- Al Kufrah
Al Kufrah ( _ar. الكفرة ), also spelled Cufra is one of the municipalities of
Libya . Its capital is Al Jawf. [cite book|title=Libya in Pictures |author= Francesca Di Piazza|year= 2005|publisher=Twenty-First Century Books|id=ISBN 0822525496] There is a very largeoil refinery near the capital.Al Kufrah's location in Libya's southeast places it on the country's border with
Egypt ,Sudan (unlike any other Libyan municipality), andChad . It borders the following regions of these countries:
*Al Wadi al Jadid Governorate, Egypt - east
*ash-Shamaliyah State, Sudan - southeast
*Shamal Darfor State, Sudan - far southeast
*Bourkou-Ennedi-Tibesti Region, Chad - southDomestically, it borders the following municipalities:
*Murzuq - west
*Al Jufrah - northwest, southwest of Ajdabiya
*Ajdabiya - northwest, northeast of Al Jufrah
*Al Wahat - north
*Al Butnan - northeastReferences
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