Subdivisions of Libya have varied significantly over the last two centuries. Initially Libya under Ottoman and Italian control was organized into three to four provinces, then into three governorates (muhafazah) and after World War II into twenty-five districts (baladiyah). Successively into thirty-two districts (shabiyat) with three administrative regions, and then into twenty-two districts (shabiyat). In 2012 the ruling General National Congress divided the country into governorates (muhafazat) and districts (baladiyat).[1][2] While the districts have been created,[3] the governorates have not.[4][5]
At first, Italy continued the tripartite administration, but soon consolidated the area into a single province/gobernatorate administered as the "Libyan Colony". Indeed, until about 1931 -when the last of the native resistance to the Italians was subdued- the area was divided into three historical regions (Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan/"Territorio Sahara").
Then, in 1937, Italian governor Italo Balbo created the political entity called Libya. His Italian Libya was re-divided into four provinces and one territory: Tripoli, Misurata, Benghazi, Derna, (in the coastal north) and the "Southern Military Territory" (Italian: Territorio Militare del Sud) (in the Saharan south).[6]
After the French and British occupied Libya in 1943, it was again split into three provinces: Tripolitania in the northwest, Cyrenaica in the east, and Fezzan-Ghadames in the southwest.[7]
After independence, Libya was divided into three governorates (muhafazat), matching the three provinces of before, but in 1963 it was divided into ten governorates.
The Provinces of Libya existed during the last period of colonial Italian Libya through post-independence Libya. The country was divided into provinces from 1934 in the colonial era to 1963 when the Governorates system was instituted.
The Governorates of Libya (muhafazah) were an administrative division of Libya from 1963 until 1983. Initially there were 46 governorates-districts, called baladiyah, that were reduced to 25 in 1987.
Libyan governorates-districts ("Baladiyah") in 1987
In 1983, a new system was introduced dividing the country into forty-six districts (baladiyat also sometimes translated as municipalities). In 1987 this number was reduced to twenty-five.
In Libya there are currently 106 districts, second level administrative subdivisions known as baladiyat (singular baladiyah).[8] The number has varied since 2013 between 99 and 108.[9]
On 2 August 1995, Libya reorganized into thirteen districts (sha`biyat - singular sha`biyah, also translated as municipalities or popularates). In 1998 this was increased to twenty-six districts (sha`biyat). In 2001 it was increased to thirty-two districts plus three administrative regions. Finally in 2007 the number was reduced to twenty-two districts.[10]
Under Gaddafi Libyan districts were further subdivided into Basic People's Congresses Arabic: مؤتمر شعبي أساسي (Mu'tamar shaʿbi asāsi ). Geographically they corresponded approximately to the level of a township or borough. In desert areas they often had an extensive land area with very low population, and were generally centered on, and named for, an oasis.
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^Bader, Mahmoud (April 2014). "Is Local Government in Libya the Solution?". Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE). from the original on 17 July 2014.
^ [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 26 March 2014.
^Shanks, Tracy and Chemonics International Inc. (3 July 2014). (PDF). Asia Middle East Economic Growth Best Practices Project (AMEG). pp. 5–6. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 24, 2015.
^Vandewalle, Dirk (2015). "Libya's Uncertain Revolution". In Cole, Peter; McQuin, Brian (eds.). The Libyan Revolution and its Aftermath. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press. p. 35. ISBN978-0-19-025733-0.
^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
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^Italian Libya states "Italian Libya was formed from the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania which were taken by Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1912".
^Italian Cyrenaica states "was formed in 1927" and "In 1934, Cyrenaica became part of Italian Libya". Italian Libya states "Italian Libya was formed from the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania which were taken by Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1912 after the Italo-Turkish War of 1911 to 1912". Provinces of Libya states "From 1927 to 1934, the territory was split into two separate colonies, each run by their own Italian governor: Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania".
^Italian Tripolitania states "was formed in 1927" and "In 1934, Cyrenaica became part of Italian Libya". Italian Libya states "Italian Libya was formed from the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania which were taken by Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1912 after the Italo-Turkish War of 1911 to 1912".
^Italian Libya states "Both Cyrenaica and Tripolitania, along with Fezzan, were merged into Italian Libya in 1934" but Italian North Africa states "from 1912 to 1934, as Tripolitania and Cyrenaica".
^Provinces of Libya states "In 1934 Italy adopted the name "Libya" as the official name of the reunified area, and administratively divided it up into the three provinces of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan".
^ abItalian Libya states "In 1934, [...] the colony (made up of the three Provinces of Cyrenaica, Tripolitania and Fezzan)" but also in the same paragraph "The colony was administered among four provincial governatores [...] and the southern military territory".
^ abItalian North Africa states "Indeed, from 1934 to 1940, Italian North Africa was then known as Libya as the North African territories were consolidated into one colony, Italian Libya". Later, the list confirms 1 division.
^Provinces of Libya states "In 1937 Cyrenaica and Tripolitania provinces split, with northern Cyrenaica becoming Benghazi and Derna provinces, and northern Tripolitania splitting into Tripoli and Misrata. Fezzan was not split, but the whole southern desert area was militarily".
^Italian Libya states "1939 a decree law transformed the commissariats into provinces".
^Italian Libya states "From 1943 to 1951, Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were under British administration, while the French controlled Fezzan". Provinces of Libya states "French and British occupied Libya in 1943, it was again split into three provinces: Tripolitania in the northwest, Cyrenaica in the east, and Fezzan-Ghadames in the southwest".
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Subdivisions of Libya have varied significantly over the last two centuries Initially Libya under Ottoman and Italian control was organized into three to four provinces then into three governorates muhafazah and after World War II into twenty five districts baladiyah Successively into thirty two districts shabiyat with three administrative regions and then into twenty two districts shabiyat In 2012 the ruling General National Congress divided the country into governorates muhafazat and districts baladiyat 1 2 While the districts have been created 3 the governorates have not 4 5 The 3 main historical subdivisions of Libya Contents 1 History 2 Provinces 3 Governorates 4 Baladiyat 5 Districts 5 1 Basic People s Congresses 6 Overview 7 See also 8 NotesHistory EditPrior to the Italian invasion of 1911 the area of Libya was administered as three separate provinces Vilayets of the Ottoman Empire Tripolitania Fezzan and Cyrenaica At first Italy continued the tripartite administration but soon consolidated the area into a single province gobernatorate administered as the Libyan Colony Indeed until about 1931 when the last of the native resistance to the Italians was subdued the area was divided into three historical regions Tripolitania Cyrenaica and Fezzan Territorio Sahara Then in 1937 Italian governor Italo Balbo created the political entity called Libya His Italian Libya was re divided into four provinces and one territory Tripoli Misurata Benghazi Derna in the coastal north and the Southern Military Territory Italian Territorio Militare del Sud in the Saharan south 6 After the French and British occupied Libya in 1943 it was again split into three provinces Tripolitania in the northwest Cyrenaica in the east and Fezzan Ghadames in the southwest 7 After independence Libya was divided into three governorates muhafazat matching the three provinces of before but in 1963 it was divided into ten governorates Provinces EditMain article Provinces of Libya The Provinces of Libya existed during the last period of colonial Italian Libya through post independence Libya The country was divided into provinces from 1934 in the colonial era to 1963 when the Governorates system was instituted Governorates EditMain article Governorates of Libya The Governorates of Libya muhafazah were an administrative division of Libya from 1963 until 1983 Initially there were 46 governorates districts called baladiyah that were reduced to 25 in 1987 Libyan governorates districts Baladiyah in 1987بلدية Baladiyah Main city Population in 1984 Number on the map طبرق Butnan Tobruk 94 006 3درنة Darnah Derna 105 031 14الجبل الاخضر Jabal al Akhdar Bayda 120 662 5المرج Marj Marj 102 763 4بنغازي Benghazi Benghazi 485 386 13إجدابيا Al Wahat Ajdabiya 100 547 1الكفرة Kufra Al Jawf 25 139 8سرت Sirte Sirte 110 996 21مصراتة Misratah Misrata 178 295 17Khoms Khoms 149 642 7طرابلس Tripoli Tarabulus Tripoli 990 697 22العزيزيه Al Aziziyah Aziziya 85 068 2الزاوية Az Zawiyah Zawiya 220 075 12النقاط الخمس Nuqat al Khams Zuwara 181 584 9الجبل الغربي Gharyan Gharyan 117 073 16Zlitan Zliten 101 107 25الجفرة Al Jufrah Waddan 6الشاطئ Ash Shati Brak 46 749 10سبها Sabha Sabha 76 171 19أوباري Awbari Ubari 48 701 11غدامس Ghadames Ghadames 52 247 15Sawfajjin Bani Walid 45 195 20مرزق Mourzouq Murzuk 42 294 18ترهونة Tarhounah Tarhuna 84 640 23يفرن Yafran Yafran 73 420 24Total 3 637 488Baladiyat EditMain article Baladiyat of Libya In 1983 a new system was introduced dividing the country into forty six districts baladiyat also sometimes translated as municipalities In 1987 this number was reduced to twenty five In Libya there are currently 106 districts second level administrative subdivisions known as baladiyat singular baladiyah 8 The number has varied since 2013 between 99 and 108 9 Districts EditMain article Districts of Libya On 2 August 1995 Libya reorganized into thirteen districts sha biyat singular sha biyah also translated as municipalities or popularates In 1998 this was increased to twenty six districts sha biyat In 2001 it was increased to thirty two districts plus three administrative regions Finally in 2007 the number was reduced to twenty two districts 10 Basic People s Congresses Edit Main article Basic People s Congress country subdivision Under Gaddafi Libyan districts were further subdivided into Basic People s Congresses Arabic مؤتمر شعبي أساسي Mu tamar shaʿbi asasi Geographically they corresponded approximately to the level of a township or borough In desert areas they often had an extensive land area with very low population and were generally centered on and named for an oasis Overview Edityear number of divisions name of divisionshistorically Persians 1 Barqa Shatrapani Satrapy Shatrapani satrapyhistorically Greeks 1 Libya Satrapy satrapyhistorically Roman Empire Roman Libya Creta et Cyrenaica provincehistorically Ottoman Empire Ottoman Tripolitania Ottoman Tripolitania 1 vilayetcolonised territory 1st phase Italian North Africa from 1912 to 1927 1 11 Italian Libya or 2 12 governorate or provincecolonised territory 2nd phase Italian North Africafrom 1927 to 1934 2 Italian Cyrenaica 13 Italian Tripolitania 14 also Fezzan 15 governorate or provincecolonised territory 3rd phase Italian Libya from 1934 to 1937 3 16 Cyrenaica Fezzan Tripolitania or 4 17 or 1 18 provincecolonised territory 4th phase Provinces of the Fourth Shore within the Italian Colonial Empire from 1937 to 1940 4 17 Tripoli Bengazi Derna Misurata or 5 19 along with Southern Military Territory or 1 18 province 20 colonised territory 5th phase after World War II from 1943 to 1951 3 21 Cyrenaica and Tripolitania were British Fezzan Ghadames was French provinceafter independence in 1951 1952 Kingdom of Libya 3 muhafazah governorate in Kingdom of Libya after 1963 and in Libyan Jamahiriya after 1969 coup d etat 10 muhafazah governorate after 1983 46 baladiyahafter 1987 1988 25 baladiyahafter 1995 13 shabiyah district after 1998 26 shabiyah district after 2001 32 shabiyah district after 2007 22 shabiyah district after 2013 99 to 108 baladiyahafter 2022 19 Muqata ah County 22 See also EditDistricts of Libya Governorates of Libya Provinces of Libya Basic People s CongressNotes Edit 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 PDF from the original on 27 March 2014 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 26 March 2014 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 Vandewalle Dirk 2015 Libya s Uncertain Revolution In Cole Peter McQuin Brian eds The Libyan Revolution and its Aftermath Oxford England Oxford University Press p 35 ISBN 978 0 19 025733 0 Pan Chia Lin 1949 The Population of Libya Population Studies 3 1 pp 100 125 p 104 Map of Libya 1943 1951 Zentrale fur Unterrichtsmedien Baladiyat in Arabic Central Committee for the election of baladiyah councils Archived from the original on 28 December 2021 Baladiyat in Arabic Archived from the original on 25 January 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint unfit URL link اللجنة الشعبية العامة Archived from the original on 2009 02 07 Retrieved 2009 05 25 شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمى Sha biyat of Great Jamahiriya accessed July 6 2007 Italian Libya states Italian Libya was formed from the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania which were taken by Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1912 Italian North Africa states from 1912 to 1934 as Tripolitania and Cyrenaica Italian Cyrenaica states was formed in 1927 and In 1934 Cyrenaica became part of Italian Libya Italian Libya states Italian Libya was formed from the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania which were taken by Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1912 after the Italo Turkish War of 1911 to 1912 Provinces of Libya states From 1927 to 1934 the territory was split into two separate colonies each run by their own Italian governor Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania Italian Tripolitania states was formed in 1927 and In 1934 Cyrenaica became part of Italian Libya Italian Libya states Italian Libya was formed from the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania which were taken by Italy from the Ottoman Empire in 1912 after the Italo Turkish War of 1911 to 1912 Italian Libya states Both Cyrenaica and Tripolitania along with Fezzan were merged into Italian Libya in 1934 but Italian North Africa states from 1912 to 1934 as Tripolitania and Cyrenaica Provinces of Libya states In 1934 Italy adopted the name Libya as the official name of the reunified area and administratively divided it up into the three provinces of Cyrenaica Tripolitania and Fezzan a b Italian Libya states In 1934 the colony made up of the three Provinces of Cyrenaica Tripolitania and Fezzan but also in the same paragraph The colony was administered among four provincial governatores and the southern military territory a b Italian North Africa states Indeed from 1934 to 1940 Italian North Africa was then known as Libya as the North African territories were consolidated into one colony Italian Libya Later the list confirms 1 division Provinces of Libya states In 1937 Cyrenaica and Tripolitania provinces split with northern Cyrenaica becoming Benghazi and Derna provinces and northern Tripolitania splitting into Tripoli and Misrata Fezzan was not split but the whole southern desert area was militarily Italian Libya states 1939 a decree law transformed the commissariats into provinces Italian Libya states From 1943 to 1951 Tripolitania and Cyrenaica were under British administration while the French controlled Fezzan Provinces of Libya states French and British occupied Libya in 1943 it was again split into three provinces Tripolitania in the northwest Cyrenaica in the east and Fezzan Ghadames in the southwest https lawsociety ly legislation d9 82 d8 b1 d8 a7 d8 b1 184 d8 aa d8 b5 d9 88 d9 8a d8 a8 d8 ad d9 83 d9 85 d8 a8 d9 82 d8 b1 d8 a7 d8 b1 d8 b1 d9 82 d9 85 182 d8 a5 d9 86 d8 b4 d8 a7 d8 a1 d9 88 d8 aa d9 86 d8 b8 d9 8a d9 85 bare URL Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Subdivisions of Libya amp oldid 1168927034, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
