Khoms District

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Khoms District is an administrative region in northwestern Libya best known for encompassing the ancient Roman city and archaeological site of Leptis Magna on the Mediterranean coast.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former district of Libya
administrativeCenter Khoms
administrativeReform replaced by larger regions and smaller municipalities after 2007
borderedBy Khoms District self-linksurface differs
surface form: Al Khums municipality (post‑2007 local unit)

Misrata
surface form: Misrata District

Tarhuna wa Msalata District
Zliten
surface form: Zliten District
capital Khoms
contains Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna
surface form: ancient Roman city of Leptis Magna

Leptis Magna
surface form: archaeological site of Leptis Magna

Khoms
surface form: city of Khoms
country Libya
hasCoastlineOn Mediterranean Sea
historicalPeriodOfUse 20th century
early 21st century
knownFor Leptis Magna
surface form: Leptis Magna archaeological site

Roman heritage
languageUsed Arabic
locatedIn Libyan Coastal Plain
Northwest Africa
surface form: northwest Africa

northwestern Libya
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
majorEconomicActivity agriculture
fishing
tourism related to Leptis Magna
partOf Libyan district system (pre‑2007)
Tripolitania
timeZone UTC+2

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Leptis Magna locatedIn Khoms District
Khoms District borderedBy Khoms District self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Al Khums municipality (post‑2007 local unit)