Mizda municipality

Munizip Mizda –مزدة
Inhabitants	41.476 (as of 2003)
Area	71.280 km²
Population density	0.58 inhabitants per km²
Coordinates	30° 0′ N, 13° 0′ O3013Coordinates 30° 0′ N, 13° 0′ O
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The municipality of Mizda, Arabic.مزدة, DMG Mizda, is a former administrative division in the northwest of the Libyan Arab Republic. It became the main component of the newly formed Munizip al-Jabal al-Gharbi, whose capital is Gharyan, in 2007.

Geography

The entire territory of Mizda was home to 41,476 people (as of 2003), covering a total area of 72,180 km². Mizda bordered the following former municipalities:

• Municipality of Bani Walid – Northeast
• Surt Municipality – East
• Municipality of al-Jufra – Southeast
• Municipality of Wadi ash-Shati’ – South
• Ghadamis Municipality – West
• Nalut Municipality – Northwest, south of Yafran
• Yafran Municipality – northwest, north of Nalut
• Gharyan Municipality – North
• Tarhuna wa-Msalata Municipality – North East