| Tabaqa طبقة Toubga | |
|---|---|
| Town | |
  Tabaqa Location in Libya | |
| Coordinates: 30°25′59″N13°18′16″E / 30.43306°N 13.30444°E Coordinates: 30°25′59″N13°18′16″E / 30.43306°N 13.30444°E | |
| Country |  |
| District | Jabal al Gharbi |
| Elevation | 487 m (1,598 ft) |
| Time zone | EET (UTC+2) |
Tabaqa [1] or Toubga (Arabic : طبقة) is a town in Jabal al Gharbi District in Libya. It is just west of Gharbiya.
Jabal al Gharbi is one of the districts of Libya. It is named after the Nafusa Mountains. It was formed in 2007 from the former districts of Yafran, Gharyan and Mizda. From 1995 to 1998 Jabal al Gharbi also existed as a Baladiyah. Jabal al Gharbi borders Sirte and Misrata to the east, Murqub to the northeast, Jafara and Zawiya to the north, Nuqat al Khams to the northwest, Nalut to the west, Tripoli to the north, Wadi al Shatii to the south and Jufra to the southeast.
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. The sovereign state is made of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, and is the 16th largest country in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world. The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over one million of Libya's six million people. The second-largest city is Benghazi, which is located in eastern Libya.
