Place:Surt, Libya

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NameSurt
Alt namesSirtesource: Wikipedia
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates31.217°N 16.583°E
Located inLibya
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Qaşr Lībīyā
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Sirte District (or Sirt or Surt District; Surt), is one of the districts of Libya. It lies in the north of the country and borders the Gulf of Sidra. Its capital is the city of Sirte. Al-Tahadi University is located in Sirte. To the north, Sirte District has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea and bordered Al Wahat in the east, Jufra in the south, Jabal al Gharbi in the west and Misrata in the northwest.

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.

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