Jafara

Jafara or Al Jfara (Arabic: الجفارة Al Jifārah) is one of the districts of Libya, in the historical region of Tripolitania. Its capital and largest city is 'Aziziya. Jafara borders Tripoli in northeast, Jabal al Gharbi in south and Zawiya in the west. From 2001 to 2007, Jafara District consisted of twenty Basic People's Congresses (BPCs). In 2007 it was enlarged from 1,940 km2 to 2,666 km2 by the addition of four BPCs from Tarabulus District (Tripoli), and presently consists of twenty-four Basic People's Congresses. 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 was 3.7. There were in total 22,713 households in the district, 20,907 of which were Libyan ones. The population density of the district was 1.86 persons per km2. Per 2006 census, there were a total of 163,882 economically active people in the district.