Wadi Al Shatii Destrict

Wadi Al Shatii ( Wādī aš Šāṭi' ), sometimes referred tae as Ash Shati ( Aš Šāṭi' ), is ane o the destricts o Libie in the central-wast pairt o the kintra. Its caipital is Brak.  The aurie is maistly desert.

Tae the wast, Wadi Ash Shatii borders the Illizi Province o Algerie.  Efter the 2007 admeenistrative reorganization o destricts, it borders on the follaein destricts:

Nalut - northwast
Al Jabal al Gharbi - north
Al Jufrah - east
Sabha - sootheast
Wadi Al Hayaa - sooth
Ghat - soothwast

Wadi Al Shatii District is named efter the depression (umwhile lakebed) o the same name, Wadi ash-Shati'. The depression extends east frae the toun o Umm al-'Abid tae the toun o Wanzarik on the wast, a distance o aboot 87 mile (140 km).

Economy
In 1943, vera lairge, but law grade, sedimentary iron-ore deposits wur discovered in the Wadi ash-Shatii Destrict near Brak.Mobbs, Philip M.(2000) "The Mineral Industry of Libya"  U.S. Geological Survey Minerals Yearbook — 2000 United States Geological SurveyGoudarzi, Gus H., (1970) Geology and Mineral Resources of Libya — A Reconnaissance U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 660, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., pp. 2, 57, 63-69, OCLC 88823  Economically, it is anerlie suitable for strip minin. There are an aa potential economic manganese deposits in the same aurie.  The manganese occurs in lens or veinlets (up tae 23% Mg) in the sandstanes associatit wi the iron ore. Millet is the primary agricultural export frae the valley.

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Category:Destricts o Libie
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