Ajdabiya ( ar, إجدابيا) was one of the
districts of Libya
In Libya there are currently 106 districts, second level administrative subdivisions known in Arabic as ''baladiyat'' (singular ''baladiyah''). The number has varied since 2013 between 99 and 108. The first level administrative divisions in L ...
. It lay in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital was
Ajdabiya. As of 2007 it was subsumed within the enlarged
Al Wahat District
Al Wahat or The Oases ( ar, الواحات ', en, The Oases), occasionally spelt ''Al Wahad'' or ''Al Wahah'' ( en, The Oasis) is one of the districts of Libya.''Statesman's Yearbook 2006'' Its capital and largest city is Ajdabiya. The district ...
.
When Ajdabiya District was in existence from 2001 to 2007, it had, in the north, a short piece of coastline on the
Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Western and Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, and on the ea ...
. On land, it bordered the following districts:
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Hizam al Akhdar - northeast
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Al Wahat - east
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Kufra
Kufra () is a basinBertarelli (1929), p. 514. and oasis group in the Kufra District of southeastern Cyrenaica in Libya. At the end of nineteenth century Kufra became the centre and holy place of the Senussi order. It also played a minor role in ...
- southeast
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Jufra - southwest
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Sirte
Sirte (; ar, سِرْت, ), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya. It is located south of the Gulf of Sirte, between Tripoli and Benghazi. It is famously known for its battles, ethnic groups, and loyalty to Muammar G ...
- west
Ajdabiya District was also in existence from 1987 to 1995 when it covered a larger area, including all of the 2001-2007
Al Wahat District
Al Wahat or The Oases ( ar, الواحات ', en, The Oases), occasionally spelt ''Al Wahad'' or ''Al Wahah'' ( en, The Oasis) is one of the districts of Libya.''Statesman's Yearbook 2006'' Its capital and largest city is Ajdabiya. The district ...
, and some additional area to the south.
Towns and villages 2001-2007
Ajdabiya,
Al Hiri
Al Hiri is a town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. From 2001 to 2007 it was part of Ajdabiya District.Maplandia world gazetteer Formerly (1983-1987) it was part of the Jalu District (''Districts of Libya#F ...
,
Labba
Labbay (Labbai, Labba, Labbabeen, Lebbay, Lebbai), is a Muslim trading community in southern India found throughout the southern Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala.
Etymology
''Labbay'' means "Here I am", and is used as a titl ...
,
Mawahi
Mawahi (Al Mawāḩī) is an oasis town in the western desert of Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya. It is in the northern desert area of the Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika ( ar, برقة, Barqah, grc-koi, Κυρηναϊκή ...
,
El Agheila
El Agheila ( ar, العقيلة, translit=al-ʿUqayla ) is a coastal city at the southern end of the Gulf of Sidra in far western Cyrenaica, Libya. In 1988 it was placed in Ajdabiya District; it was in that district until 1995. It was removed from ...
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Shawashina
Shawashina (Al Shawashina, Ash-Shawashinah) is a desert town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya.Maplandia world gazetteer
It was in the former Ajdabiya District
Ajdabiya ( ar, إجدابيا) was one of the ...
,
Shurraf
Shurraf (Al Shurraf, Ash-Shurraf) is a desert town in Al Wahat District, Cyrenaica region, in northeastern Libya.
From 2001 to 2007 it was part of Ajdabiya District.Maplandia world gazetteer Formerly (1983-1987) it was part of the Jalu District ...
,
Awjila,
Zuwetina
Zuwetina ( Marsa Uasili; ar, الزويتينة) is a coastal town and oil-exporting port in the Al Wahat District of the Cyrenaica region in north-eastern Libya. From 1987 to 2007 Zuwetina was in the former Ajdabiya District. The oil terminal ...
,
Brega
Brega , also known as ''Mersa Brega'' or ''Marsa al-Brega'' ( ar, مرسى البريقة , i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, ...
,
Jalu
Jalu, Jallow, or Gialo ( ar, جالو) is a town in the Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya in the Jalo oasis. An oasis, a city, and it is the main center of the oasis region in eastern Libya. It is located at the confluence of longitude an ...
,
Jikharra
Jikharra (إجخرة ''Ijkharrah'') is a desert oasis town formerly in the Al Wahat District, Cyrenaica region, in north-eastern Libya. Prior to 2007, it was in the Ajdabiya District
Ajdabiya ( ar, إجدابيا) was one of the districts of L ...
,
Marada
The Mardaites () or al-Jarajima ( syr, ܡܪ̈ܕܝܐ; ar, ٱلْجَرَاجِمَة / ALA-LC: ''al-Jarājimah''), inhabited the highland regions of the Nur Mountains.
The Mardaites were early Christians following either Miaphysitism or Monothelit ...
,
Masliwa
Masliwa is a Sahara desert town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya.Maplandia world gazetteer
References
External linksSatellite map at Maplandia.com
Populated places in Al Wahat District
Cyrenaica
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Qaryat Bishr
Qaryat Bishr is a Mediterranean coastal town on the Gulf of Sidra in central-northeastern Libya. It is in the Al Wahat District of the Cyrenaica
Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika ( ar, برقة, Barqah, grc-koi, Κυρηναϊκή παρχί ...
,
Rashida,
Sultan
Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
Notes
Former districts of Libya
Cyrenaica
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