Al Butnan Destrict

Al Butnan (Arabic: البطنان‎ Al Buṭnān) sometimes cried Tubruq Destrict or Tobruk Destrict frae the umwhile name, occasionally Marmarica, is an admeenistrative destrict (shabiyah) in eastren Libie. Its caipital ceety is Tobruk.

Map o Libie wi Al Butnan destrict heichlichtit

In the north, Al Butnan haes a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. Tae the east, it borders Egyp's Matruh Govrenorate, alang wi a sma border on the Al Wadi al Jadid Govrenorate in the far sootheast. Domestically, it borders the follaein destricts:

• Darnah - northwast
• Al Wahat - wast an sooth

The most important settlements are Tobruk, Al-Jaghbub an Bardia

History

Traditionally pairt o Marmarica, an later pairt o the province o Cyrenaica in Italian Libie, wi the diveesion o Libie intae ten govrenorates in 1963, Al Butnan became pairt o the Darnah Govrenorate. In 1983 the Darnah Govrenorate wis dividit intae a number o baladiyat (destricts), wi wha is nou Al Butnan being includit in the Tobruk baladiyah an ithers. Al Butnan Destrict wis creatit in 1988 as ane o the twinty-five reorganized baladiyat. In 1995, Al Butnan wis ane o the thirteen new shabiyah,^[1] an Al Butnan retained its status through the reorganizations o 1998, 2001 an 2007.

In 2007 the umwhile autonomous ceety o Al-Jaghbub became pairt o Al Butnan Destrict.

The same destrict atween 2001 an 2007.

Places

• Acroma, `Akramah, ‘Ikrimah, or ‘Akramah
• Al `Adam
• Al Ashhab
• Bardia, Al Bardiyah, Al Burdi, Al Bardīyah, Bardīyah, Al Bardiyah, Petras Maior, Bórdi Slemán, or Bordi Sleman
• Al-Jaghbub, or El-Giagbub
• Al Qa`rah
• Al Qardabah
• Al `Adam, El Adem, Al ‘Adam, Al `Adm, or Al ‘Aḑm
• Az Zawiyah
• Bi'r al Ashhab
• Kambut, Gasr Cambut, Gasr Gambut, Qaşr Kunbūth, Gasr Cambút, Kambūt, Gambut, or Qasr Kunbuth
• Madinat Bayad
• Musa`id, Fort Musaid, Imsaad, or Amsaad
• Nuqtat al Khattabiyah
• Qaryat `Ayt Zaydan, Qaryat ‘Ayt Zaydān, Qaryat ‘Īt Zaydān, or Qaryat `It Zaydan
• Qaryat al `Imamah, Qaryat al ‘Amāmah,Qaryat al `Amamah,Qaryat al ‘Imāmah
• Qaryat at Tayrah
• Qasr al Jady, Qaşr al Jady, Qasr al Jadi, or Qaşr al Jadī
• Suq al `Ajaj
• Tobruk
• Zawiyat Umm Rukbah
• Zawiyat Zanzur
• Zawiyat al Manastir
• Zawiyat al Murassas