Place:Al Marj, Libya

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NameAl Marj
Alt namesAl-Marjsource: Wikipedia
Barcasource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 337
Barcesource: Times Atlas of the World (1994) p 22
Barkasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 118
TypeMunicipality
Coordinates32.5°N 20.833°E
Located inLibya
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names


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Marj is an administrative division (shabiyah or district) of northeastern Libya, lying on the Mediterranean Sea coast. Its administrative seat is the city of Marj, which was formerly known as Barca. Marj is situated on the Cyrenaica Plateau at the western edge of the Jebel Akhdar. In the 2007 administrative reorganization part of the territory formerly in Al Hizam al Akhdar District was transferred to Al Marj. In the north, Marj has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. On land, it borders Jabal al Akhdar in the east, Al Wahat in south and Benghazi in the 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 13,313 economically active people in the district.

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