List of cities in Libya facts for kids
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 |
2 | Benghazi / بنغازي | 1,501,000 |
3 | Misrata / مصراتة | 550,000 |
4 | Zawiya / الزاوية | 234,000 |
5 | Bayda / البيضاء | 209,000 |
6 | Gharyan / غريان | 187,000 |
7 | Tobruk / طبرق | 172,500 |
8 | Ajdabiya / اجدابيا | 160,200 |
9 | Zliten / زليتن | 158,250 |
10 | Derna / درنة | 150,000 |
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
In Spanish: Anexo:Localidades de Libia para niños
- Transliteration of Libyan placenames
- List of metropolitan areas in Africa
- List of largest cities in the Arab world
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