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In the reign of Abdulhamid II (1876–1909) Fezzan was used as a place of political exile for Young Turks because it was the most remote province from Istanbul. [12] Beginning in 1911, Fezzan was occupied by Italy. However, Italy's control of the region was precarious until at least 1923, with the rise of Benito Mussolini.
Fezzan was a province under the Ottoman Turks and Italy, and a province or governorate of independent Libya (alongside Tripolitania and Cyrenaica) until 1963. With the introduction of the new administrative division of Libya in 1963, Fezzan was abolished as an independent administrative unit and was divided into the muhafazat of Awbari and Sabha .
Naval Jack of Libya [5] a light blue field with the Libyan tricolour in the canton and defaced with a vertical White anchor. 2014 –present: Flag of the Libyan National Army [6] a red field with the golden emblem in the center. 2011–present: Flag of the Libyan Army [7] a red field with the emblem in the center. 2011–present: Flag of the ...
After independence in 1951, until 1963, Libya was divided into three governorates : Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan. The eastern border between Tripolitania and Fezzan was before 1969 slightly different: the northern part of Al Jufrah District in today's Fezzan belonged to Tripolitania, see here File:Ottoman Provinces Of Present day ...
The Provinces of Libya were prescribed in 1934, during the last period of colonial Italian Libya, and continued through post-independence Libya until 1963 when the Governorates system was instituted. The three main provinces of the country follow the original colonial divisions of Italian Libya: Tripolitania province , Cyrenaica province and ...
Prior to the Italian invasion of 1911, the area of Libya was administered as three separate provinces ("Vilayets") of the Ottoman Empire: Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. At first, Italy continued the tripartite administration, but soon consolidated the area into a single province/governorate administered as the "Libyan Colony".
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After the French and British occupied Libya in 1943, it was again split into three provinces: Tripolitania in the northwest, Cyrenaica in the east, and Fezzan-Ghadames in the southwest. [ 7 ] Article 176 of the 1951 constitution of Libya stated "The Kingdom of Libya shall be divided into administrative units in conformity with the law to be ...