Sirte Destrict
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Sirte Destrict (or Sirt or Surt Destrict (Arabic: سرت Surt, 
pronunciation (help·info)), is ane o the destricts o Libie. It lies in the north o the kintra an borders the Gulf o Sidra. Its caipital is the ceety o Sirt. Al-Tahadi University is locatit in Sirt.
Sirte Destrict shares its name wi the ceety o Sirte, the historically maist important ceety on the Gulf o Sidra. These names derive frae the Greek name for the gulf, the Great Syrtis.[3]
The bundaries o Sirte Destrict hae chynged several times, maist recently in the 2007 admeenistrative reorganization o Libian destricts (see maps). Frae 1983 tae 1987 the Bin Jawwad Destrict covered pairts o wha is nou pairt o Sirte Destrict.
Tae the north, Sirte District has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea. It borders the follaein destricts:
Sirte is an interim destination o a coastal railway frae Tunisie tae Benghazi that began construction in 2007.
