Basic People's Congress (administrative division) explained

Basic People's Congress (Arabic: مؤتمر شعبي أساسي|Mu'tamar shaʿbi asāsi) was the smallest administrative division in Libya under the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya from 1977 to 2011. Geographically it corresponded approximately to the level of a township or borough.

During Muammar Gaddafi's rule, political caucuses and committees of the Basic People's Congress operated at this level.^[1] Representatives from the Basic People's Congresses regulated operations at the higher shabiyah (district) level.^[1]

In July 2013 the shabiyat and Basic People's Congress system was replaced with a new baladiyat system^[2] of ninety-nine first-level administrative divisions.^[3]

References

• Law, Gwillim (1999) "Libya" Administrative subdivisions of countries McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina, p. 219,

Notes and References

1. Vandewalle, Dirk J. (1998) Libya since independence: oil and state-building I B Tauris, London, pp. 95-97,
2. Web site: قرار مجلس الوزراء رقم 180 لسنة 2013 ميلادي بإنشاء البلديات . Council of Ministers resolution No. 180 for the year 2013 AD the establishment of baladiyat . ar . اللجنة المركزية لانتخاب المجالس البلدية [The Central Committee for the election of baladiyah councils] . https://web.archive.org/web/20140326232441/http://www.ccmce.ly/pdf/2/180_2.pdf . 2014-03-26 . dead . 2015-12-24 .
3. Web site: الكشف المرفق بقرار مجلس الوزراء رقم 180 لسنة 2013 ميلادي بإنشاء البلديات . Appendix Council of Ministers resolution No. 180 for the year 2013 AD the establishment of baladiyat . ar . اللجنة المركزية لانتخاب المجالس البلدية [The Central Committee for the election of baladiyah councils] . https://web.archive.org/web/20151224011418/http://ccmce.ly/web/images/pdf/2/180.pdf . 2015-12-24 . dead . 2015-12-24 .