Sirte Destrict
| Sirte (سرت) | |
| Destrict | |
| Kintra |  Libie
|
|---|---|
| Capital | Sirt |
| Area | 77,660 km2 (29,985 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 141,378 (2006) [2] |
| Density | 2/km2 (5/sq mi) |
 Map o Libie wi Sirte destrict heichlichtit
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Sirte Destrict (or Sirt or Surt Destrict (Arabic: سرت Surt, 
pronunciation (help·info)), is ane o the destricts o Libie. It lies in the north o the kintra an borders the Gulf o Sidra. Its caipital is the ceety o Sirt. Al-Tahadi University is locatit in Sirt.
Name
[eedit | eedit soorce]Sirte Destrict shares its name wi the ceety o Sirte, the historically maist important ceety on the Gulf o Sidra. These names derive frae the Greek name for the gulf, the Great Syrtis.[3]
Bundaries
[eedit | eedit soorce]The bundaries o Sirte Destrict hae chynged several times, maist recently in the 2007 admeenistrative reorganization o Libian destricts (see maps). Frae 1983 tae 1987 the Bin Jawwad Destrict covered pairts o wha is nou pairt o Sirte Destrict.
Tae the north, Sirte District has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the follaein destricts:
- Al Wahat - east
- Al Jufrah - sooth
- Al Jabal al Gharbi - wast
- Misrata - northwast
Transport
[eedit | eedit soorce]Sirte is an interim destination o a coastal railway frae Tunisie tae Benghazi that began construction in 2007.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ before 2007 administrative reorganization
- ↑ "Districts of Libya". statoids.com. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ↑ Grote, George (1853) History of Greece: Volume 4 (reprinted from the London 2nd edition) Harper and brothers, New York, page 29, OCLC 2835816; see also Strabo's Geographica Book XVII, Chapter III, Sections 16-18 pages 288-289 here
Coordinates: 31°12′17.41″N 16°35′16.54″E / 31.2048361°N 16.5879278°E