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Marj District

Marj, pronounced El Merj in Benghazi and Egyptian Arabic, is a district of northeastern on the Mediterranean Sea coast. Its administrative seat is the city of Marj, which is generally believed to be the site of the ancient and medieval city of Barca.
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  • Type: district of Libya with 85,300 residents
  • Description: administrative division of northeastern Libya
  • Also known as: “Al Maraj”, “Baladīyat al Marj”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Marj”, “Sha‘bīyat al Maraj”, and “Sha‘bīyat al Marj”

Marj District

Latitude
31.7833° or 31° 47′ north
Longitude
21.2° or 21° 12′ east
Population
85,300
Elevation
147 metres (482 feet)
Open location code
8G33Q5MX+8X
Geo­Names ID
88904
Wiki­data ID
Q26023
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Marj District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المرج”
  • Arabic: “المرج|”
  • Arabic: “شعبية المرج”
  • Arabic: “شعبيه المرج”
  • Arabic: “محافظة المرج”
  • Basque: “Al Marj”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Мардж (муніцыпалітэт)”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Мардж”
  • Bengali: “মার্জ জেলা”
  • Catalan: “Al Marj”
  • Cebuano: “Al Marj”
  • Chinese: “迈尔季省”
  • Chinese: “邁爾季省”
  • Danish: “Al Marj”
  • Dutch: “Al Marj”
  • Esperanto: “Al Marĵ”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Al Marĝ”
  • Finnish: “Marjin kaupunginosa”
  • French: “Al Marj”
  • Georgian: “ელ-მარჯი”
  • Georgian: “ელ-მარჯის რაიონი”
  • Georgian: “მარჯის რაიონი”
  • German: “Al Marj”
  • German: “Al-Mardsch”
  • German: “LY-MJ”
  • German: “Munizip al-Mardsch”
  • Greek: “Μάρτζ”
  • Gujarati: “માર્જ જિલ્લો”
  • Hindi: “मारज जिला”
  • Hungarian: “Mardzs tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Distrik Marj”
  • Italian: “distretto di al-Marj”
  • Italian: “Distretto di al-Marj”
  • Italian: “Municipalità di Al Marj”
  • Italian: “Municipalità di Barce”
  • Japanese: “マルジュ県”
  • Kannada: “ಮರ್ಜ್ ಜಿಲ್ಲೆ”
  • Korean: “마르지주”
  • Korean: “알 마르즈 주”
  • Korean: “알마르즈 주”
  • Latvian: “Mardžas šebīja”
  • Lithuanian: “Mardžo savivaldybė”
  • Malay: “Daerah Marj”
  • Marathi: “मर्ज जिल्हा”
  • Mazanderani: “مرج اوستان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Marj”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al Marj”
  • Norwegian: “Al Marj”
  • Persian: “استان مرج”
  • Persian: “مرج، لیبی”
  • Persian: “مرج”
  • Polish: “Al-Mardż”
  • Portuguese: “Al Marj”
  • Portuguese: “Marje”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Al Marj”
  • Russian: “Эль-Мардж”
  • Scots: “Al Marj Destrict”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mardž (okrug)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mardž”
  • Sinhala: “මාර්ජ් දිස්ත්‍රික්කය”
  • Slovenian: “Al Mardž”
  • Slovenian: “LY-MJ”
  • Spanish: “Al Marj”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Al Marj”
  • Swedish: “al-Marj”
  • Swedish: “Al-Marj”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ал Марҷ”
  • Tamil: “மெர்ஜ் மாவட்டம்”
  • Telugu: “మార్జ్ జిల్లా”
  • Thai: “เขตมาร์จ”
  • Turkish: “Meriç”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Мардж”
  • Urdu: “مرج ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Marj”
  • Volapük: “Märciän”
  • Zulu: “Marj District”

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