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| | Libya Demographics and Geography - Columbia Gazetteer of the World Online |
 | | There are twenty-five provinces (baladiyah): Ajdabiya, Al Aziziyah, Al Fatih, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al Kuffrah, An Nuqat al Khams, Ash Shati, Awbari, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan, Misratah, Marzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin, Surt, Tarhunah, Tobruk, Tripoli, Yafran, and Zlitan. |
 | | In NW Tripolitania, the Jifarah coastal plain rises slowly to meet the N-facing limestone escarpment of Jabal Nafusah, which extends SSW from Al Khums to Nalut, near the Tunisian border. |
 | | Elsewhere are vast sand deserts, such as Sahra Awbari and Sahra Marzuq, as well as Jabal As Sawda and Al Haruj al Aswad, mountains of volcanic origin. |
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