Jabal al Gharbi Governorate or Jebal al Gharbi Governorate was one of the governorates (muhafazah) of

Libya Libya (; ar, ليبيا, Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya ( ar, دولة ليبيا, Dawlat Lībiyā), is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya bo ...

from 1963 to 1983. Its capital was

Gharian Gharyan is a city in northwestern Libya, in Jabal al Gharbi District, located 80 km south of Tripoli. Prior to 2007, it was the administrative seat of Gharyan District. Gharyan is one of the largest towns in the Western Mountains. In 2005, ...

.Fisher, Morris (1985) ''Provinces and provincial capitals of the world'' (second edition) Scarecrow Press, Metuchen, New jersey, page 88, Other important towns in the governorate were

Yafran Yafran ( Berber: ⵢⴼⵔⴰⵏ ''Ifran'', ar, يفرن, links=https://www.temehu.com/Cities_sites/Yefren.htm ', it, Iefren), also spelled ''Jefren'', ''Yefren'', ''Yifran'', ''Yifrin'' or ''Ifrane'', is a city in northwestern Libya, in the J ...

Nalut Nalut (sometimes Lalút) ( ar, نالوت) is the capital of the Nalut District in Libya. Nalut lies approximately halfway between Tripoli and Ghadames, at the western end of the Nafusa Mountains coastal range, in the Tripolitania region. The town ...

Ghadames Ghadames or Ghadamis ( Berber: ''ʕadémis''; ar, غدامس, Libyan vernacular: ''ɣdāməs'', Latin: ''Cidamus, Cydamus'', it, Gadames) is an oasis Berber town in the Nalut District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya. The i ...

and

Mizda Mizda or Mesdah (Tamazight: ⵎⵉⵣⴷⴰ, ''Mizda'') is a town in the Nafusa Mountains in Libya. It was the capital of the former Mizda District. Just to the west of Mizda is the Mizda Army Base at See also * List of cities in Libya ...

. It was created out of the southwestern part of Tripolitania province. In 1970 the governorate was renamed Gharyan Governorate, but the boundaries remained unchanged. In 1972 the governorate had 5 districts named after the main towns: Gharyan, Yafran, Nalut, Ghadames and Mizda. The governorate's population was 180,883 in 1964 and had risen to 245,018 by 1972.United States, Department of the Army (1973) "Table 1. Distribution of the Population of Libya, by Governorates 1964 and 1972" ''Libya'' (Department of the Army pamphlet 550) Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C
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