Misrata Governorate
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Misrata Governorate (or Misurata Province before WW2) was one of the governorates (muhafazah) of Libya from 1963 to 1983. Its capital was the town of Misrata.[1] Initially in the 1930s was called "Provincia di Misurata" of Italian Libya. It was created out of the eastern part of Tripolitania province.
The governorate's population was 145,894 in 1964 and had risen to 156,980 by 1972.[2]