Administrative Governance
Under the Ottoman Empire, Ra's Lanuf was part of Tripolitania. Under Italy after 1934, Ra's Lanuf was part of the Misrata Province, then occupied by the British as again part of Tripolitania. In 1983 it became part of the Bin Jawad District. Since 1987, it has been under the Sirte District.
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