Baladiyat of Libya
The Baladiyah (singular), or baladiyat (plural), is the intended second-level administration subdivision of Libya being reintroduced in 2012 by the General National Congress with Law 59 on the system of local administration, dividing the country into governorates (muhafazat) and districts (baladiyat), with baladiyah having local councils. As the proposed governorates have not been created, the 22 distrists continue to serve as the primary administrative divisions of Libya.
Baladiyah is an
History
Baladiyat were first introduced in
1988
The table hereunder lists the old twenty-five baladiyat in alphabetical order with a link to each one and numbered to be located on the map. Note that each district linked may be both a baladiyah and a shabiyah. The many changes may not always be reflected in the linked article.
| Number | Name | Region |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajdabiya | Cyrenaica |
| 2 | ‘Aziziya |
Tripolitania |
| 3 | Butnan | Cyrenaica |
| 4 | Fati | Cyrenaica |
| 5 | Jabal al Akhdar | Cyrenaica |
| 6 | Jufra | Fezzan |
| 7 | Khoms |
Tripolitania |
| 8 | Kufra | Cyrenaica |
| 9 | Nuqat al Khams | Tripolitania |
| 10 | Wadi al Shatii | Fezzan |
| 11 | Ubari | Fezzan |
| 12 | Zawiya | Tripolitania |
| 13 | Benghazi | Cyrenaica |
| 14 | Derna | Cyrenaica |
| 15 | Ghadames | Tripolitania |
| 16 | Gharyan | Tripolitania |
| 17 | Misrata | Tripolitania |
| 18 | Murzuq | Fezzan |
| 19 | Sabha | Fezzan |
| 20 | Sawfajjin | Tripolitania |
| 21 | Sirte | Tripolitania |
| 22 | Tripoli | Tripolitania |
| 23 | Tarhuna | Tripolitania |
| 24 | Yafran | Tripolitania |
| 25 | Zlitan | Tripolitania |
2013
Below is a list of the 99 baladiyat in Libya as created July 2013.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Districts of Libya". Statoids.com. Retrieved 7 November 2010.
- ^ "للقانون رقم 59 لسنة 2012 ميلادية بشأن نظام الإدارة المحلية" [Law No. 59 for the year 2012 AD on the local administration system] (PDF) (in Arabic). اللجنة المركزية لانتخاب المجالس البلدية [The Central Committee for the election of baladiyah councils]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-27. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ Bader, Mahmoud (April 2014). "Is Local Government in Libya the Solution?". Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). Archived from the original on 17 July 2014.
- ^ "قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم 180 لسنة 2013 ميلادي بإنشاء البلديات" [Council of Ministers resolution No. 180 for the year 2013 AD the establishment of baladiyat] (PDF) (in Arabic). اللجنة المركزية لانتخاب المجالس البلدية [The Central Committee for the election of baladiyah councils]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-26. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ a b "الكشف المرفق بقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم 180 لسنة 2013 ميلادي بإنشاء البلديات" [Appendix Council of Ministers resolution No. 180 for the year 2013 AD the establishment of baladiyat] (PDF) (in Arabic). اللجنة المركزية لانتخاب المجالس البلدية [The Central Committee for the election of baladiyah councils]. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 2015-12-24.
- ^ "اسماء البلديات" [The names of the baladiyat] (in Arabic). اللجنة المركزية لانتخاب المجالس البلدية [The Central Committee for the election of baladiyah councils]. 26 March 2015. Archived from the original on 13 December 2015. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
- ^ Shanks, Tracy and Chemonics International Inc. (3 July 2014). "Libya Public Financial Management System Reform" (PDF). Asia Middle East Economic Growth Best Practices Project (AMEG). pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2015.
- ISBN 978-0-19-025733-0.