Destricts o Libie
There are twinty-twa destricts o Libyae, kent bi the term shabiyah (Arabic singular شعبية šaʿbiyya, plural šaʿbiyyāt). In the 1990s these replaced the aulder baladiyat seestem.
Historically the aurie o Libyae wis considered three provinces (or states), Tripolitanie in the northwast, Cyrenaica in the east, an Fezzan in the soothwast. It wis the conquest bi Italy in the Italo-Turkis War that unitit them in a single poleetical unit. Unner the Italians, Libyae wis eventually dividit intae fower provinces an ane territory: Tripoli, Misrata, Benghazi, Derna, (in the north) an the Territory o the Libyan Sahara (in the sooth).[1] Efter the French an Breetish occupee'd Libyae in 1943, it wis again split intae three provinces: Tripolitanie in the northwast, Cyrenaica in the east, an Fezzan-Ghadames in the soothwast.[2]
Airticle 176 o the constitution o Libyae statit "The Kingdom o Libyae shall be dividit intae admeenistrative units in conformity wi the law tae be promulgatit in this connection. Local an regional cooncils mey be formed in the Kinrick. The extend o these units shall be determined bi law which shall likewise organize these Cooncils." in exact quote.
Efter unthirldom (1951), Libyae wis dividit intae three govrenorates (muhafazat), matchin the three provinces o afore, but in 1963 it wis dividit intae ten govrenorates. In 1983 a new seestem wis introduced dividin the kintra intae fowerty-sax destricts (baladiyat). In 1987 this wis reduced tae twinty-five destricts.
On 2 August 1995, Libyae reorganized intae thirteen destricts (shabiyat). In 1998 this wis increased tae 26 shabiyat destricts. In 2001 it wis increased tae thirty-twa destricts plus three admeenistrative regions. Feenally in 2007 tae wis reduced tae twinty-twa destricts.
Shabiyat
Shabiyah (Arabic: شعبية šaʿbiyya, plural: شعبيات šaʿbiyyāt) is a neologism exclusive tae Libyae unner Gaddafi, in line wi exclusive terms for republic (jamahiriya), meenistry (amanah) an embassy (fowk-bureau). The term basically means a destrict, that is, a top level admeenistrative diveesion. Etymologically, it is an adjective meanin "o or pertainin tae the foek, popular".
22 shabiyat (2007)
In 2007 the current twenty-two shabiyah replaced the older thirty-two shabiyah[3][4][5].
The current leet is as follaein:
| شعبية | Scots | Pop (2006)[6] | Number (on map) |
|---|---|---|---|
| البطنان | Al Butnan | 159,536 | 1 |
| درنة | Darnah | 163,351 | 2 |
| الجبل الاخضر | Al Jabal al Akhdar | 203,156 | 3 |
| المرج | Al Marj | 185,848 | 4 |
| بنغازي | Benghazi | 670,797 | 5 |
| الواحات | Al Wahat | 177,047 | 6 |
| الكفرة | Al Kufrah | 50,104 | 7 |
| سرت | Sirt | 141,378 | 8 |
| مرزق | Murzuq | 78,621 | 22 |
| سبها | Sabha | 134,162 | 19 |
| وادي الحياة | Wadi Al Hayaa | 76,858 | 20 |
| مصراتة | Misrata | 550,938 | 9 |
| المرقب | Al Murgub | 432,202 | 10 |
| طرابلس | Tarabulus | 1,065,405 | 11 |
| الجفارة | Al Jfara | 453,198 | 12 |
| الزاوية | Az Zawiyah | 290,993 | 13 |
| النقاط الخمس | An Nuqat al Khams | 287,662 | 14 |
| الجبل الغربي | Al Jabal al Gharbi | 304,159 | 15 |
| نالوت | Nalut | 93,224 | 16 |
| غات | Ghat | 23,518 | 21 |
| الجفرة | Al Jufrah | 52,342 | 17 |
| وادي الشاطئ | Wadi Al Shatii | 78,532 | 18 |
References
- ↑ Pan, Chia-Lin (1949) "The Population of Libya" Population Studies, 3(1): pp. 100-125, p. 104
- ↑ "Map of Libya 1943-1951" Zentrale für Unterrichtsmedien
- ↑ شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى– Sha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya, accessed 10 May 2009, in Arabic
- ↑ :"Libya population statistics". Geohive. Retrieved 30 October 2009. Text "language, English, Arabic" ignored (help)
- ↑ "Districts of Libya". Statoids.com. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ↑ Libyan General Information Authority accessed 22 July 2009
