Jabal al Akhdar

Jabal al Akhdar الجبل الأخضر
District
Asclepium Balagrae
Map of Libya with Jabal al Akhdar district highlighted
Country	Libya
Capital	Bayda
Area
• Total	7,800 km2 (3,000 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	206,180
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
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License Plate Code	2, 35, 45

Jabal al Akhdar or The Green Mountain (Arabic: الجبل الأخضر al-Jabal al-Akhḍar)^[2] is one of the districts of Libya. It lies in the north east of the country. The capital is Bayda. In its territory, close to the city of Shahhat, can be found the remains of the old 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 east, Al Wahat in south and Marj in west.

Per the census of 2012, the total population in the region was 157,747 with 150,353 Libyans. The average size of the household in the country was 6.9, while the average household size of non-Libyans being 3.7. There were totally 22,713 households in the district, with 20,907 Libyan ones. The population density of the district was 1.86 persons per km². Per 2006 census, there were totally 70,321 economically active people in the district.