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] Before the transfer, it had a population of 85,898 (2007).

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. 1 2 شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى – Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya, accessed 25 May 2009, in Arabic

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