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There are thirty-two municipalities of Libya, known by the Arabic term sha'biyat (singular sha'biyah). These replaced the muhafazah (governorates) that existed from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Sha'biyat
Sha'biyah is a neologism exculsive to Libya. The term basically means a municipality (or a top level administrative division). The data in this table was taken from the first external link below.
| شعبية | Sha'biyah | Population | Area (sq km) |
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| إجدابيا | Ajdabiya | 165,839 | 91,620 |
| البطنان | Al Butnan | 144,527 | 83,860 |
| الحزام الاخضر | Al Hizam Al Akhdar | 108,860 | 12,800 |
| الجبل الاخضر | Al Jabal al Akhdar | 194,185 | 7,800 |
| الجفارة | Al Jfara | 289,340 | 1,940 |
| الجفرة | Al Jufrah | 45,117 | 117,410 |
| الكفرة | Al Kufrah | 51,433 | 483,510 |
| المرج | Al Marj | 116,318 | 10,000 |
| المرقب | Al Murgub | 328,292 | 3,000 |
| النقاط الخمس | An Nuqat al Khams | 208,954 | 5,250 |
| القبة | Al Qubah | 93,895 | 14,722 |
| الواحات | Al Wahat | 29,257 | 108,670 |
| الزاوية | Az Zawiyah | 197,177 | 1,520 |
| بنغازي | Benghazi | 636,992 | 800 |
| بنى وليد | Bani Walid | 77,424 | 19,710 |
| درنة | Darnah | 81,174 | 4,908 |
| غات | Ghat | 22,770 | 72,700 |
| غدامس | Ghadamis | 19,000 | 51,750 |
| غريان | Gharyan | 161,408 | 4,660 |
| مرزق | Murzuq | 68,718 | 349,790 |
| مزدة | Mizdah | 41,476 | 72,180 |
| مصراتة | Misratah | 360,521 | 2,770 |
| نالوت | Nalut | 86,801 | 13,300 |
| تاجوراء والنواحي الأربع | Tajura Wa Al Nawahi AlArba' | 267,031 | 1,430 |
| ترهونة و مسلاته | Tarhuna Wa Msalata | 296,092 | 5,840 |
| طرابلس | Tarabulus | 882,926 | 400 |
| سبها | Sabha | 126,610 | 15,330 |
| سرت | Surt | 156,389 | 77,660 |
| صبراته و صرمان | Sabratha Wa Surman | 152,521 | 1,370 |
| وادي الحياة | Wadi Al Hayaa | 72,587 | 31,890 |
| وادي الشاطئ | Wadi Al Shatii | 77,203 | 97,160 |
| يفرن | Yafran | 117,647 | 9,310 |
Former Baladiyat
Baladiyah (singular) or Baladiyat (plural), are Arabic words used in many Arab countries to denote a type of top-level administrative division (roughly equivalent to municipality). The system consisted of 25 Baladiyat and was introduced in the early 1970s as a substitute to the 3-Muhafazat system (Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan). The table hereunder lists the old 25 Baladiyat in alphabetical order with a link to each one. Note that each page linked talk about a "municipality" which means both a Baladiyah and a Sha'biyah. Most Baladiyat remained unchanged in the new Sha'biyat-system and whenever this is not applicable the articles are/will be changed to reflect the new system.
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