Jafara
الجفارة | |
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 Map of Libya with Jafara district highlighted | |
| Country | Libya |
| Capital | 'Aziziya |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2,660 km2 (1,030 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 548,855 |
| • Density | 210/km2 (530/sq mi) |
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| License Plate Code | 25 |
Jafara or Al Jfara (Arabic: الجفارة 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).[3] 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.[4]
Per the census of 2012, the total population in the region was 157,747, with 150,353 Libyans. The average size of the household in the country was 6.9, while the average household size of non-Libyans being 3.7. There were totally 22,713 households in the district, with 20,907 Libyan ones. The population density of the district was 1.86 persons per km2. Per 2006 census, there were totally 163,882 economically active people in the district.
- ^ "شعبية الجفارة" (Jafara District)[permanent dead link] الهيئة العامة للمعلومات (General Information Authority) of Libyan government, in Arabic, accessed 1 November 2009
- ^ Bureau of Statistics and Census Libya (web).
- ^ "شعبية الجفارة" ("Jafara District") Website of the General People's Committee of Libya, from Internet Archive dated 15 October 2006, in Arabic
- ^ شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى – Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine, in Arabic, accessed 1 November 2009