ʽAziziya District
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ʽAziziya or El Azizia (Arabic: اÙعزÙزÙÙ Al Ê¿AzÄ«zÄ«yah) was one of the districts of Libya (baladiyah), located in the northwest of the country, south of Tripoli District. The town of ʽAziziya was the former district's capital, and it covered an area of 1,940 square kilometers. In 2001 ʽAziziya became part of the Jafara District.[1]
Climate
On 13 September 1922, a temperature of 58 °C (136.4 °F)[2] was recorded in the city of âAziziya. This was long believed to be the highest temperature ever to be recorded naturally on Earth.[3][4]
Meteorological parameters began to be recorded in Libya during the Ottoman Empire (1551â1911). Temperature archives for some old meteorological stations are available in the climate directorate at the Libyan National Meteorological Centre (LNMC).
Towns
Towns in the former âAziziya District:
- âAziziya, capital of âAziziya District until 2001
- Funduq ash Shaybani, 17 km on the trade route south of the city of âAziziya
- Abu Ghaylan, 13 km on the trade route south of Funduq ash Shaybani
- An Nasiriyah, 18 km northwest of the city of âAziziya
- As Sawani, 21 km north of the city of âAziziya, on the road to Tripoli, and former storage site of Libya's modular "Uranium Conversion Facility" and uranium separation centrifuge.[5]
- Asbi`ah, 14 km east of the city of âAziziya and 15 km south of Tripoli International Airport
- Sawani Bin Adam, 1 km east of As Sawani
