Jabal al Akhdar
district of Libya
Jabal al Akhdar or The Green Mountain (Arabic: الجبل الأخضر al-Jabal al-Akhḍar) is one of the districts of Libya. It lies in the northeast of the country. The capital is Bayda. In its territory, close to the city of Shahhat, can be found the remains of the ancient Greek colony of Cyrene, and the neighbouring city of Apollonia, a major port in the Mediterranean Sea in antiquity. On land, it borders Derna in the east, Al Wahat in the south and Marj in the west.
Per the census of 2012, the total population in
was 157,747, with 150,353 Libyans. Average household size was 6.9, compared to 3.7 for non-Libyans. There were a total of 22,713 households, 20,907 of them Libyan. The population density was 1.86 persons per km2. Per the 2006 census, there were 70,321 economically active people.
The public source identifies “Jabal al Akhdar” as district of Libya. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Jabal, Akhdar and district.
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Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q32841. Authority coordinates are 32.750, 21.733. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2012 and 2006.
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