 It now has essentially the boundaries that the baladiyah (district) of Ajdabiya did from 1988 to 1995.Al Wahat has a short border with Egypt, and borders the following Libyan districts, namely, Butnan in east and northeast, Kufra in south, Jufra in southwest, Sirte in west, Benghazi in north, Marj in north, Jabal al Akhdar and Derna in the north.The district is located in Cyrenacia which is mostly semi arid in nature.