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LIBYA

historical demographical data of the administrative division

BALADÎYÂT	capital	surface/sq.km	surface/sq.mi	c1995p	e1988	e1984	e1978	c1973	e1965?	c1964	e1954	c1954	c1936	e1931	e1911	e1901	e1890	code	code	code	pos.	particulars	variants of the name
source:				EW	BB	GL/SY	SL	SY	HW	SY	GL/SY	LB,SY	EB	DV	AG	WW	AG		ISO	FIPS
division 1995:

Al-Batnan				151,2
Jebel Akhdar				381,2
Banghâzî				665,6
Al-Wosta				240,6
Al-Wahat				62,1
Al-Jufra				39,3
Sofuljin				76,4
Misrâtah				488,6
Najghaza				244,6
Tarâbulus				1314,0
Az Zâwiyah				517,4
Jebel Gharbi				317,0
Fazzan				314,0

TOTAL:	Tarâbulus			4811,9

division 1988:

Banghâzî	Banghâzî	15000	5800		512,2													BG			nec
Al-Jabal al-Akhdar	Al-Baydâ'	37000	14300		308,3													JA			ne
Al-Jabal al-Gharbî	Gharyân	87000	33800		204,3													JG			nw
Khalî Surt	Surt	376000	145200		382,1													KS			nc
Al-Kufrah	Al-Kufrah	484000	186900		23,8													KF			se
Margib	Al-Khums	29000	11200		408,9													MG			nw
Marzûq	Marzûq	350000	135100		45,2													MZ			sw
Nikât al-Khums	Zuwârah	101000	39000		196,0													NK			nw
Sabhâ	Sabhâ	82000	31700		121,7													SB			swc
Tarâbulus	Tarâbulus	3000	1200		1083,1													TR			nw
Tubruq	Tubruq	84000	32400		110,9													TB			ne
Wâdî al-Ha'ît	Awbârî	105000	40500		49,6													WH			sw
Az-Zâwiyah	Az-Zâwiyah	4000	1500		326,5													ZW			nw

TOTAL:	Tarâbulus	1757000	678600		3772,6

MUNICIPALITY:																						division in municipalities

Ajdâbiyâ	Ajdâbiyâ	215050	83031			100,5												AJ	AJ	LY47
Awbârî	Awbârî	89159	34424			48,7												AW	AW	LY52			Ubari
Al `Azîzîyah	Al `Azîzîyah	1692	653			85,1												AZ	AZ	LY03
Banghâzî	Banghâzî	11536	4454			485,4												BA	BA	LY54			Benghazi, Bengasi
Darnah	Darnah	21390	8259			105,0												DA	DA	LY55			Darna, Derna
Al Fâtîh	Al Marj	13857	5350			102,8												FA	FA	LY48			Fatah
Ghadâmis	Ghadâmis	70758	27320			52,2												GD	GD	LY56			Ghadames
Gharyân	Gharyân	77623	29970			117,1												GR	GR	LY57			Gharian, Al Jabal al Gharbî, Jebel el Gharb, Western Mountain
Al Jabal al Akhdar	Al Baydâ'	7041	2719			120,7												JA	JA	LY49			Al Baydâ, Beida, Djebel Akhdar, Jebel el Akhdar
Al Jufrah	Waddân	118120	45606															JU	JU	LY05
Al Khums	Al Khums	2026	782			149,6												KH	KH	LY50			al-Hums, Homs, Khoms
Al Kufrah	Al Jawf	479160	185004			25,1												KU	KU	LY08
Marzûq	Marzûq	298464	115237			42,3												MU	MU	LY30			Murzûq
Misrâtah	Misrâtah	2124	820			178,3												MI	MI	LY58			Misurata
An Nuqât al Khams	Zuwârah	5183	2001			181,6												NK	NK	LY51			an-Nuqât al-Hams, Nigat al Khums
Sabhâ	Sabhâ	16591	6406			76,2												SB	SB	LY34			Sebha, Sabhah
Sawfajjîn	Banî Walîd	55554	21449			45,2												SF	SF	LY59
Ash Shâti'	Birâk	101078	39026			46,7												SH	SH	LY13			Shati
Surt	Surt	55741	21522			111,0												SU	SU	LY60
Tarâbulus	Tarâbulus	2616	1010			990,7												TB	TB	LY61			Tripoli
Tarhûnah	Tarhûnah	2478	957			84,6												TH	TH	LY41
Tubruq	Tubruq	94804	36604			94,0												TU	TU	LY42			Tobruk
Yafran	Yafran	10581	4085			73,4												YA	YA	LY62
Az Zâwiyah	Az Zâwiyah	4052	1564			220,1												ZA	ZA	LY53
Zlîtan	Zlîtan	2862	1105			101,1												ZL	ZL	LY45

TOTAL:	Tarâbulus	1759540	679358			3637,5																the addition of all municipalities forms the total of the country

division 1963-1973:
BALADÎYÂT

al-Baydâ'	al-Baydâ'	17100	6602				161,0	131,9	88,0	87,8		31,0									nec		Baida, Green Mountain
al-Khums	al-Khums	25200	9730				196,0	162,1	136,7	137,2		62,4									nwc		Homs, Homs-Kussabat
Awbârî	Awbârî	720000	277992				128,0	106,6	31,9	32,0											ese		Ubari, Al-Khalij
az-Zâwiyah	az-Zâwiyah	7200	2780				298,0	247,6	190,7	189,0		115,1									nw		Zawia
Banghâzî	Banghâzî	17000	6564				406,0	337,4	278,8	279,7		140,0									nec		Benghazi
Darnah	Darnah	102600	39614				150,0	123,0	84,1	84,0		36,0									ne		Derna
Gharyân	Gharyân	150300	40656				136,0	156,0	180,9	181,3											nw		Gharian, Western Mountain
Misrâtah	Misrâtah	147600	56988				217,0	177,9	145,9	145,5		66,7									nc		Misurata
Sabhâ	Sabhâ	558900	215791				111,0	113,0	47,4	46,7		54,4									sw		Sebha
Tarâbulus	Tarâbulus	2700	1043				863,0	735,1	379,9	376,2		184,0									nw		Tripoli
Agedabia												27,7
Barce												36,4
Tathuna												40,6
Tobruk												19,9
Zliten												41,1
Zuara												30,8
not divided (1954)												202,7										no detailed information in the source used
TOTAL:	Tarâbulus	1748600	657760				2666,0	2290,7	1564,4	1559,4		1088,9

division until 1954:		GL/EB, 1951	EB, 1936																			this is the more "classical" or "colonial" division
Tripolitania	Tripoli	191149	73803							1029,2	746,1	738,3	392,6	545,8	523,2	550,0	500,0				nw		Tripolitan, Tripolitaine
Cyrenaica	Benghazi	151991	58684							451,4	391,3	291,2	113,7	132,2	190,6	100,0	100,0				e		Barca, Barka, Barqah, Cirenaica
Fezzan	Sebha	1205282	465362							78,7	54,4	59,3	48,4	28,2		43,0					sw		Libyan Sahara Territory, Fessan, Fazzân
Misurata		98914	38191										215,9								nc
Derna		111740	43143										46,8								ne
																						mostly consisting only of Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fessan
TOTAL:	Tripoli	1759076	679183							1559,3	1191,8	1088,9	817,4	706,2	713,8	693,0	600,0					the total sum of 1890 is more realistic than the source states: 1100,0

division 1973:
BALADÎYÂT																						spelling according to the source
source:		PM [3/85]						PM
Adjdabija		91620						53,2
Al-Abjar		4790						17,7
Al-Azizija		1270						34,1
Al-Beida		7070						59,8
Al-Djamil		2670						32,7
Al-Djufra		117410						16,7
Al-Karahbulli		670						14,5
Al-Khums		870						66,9
Al-Kubba		6950						20,5
Al-Kufra		483510						12,5
Al-Mardj		9210						55,4
Al-Udjailat		1550						27,4
Asch-Schati		97160						27,2
Aubari		31890						19,1
Az-Zahra		450						32,1
Az-Zawiya		1520						72,1
Bani Walid		19710						19,1
Bin Djawad		30370						8,6
Binghazi		800						286,9
Darna		12680						44,1
Djadu		3860						17,1
Djalu		108670						8,0
Djanzur		220						30,2
Ghadamis		51750						6,2
Gharjan		4660						65,2
Ghat		72700						6,9
Jafran		5450						30,8
Kaminis		8500						17,0
Kasr Ben Ghashir		1020						43,7
Mislata		1050						22,2
Misratah		33270						102,4
Mizdah		72180						11,5
Murzuk		349790						22,2
Nalut		13300						23,5
Sabha		15330						35,9
Sabrata		580						30,8
Schahhat		730						17,2
Sirt		16790						22,8
Surman		790						34,2
Tadjura		430						34,5
Tarhuna		3820						52,7
Tripolis		380						550,4
Tubruk		83860						58,4
Tukra		680						10,7
Zlitan		2470						59,0
Zuwara		1020						15,1

TOTAL:		1775470						2249,2

Particulars:
Dashes above vowels as diactritic marks are not correctly shown, they are poorly replaced by accent circumflex. Points or commas under consonants are not placed at all.
File created on 2001-02-20; revised on 2002-09.10; and last modified on 2004-11-26 by Jan Lahmeyer

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