Place:Tubruq, Darnah, Libya

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NameTubruq
Alt namesTubruq
Antipygrossource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 937
Baladiyat Tubruqsource: Wikipedia
Tobruchsource: Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 937
Tobruksource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 1216
Tokbruk municipalitysource: Wikipedia
Tubruqsource: Times Atlas of World History (1993) p 358
Ṭubruqsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeFormer Municipality
Coordinates32.083°N 23.983°E
Located inDarnah, Libya
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Butnan sometimes called Tubruq District or Tobruk District from the former name, occasionally Marmarica, is an administrative district (shabiyah) in eastern Libya. Its capital city is Tobruk.

In the north, Butnan has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. To the east, it borders Egypt's Matruh Governorate, along with a small border on the Al Wadi al Jadid Governorate in the far southeast. Domestically, it borders Derna in the northwest and Al Wahat in west and south. The most important settlements are Tobruk, Jaghbub and Bardia.

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 district was 6.9, while the average household size of non-Libyans being 3.7. There were totally 22,713 in the district and the population density of the district was 1.86 persons per sq. km. Per 2006 census, there were totally 50,154 economically active people in the district.

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