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Bani Walid
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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....
. In the 2007 administrative reorganization the territory formerly in Bani Walid District was transferred to Misrata District.
Bani Walid bordered the following districts:
- Tarhuna wa Msalata - north
- Misrata - northeast
- Sirte - east
- Mizda - west
- Gharyan - northwest, at a quadripoint