Sirte District

Sirte سرت
District
Map of Libya with Sirte district highlighted
Country	Libya
Capital	Sirte
Area
• Total	77,660 km2 (29,980 sq mi)
Population  (2006)
• Total	141,378
• Density	1.8/km2 (4.7/sq mi)
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License Plate Code	7, 51

Sirte District (or Sirt or Surt District; Arabic: سرت Surt, pronunciation^ⓘ), is one of the districts of Libya, in the Tripolitania region in the north of the country and borders the Gulf of Sidra. Its capital is the city of Sirte. Al-Tahadi University is located in Sirte. To the north, Sirte District has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea and is bordered by Al Wahat in the east, Jufra in the south, Jabal al Gharbi in the west and Misrata in the northwest.

Per the census of 2012, the total population in the region was 157,747 with 150,353 Libyans. The average size of the household in the country was 6.9, while the average household size of non-Libyans being 3.7. There were totally 22,713 households in the district, with 20,907 Libyan ones. The population density of the district was 1.86 persons per km².