Sirte Destrict

Sirte Destrict (or Sirt or Surt Destrict ( Surt, ), is ane o the destricts o Libie. It lies in the north o the kintra an borders the Gulf o Sidra. Its caipital is the ceety o Sirt. Al-Tahadi University is locatit in Sirt.

Name
Sirte Destrict shares its name wi the ceety o Sirte, the historically maist important ceety on the Gulf o Sidra. These names derive frae the Greek name for the gulf, the Great Syrtis.Grote, George (1853) History of Greece: Volume 4 (reprinted from the London 2nd edition) Harper and brothers, New York, page 29, ; see also Strabo's Geographica Book XVII, Chapter III, Sections 16-18 pages 288-289 here

Bundaries
The bundaries o Sirte Destrict hae chynged several times, maist recently in the 2007 admeenistrative reorganization o Libian destricts (see maps). Frae 1983 tae 1987 the Bin Jawwad Destrict covered pairts o wha is nou pairt o Sirte Destrict.

Tae the north, Sirte District has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the follaein destricts:
 Al Wahat - east
 Al Jufrah - sooth
 Al Jabal al Gharbi - wast
 Misrata - northwast

Transport
Sirte is an interim destination o a coastal railway frae Tunisie tae Benghazi that began construction in 2007.

Notes

Category:Destricts o Libie
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Category:Gulf o Sidra