Jafara
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Jafara or Al Jfara ( Al Jifārah) is one of the districts of Libya, in the historical region of Tripolitania. Its capital and largest city is 'Aziziya. Jafara borders Tripoli in northeast, Jabal al Gharbi in south and Zawiya in the west.
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Jafara
- Settlement.native_name
- الجفارة
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.settlement_type
- District
- Settlement.image_skyline
- The Mesopotamian Campaign, 1916-1918 Q25186.jpg
- Settlement.image_map
- Jafara in Libya.svg
- Settlement.map_caption
- Map of Libya with Jafara district highlighted
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Libya
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2020
- Settlement.population_total
- 548855
- Settlement.seat_type
- Capital
- Settlement.seat
- 'Aziziya
- Settlement.area_total_km2
- 2660
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.registration_plate_type
- License Plate Code
- Settlement.registration_plate
- 25
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Wikidata facts
- Area
- 2666
- Image
- Gasr Al-Hajj - inside.jpg
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- native label
- الجفارة
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Jafara or Al Jfara ( Al Jifārah) is one of the districts of Libya, in the historical region of Tripolitania. Its capital and largest city is 'Aziziya. Jafara borders Tripoli in northeast, Jabal al Gharbi in south and Zawiya in the west.
From 2001 to 2007, Jafara District consisted of twenty Basic People's Congresses (BPCs). In 2007 it was enlarged from 1,940 km2 to 2,666 km2 by the addition of four BPCs from Tarabulus District (Tripoli), and presently consists of twenty-four Basic People's Congresses.
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