 Jafara borders Tripoli in northeast, Jabal al Gharbi in south and Zawiya in the west.From 2001 to 2007, Jafara District consisted of twenty Basic People's Congresses (BPCs).In 2007 it was enlarged by the addition of four BPCs from Tarabulus District (Tripoli), and presently consists of twenty-four Basic People's Congresses.