Gharyan District or Garian District ()"شعبية غريان (Gharyan District)", Website of the General People's Committee of Libya, dated 15 October 2006, as preserved by Internet Archive was one of the districts of Libya."الشعبيات بالجماهيرية" ("Districts of Libya") Website of the General People's Committee of Libya, dated 30 August 2006, as preserved by Internet Archive"شعبية غريان (Gharyan District)", Website of the General People's Committee of Libya, dated 13 May 2006, as preserved by Internet Archive It was located in the northwest part of the country and its capital was Gharyan. Under the 2007 reorganization of districts, it became part of Jabal al Gharbi District.شعبيات الجماهيرية العظمىSha'biyat of Great Jamahiriya , accessed July 6 2007, in Arabic
Gharyan District was governed by a district congress which had ten committees that conducted day-to-day management and oversight. Those committees were: Marine resources; Manpower, Employment and Training; Planning; Justice; Economy and Trade; Tourism; Public Security; Agriculture and Livestock; Industry, Mines and Energy; and Housing and Utilities.
Boundaries Prior to 2007 Gharyan bordered the following districts: Jafara - north Tarhuna Wa Msalata - east Bani Walid - southeast, at a quadripoint Mizda - south Yafran - west
Attractions and communities The World War II "Lady_of_Gharyan" portrait is located in an abandoned Italian army barracks, just west Gharyan, off a primitive road to the south.
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