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Key facts
- Country
- Libya
- Capital
- Tobruk
- Total
- 83,860 km (32,380 sq mi)
- Estimate 2020
- 195,088
- Density
- 1.902/km (4.927/sq mi)
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Butnan (Arabic: البطنان Al Buṭnān) sometimes called Tubruq District or Tobruk District from the former name, occasionally Marmarica, is an administrative district (shabiyah) in eastern Libya. Its capital city is Tobruk.
In the north, Butnan has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. To the east, it borders Egypt's Matruh Governorate, along with a small border on the Al Wadi al Jadid Governorate in the far southeast. Domestically, it borders Derna in the northwest and Al Wahat in west and south. The most important settlements are Tobruk, Jaghbub and Bardia.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Butnan District” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.