Jabal al Akhdar

This article is about the official district in Libya. For the wider mountainous region in Libya, see Jebel Akhdar (Libya). For the district of Oman, see Jebel Akhdar (Oman).
Jabal al Akhdar
الجبل الأخضر
District
Asclepium Balagrae
Asclepium Balagrae
Map of Libya with Jabal al Akhdar district highlighted
Map of Libya with Jabal al Akhdar district highlighted
CountryLibya
CapitalBayda
Area
 • Total
7,800 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population
 (2006)
 • Total
206,180
 • Density26/km2 (68/sq mi)
 [1]
License Plate Code2, 35, 45

Jabal al Akhdar or The Green Mountain (Arabic: الجبل الأخضر al-Jabal al-Akhḍar)[2] is one of the districts of Libya. It lies in the northeast of the country. The capital is Bayda. In its territory, close to the city of Shahhat, can be found the remains of the ancient Greek colony of Cyrene, and the neighbouring city of Apollonia, a major port in the Mediterranean Sea in antiquity. On land, it borders Derna in the east, Al Wahat in the south and Marj in the west.

Per the census of 2012, the total population in was 157,747, with 150,353 Libyans. Average household size was 6.9, compared to 3.7 for non-Libyans. There were a total of 22,713 households, 20,907 of thek Libyan. The population density was 1.86 persons per km2. Per the 2006 census, there were 70,321 economically active people.

  1. ^ "Jabal al Akhdar". General Information Authority of the Government of Libya. 2006. Archived from the original on 6 April 2010..
  2. ^ B. H. Liddell Hart, 1970, History of the Second World War, p. 206