Al Aziziya

Demographic figures from Bureau of Statistics and Census (Libya). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

ʽAziziya, sometimes spelled El Azizia, is a small town and capital of the Jafara district in northwestern Libya, 41 kilometres (25 mi) southwest of the capital Tripoli. From 1918 to 1922, it was the capital of the Tripolitanian Republic, the first formal republic in the Arab world. Before 2001, it was part of the ʽAziziya District and served as its capital. ʽAziziya is a major trade centre of the Sahel Jeffare plateau, being on a trade route from the coast to the Nafusa Mountains and the Fezzan region to the south. As of 2006, the town's population has been estimated at 23,399.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Nearby places in Al Jafara

• Bir Al jadeed
  2.3 mi away
• Al Tughar
  9.1 mi away
• Funduq al shibani
  10.5 mi away
• Al-Nasiriyya
  10.9 mi away · pop. 2,287
• Sawani Bin Adam
  12.7 mi away
• Awlad Issa
  12.8 mi away
• Al-Zahra
  13.1 mi away
• Al Kayakh
  13.5 mi away
• la Cazarma
  13.7 mi away
• Sidi As Sayeh
  13.9 mi away
• Qasr Bin Ghashir
  14 mi away · pop. 6,569
• Al Sahla
  15 mi away

Browse all places in Al Jafara →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

giant milkweed

Calotropis procera

Seen 2021-11-24

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).