Sabha Destrict
Sabha (سبها) | |
Destrict | |
Kintra | Libie |
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Capital | Sabha |
Area | 15,330 km2 (5,919 sq mi) [1] |
Population | 134,162 (2006) [2] |
Density | 9/km2 (23/sq mi) |
Map o Libie wi Sabha destrict heichlichtit
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Sabha (Arabic: سبها Sabhā) is ane o the destricts o Libya. It is locatit in the centre o the kintra. The caipital is Sabha wi a population o 130,000.
Owerview
[eedit | eedit soorce]Sabha haes ane sma domestic airport. Sabha toun is the maist important ceety o soothren Libie. The population is maistly a mixture o Arab an Black. Unmixed Black are an' a' a common ethnicity.
The Sahara Desert begins at Sabha. Thare are illegal passenger buses that arrive at this ceety frae soothren African kintras sic as Niger, a journey which takes seiven days. It is ane o the maist dangerous routes as it goes throu the desert. Bus drivers aften lose thair wey an passengers whiles dee frae lack o fuid an watter. Fowk frae Ghana, Togo, an Sudan come throu Sabha an then tae Europe throu Tripoli.
Thare is a big lake inside the Sahara Desert near Sabha ceety named Gaberoun, the hame o a umwhile veelage which haes nou acome a popular tourist spot.
Sabha borders the follaein destricts:
- Wadi Al Shatli - north
- Al Jufrah - east
- Murzuq - sooth
- Wadi Al Hayaa - wast
The major settlements o Sabha include
- Samnu (سمنو)
- Tamanhant (تمنهنت)
- Umm al `Abid
- Umm al Ahrar
- Al Mahdia (المهدية)
- Az Zighan (الزيغن)
- Sukrah (Sakra) (سكرة)
- Al Nssiria
- Ghadduwah (Goddua) (غدوة)
- Hagiara
- Al Tanawia
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ before 2007 administrative reorganization
- ↑ "Districts of Libya". statoids.com. Retrieved 27 October 2009.