Jafara borders Tripoli in northeast, Jabal al Gharbi in south and Zawiya in the west.

[3] In 2007 it was enlarged from 1,940 km2 to 2,666 km2 by the addition of four BPCs from Tarabulus District (Tripoli), and presently consists of twenty-four Basic People's Congresses.

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

There were 24,725 workers in state administration, 15,019 in agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, 17,617 in agriculture & hunting, 37,258 in education, 15,915 in private enterprises, 5,240 in health & social work, 8,912 in production, 41,237 in technical work and 1,367 service workers.

All the powers rested centrally with the Brotherly Leader Gaddafi for 42 years till the 2011 armed rebellion which topple him.

[11] As per the constitution, Libya is the most decentralized Arab nation, but practically all powers are vested on central government on account of control over the oil revenues.

As a part of decentralization in 2012, the country is administratively split into 13 regions from the original 25 municipalities, which were further divided in 1,500 communes.