Sirte ( ??? )
Destrict
Kintra	Libie
Capital	Sirt
Area	77,660 km 2 (29,985 sq mi) [1]
Population	141,378 ( 2006 ) [2]
Density	2/km 2 (5/sq mi)
Map o Libie wi Sirte destrict heichlichtit

Sirte Destrict (or Sirt or Surt Destrict ( Arabic : ??? ‎ Surt , pronunciation   ( help · info ) ), is ane o the destricts o Libie . It lies in the north o the kintra an borders the Gulf o Sidra . Its caipital is the ceety o Sirt . Al-Tahadi University is locatit in Sirt.

Name [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Sirte Destrict shares its name wi the ceety o Sirte, the historically maist important ceety on the Gulf o Sidra. These names derive frae the Greek name for the gulf, the Great Syrtis . ^[3]

Bundaries [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

The bundaries o Sirte Destrict hae chynged several times, maist recently in the 2007 admeenistrative reorganization o Libian destricts (see maps). Frae 1983 tae 1987 the Bin Jawwad Destrict covered pairts o wha is nou pairt o Sirte Destrict.

Tae the north, Sirte District has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea . It borders the follaein destricts:

• Al Wahat - east
• Al Jufrah - sooth
• Al Jabal al Gharbi - wast
• Misrata - northwast

Transport [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

Sirte is an interim destination o a coastal railway frae Tunisie tae Benghazi that began construction in 2007.

Notes [ eedit | eedit soorce ]

1. ↑ before 2007 administrative reorganization
2. ↑ "Districts of Libya" . statoids.com . Retrieved 27 October 2009 .
3. ↑ Grote, George (1853) History of Greece: Volume 4 (reprinted from the London 2nd edition) Harper and brothers, New York, page 29 , OCLC   2835816 ; see also Strabo's Geographica Book XVII, Chapter III, Sections 16-18 pages 288-289 here

Coordinates : 31°12′17.41″N 16°35′16.54″E  /  31.2048361°N 16.5879278°E  / 31.2048361; 16.5879278