population of 85,898 (2007).

Pre-2007 extent of Hizam al Akhdar District

Former bounds

In the north and west, Hizam al Akhdar had a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. On land, it bordered the following districts:

Notes
  1. شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى – Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 25 May 2009, in Arabic

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