Place:Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya

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NameAl Jabal al Akhdar
Alt namesAl Jabal al Akhḑarsource: Getty
Baidasource: Encyclopedia Americana (1986) XVII, 398
TypeMunicipality
Located inLibya
Contained Places
Inhabited place
Al Bayḍā'
Jardas al-ʿAbīd
Marāwah
Massah
Shaḥḥāt
Sulunṭah
Sūsah
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Jabal al Akhdar or The Green Mountain is one of the districts of Libya. It lies in the north east of the country. The capital is Bayda. In its territory, close to the city of Shahhat, can be found the remains of the old 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 east, Al Wahat in south and Marj in west.

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 70,321 economically active people in the district.

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