Africa by Élisée Reclus/Volume 2/Appendix

by Élisée Reclus

 

APPENDIX.

STATISTICAL TABLES.

 

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TRIPOLITANA.

Area, including the Kufra Oasis	485,000	sq. miles
Population, according to Behm and Wagner	1,010,000
Area of Barka, excluding the Southern oases	20,000	sq. miles
Approximate population, according to Camperio	246,000

 

AUJILA OASES.

	Area.			Population.	Date-palms.
Aujila	8	sq. miles	(?)	4,000	40,000
Jalo	80	"	(?)	6,000	100,000
Wadi	80	"	(?)	1,080	40,000	(?)
Leshkerreh	4	"	(?)	500	20,000	(?)

 

KUFRA OASES.

Area according to Bohm.
Taiserbo	2,536	sq. miles
Sirhen	820	"
Buseima	125	"
Erbehna	126	"
Kebabo	3,500	"
Total	7,105	"

 

Palm Groves of Tripolitana.

Meshiya of Tripoli,		according	to Barth	1,000,000	palms
Plantations	of Zawya	"	"	130,000	"
"	of Zenzur	"	to Rohlfe	100,000	"
"	of Tajura	"	"	200,000	"
Oasis of Zella		"	"	100,000	"
"	of Jofra	"	"	15,000	"
Misda and Gharia		"	"	1,000	"
Other plantations		100,000(?)	"

 

Administrative Divisions of Tripolitana.

Provinces.		Districts.	Chief Towns.
Barka	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Jebel-el-Akabah	Derna
		Jebel-el-Akhdar	Benghazi
		Aujila Oasis	Aujila
		Jalo Oasis	Lebba
		Leshkerreh Oasis	——
Tripoli	$\scriptstyle {\left\{{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \\\ \\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right.}$	Tripoli	Tripoli
		Zawya	Zawya
		Khoms	Lebda
		Jebel	Kazr-el-Jebel
		Ghadames	Ghadames