Wadi Al Shatii Destrict
| Wadi Al Shatii (وادي الشاطئ) | |
| Destrict | |
| Kintra |  Libie
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|---|---|
| Capital | Brak |
| Area | 97,160 km2 (37,514 sq mi) [1] |
| Population | 78,532 (2006) [2] |
| Density | 1/km2 (3/sq mi) |
 Map o Libie wi Wadi Al Shatii destrict heichlichtit
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Wadi Al Shatii (Arabic: وادي الشاطئ Wādī aš Šāṭi' ), sometimes referred tae as Ash Shati (Arabic: الشاطئ Aš Šāṭi' ), is ane o the destricts o Libie in the central-wast pairt o the kintra. Its caipital is Brak.[2] The aurie is maistly desert.
Tae the wast, Wadi Ash Shatii borders the Illizi Province o Algerie. Efter the 2007 admeenistrative reorganization o destricts, it borders on the follaein destricts:
- Nalut - northwast
- Al Jabal al Gharbi - north
- Al Jufrah - east
- Sabha - sootheast
- Wadi Al Hayaa - sooth
- Ghat - soothwast
Wadi Al Shatii District is named efter the depression (umwhile lakebed) o the same name, Wadi ash-Shati'. The depression extends east frae the toun o Umm al-'Abid tae the toun o Wanzarik on the wast, a distance o aboot 87 mile (140 km).
Economy
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In 1943, vera lairge, but law grade, sedimentary iron-ore deposits wur discovered in the Wadi ash-Shatii Destrict near Brak.[3][4] Economically, it is anerlie suitable for strip minin. There are an aa potential economic manganese deposits in the same aurie. The manganese occurs in lens or veinlets (up tae 23% Mg) in the sandstanes associatit wi the iron ore.[4] Millet is the primary agricultural export frae the valley.
Notes
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ before 2007 administrative reorganization
- ↑ a b "Districts of Libya". statoids.com. Retrieved 27 October 2009.
- ↑ Mobbs, Philip M.(2000) "The Mineral Industry of Libya" U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook — 2000 United States Geological Survey
- ↑ a b Goudarzi, Gus H., (1970) Geology and Mineral Resources of Libya — A Reconnaissance U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 660, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., pp. 2, 57, 63-69, OCLC 88823