List of cities in Libya
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This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya. Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
| No. | City | Population |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tripoli / طرابلس الغرب | 2,220,000[1] |
| 2 | Benghazi / بنغازي | 1,501,000[1] |
| 3 | Misrata / مصراتة | 550,000 |
| 4 | Zawiya / الزاوية | 234,000 |
| 5 | Bayda / البيضاء | 209,000[2] |
| 6 | Gharyan / غريان | 187,000 |
| 7 | Tobruk / طبرق | 172,500 |
| 8 | Ajdabiya / اجدابيا | 160,200 |
| 9 | Zliten / زليتن | 158,250[3] |
| 10 | Derna / درنة | 150,000[1] |
| 11 | Sirte / سرت | 128,123 |
| 12 | Sabha / سبها | 103,743 |
| 13 | Khoms / الخمس | 88,317 |
| 14 | Bani Walid / بني وليد | 85,425 |
| 15 | Sabratha / صبراتة | 80,000 |
| 16 | Zuwara / زوارة | 75,893 |
| 17 | Kufra / الكفرة | 68,940 |
| 18 | Marj / المرج | 62,894 |
| 19 | Tocra / توكرة | 60,681 |
| 20 | Tarhuna / ترهونة | 50,715 |
| 21 | Msallata / مسلاتة | 46,169 |
| 22 | Jumayl / الجميل | 39,344 |
| 23 | Sorman / صرمان | 36,707 |
| 24 | Al Gseibat | 32,559 |
| 25 | Shahhat / شحات | 28,818 |
| 26 | Ubari / أوباري | 27,796 |
| 27 | Asbi'a / الأصابعة | 27,693 |
| 28 | Jadid | 27,503 |
| 29 | Waddan / ودان | 27,000 |
| 30 | El Agheila / العقيلة | 26,813 |
| 31 | Abyar / الأبيار | 26,600 |
| 32 | Nofaliya / النوفلية | 25,997 |
| 33 | Regdalin / رقدالين | 25,831 |
| 34 | Gasr Akhyar | 25,261 |
| 35 | Al Qubah / القبة | 24,631 |
| 36 | Tawergha / تاورغاء * | 24,223 |
| 37 | Al Maya | 23,222 |
| 38 | Murzuk / مرزق | 22,395 |
| 39 | Brega | 21,715 |
| 40 | Teghsat | 21,642 |
| 41 | Hun | 19,816 |
| 42 | Jalu | 18,873 |
| 43 | Ajaylat | 18,277 |
| 44 | Nalut | 17,146 |
| 45 | Suluq | 16,999 |
| 46 | Shuhada' al Buerat | 16,282 |
| 47 | Zaltan | 15,801 |
| 48 | Mizda | 13,809 |
| 49 | Ra's Lanuf | 13,130 |
| 50 | Al Urban | 12,600 |
| 51 | Yafran | 12,372 |
| 52 | Ar Rayaniya | 12,263 |
| 53 | Umm al Rizam | 12,098 |
| 54 | Taucheira | 11,723 |
| 55 | Brak | 11,638 |
| 56 | Abu Ghlasha | 11,179 |
| 57 | Ad Dawoon | 10,909 |
| 58 | Teji | 10,828 |
| 59 | Qaminis | 10,713 |
| 60 | Qatrun | 10,650 |
| 61 | Benina | 10,522 |
| 62 | Kikla | 10,350 |
| 63 | Al Rheibat | 10,080 |
| 64 | Sokna | 9,887 |
| 65 | Massa | 9,748 |
| 66 | Bin Jawad | 9,675 |
| 67 | Umm al Aranib | 9,655 |
| 68 | Jadu | 9,653 |
| 69 | Ghadames | 9,558 |
| 70 | Ar Rabta | 9,487 |
| 71 | Ghat | 9,228 |
| 72 | Al Abraq | 8,861 |
| 73 | Sidi as Said | 8,836 |
| 74 | Ar Rajban | 8,820 |
| 75 | Awjila | 8,515 |
| 76 | Ras al Hamam | 8,397 |
| 77 | Tolmeita | 8,310 |
| 78 | Zella | 8,202 |
| 79 | Wadi Utba | 8,178 |
| 80 | Al Barkat | 8,130 |
| 81 | Martuba | 8,130 |
| 82 | Traghan | 7,510 |
| 83 | Al Hashan | 7,494 |
| 84 | El Bayyada | 7,432 |
| 85 | Qayqab | 7,297 |
| 86 | Mashashita | 7,255 |
| 87 | Bu-Fakhra | 7,142 |
| 88 | Musaid | 7,139 |
| 89 | Tacnis | 7,038 |
| 90 | Susa | 7,038 |
| 91 | Wadi Zem-Zem | 6,799 |
| 92 | Batta | 6,754 |
| 93 | Tazirbu | 6,600 |
| 94 | Jadid | 6,598 |
| 95 | Farzougha | 6,564 |
| 96 | Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtar | 6,521 |
| 97 | Bi'r al Ashhab | 6,399 |
Source:Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, pp. 118-123.
See also
[edit]- Transliteration of Libyan placenames
- List of metropolitan areas in Africa
- List of largest cities in the Arab world
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Libya, spiegel 2011
- ^ The New York Times, 2011 Mar 6
- ^ Libyan rebels advance to edge of Tripoli, trappings of Gadhafi's regime crumbling[permanent dead link] Yahoo, accessed 21 Aug 2011
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Cities in Libya.
- Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population at archive.today (archived 2012-12-04)
