Hizam al Akhdar District

Pre-2007 extent of Hizam al Akhdar District

Hizam al Akhdar (Arabic: الحزام الأخضر Al Ḥizām al Aḫḍar, English: Green Belt) was one of the 32 districts (shabiyat) of Libya, prior to the 2007 administrative reorganization.^[1] The former capital city was Abyar. The territory of Hizam al Akhdar was transferred to the newly enlarged Marj District.^[1]

Former bounds

In the north and west, Hizam al Akhdar had a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. On land, it bordered the following districts:

Benghazi - northwest
Marj - east
Al Wahat - southeast
Ajdabiya - southwest

Notes

1 2 شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى – Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 25 May 2009, in Arabic

31°40′N 20°20′E / 31.667°N 20.333°E / 31.667; 20.333

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[GPCO-1] 1 2 شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى – Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 25 May 2009, in Arabic

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