[1] Jabal al Gharbi borders Sirte and Misrata to the east, Murqub to the northeast, Tripoli, Jafara and Zawiya to the north, Nuqat al Khams to the northwest, Nalut to the west, Wadi al Shatii to the south and Jufra to the southeast.

Libya has mostly a flat undulating plain and occasional plateau, with an average elevation of around 423 m (1,388 ft).

Dust storms lasting four to eight days is pretty common during Spring.

[3] Tripolitania is the northwest region, while it is Cyrenaica in the east and Fezzen in southwest.

There were 18,322 workers in state administration, 10,413 in agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, 11,065 in agriculture & hunting, 31,371 in education, 8,390 in private enterprises, 4,344 in health & social work, 7,725 in production, 30,421 in technical work and 1,221 service workers.

The total enrollment in schools was 98,685 and the number of people above secondary stage and less than graduation was 5,002.