Al Hizam Al Akhdar
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Hizam al Akhdar was one of the 32 districts (shabiyat) of Libya
, prior to the 2007 administrative reorganization. The former capital city was Abyar. The territory of Hizam al Akhdar was transferred to the newly enlarged Marj District. Before the transfer, it had a population of 85,898 (2007).
. On land, it bordered the following districts:
Libya
Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, prior to the 2007 administrative reorganization. The former capital city was Abyar. The territory of Hizam al Akhdar was transferred to the newly enlarged Marj District. Before the transfer, it had a population of 85,898 (2007).
Former bounds
In the north and west, Hizam al Akhdar had a shoreline on the Mediterranean SeaMediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Anatolia and Europe, on the south by North Africa, and on the east by the Levant...
. On land, it bordered the following districts:
- BenghaziBenghaziBenghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...
- northwest - Marj - east
- Al Wahat - southeast
- Ajdabiya - southwest