List of cities in Libya - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

This a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

. 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 (2006)
1	Tripoli Tripoli Tripoli is the capital and largest city in Libya. It is also known as Western Tripoli , to distinguish it from Tripoli, Lebanon. It is affectionately called The Mermaid of the Mediterranean , describing its turquoise waters and its whitewashed buildings. Tripoli is a Greek name that means "Three...	1,228,187
2	Benghazi Benghazi Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...	670,797
3	Misrata	350,000
4	Bayda	250,000
5	Zawiya	200,000
6	Ajdabiya Ajdabiya Ajdabiya was one of the districts of Libya. It lay in the northeastern part of the country. Its capital was Ajdabiya. As of 2007 it was subsumed within the enlarged Al Wahat District....	108,771
7	Khoms	103,743
8	Sabha	94,728
9	Derna	88,317
10	Tobruk Tobruk Tobruk or Tubruq is a city, seaport, and peninsula on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt. It is the capital of the Butnan District and has a population of 120,000 ....	75,893
11	Bani Walid Bani Walid Bani Walid or Ben Walid, prior to 2007, was one of the districts of Libya. In the 2007 administrative reorganization the territory formerly in Bani Walid District was transferred to Misrata District.Bani Walid bordered the following districts:...	68,940
12	Zliten Zliten Zliten is a town in the Misrata District of Libya. It is located on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea west of the Gulf of Sidra. It was the capital of the former Zlitan District.-Location:...	67,820
13	Marj	62,894
14	Tajura Tajura Tajura , also spelt Tajoura, is a city in Libya, in the Tripoli District , on the Mediterranean coast east of Tripoli in the Tripolitania region....	60,681
15	Tarhuna	50,715
16	Sirte Sirte Sirte is a city in LibyaSirte may also refer to:* Sirte Declaration, a 1999 resolution to create the African Union* Sirte Oil Company, a Libyan oil companyIn geography:* Gulf of Sirte, alias for Gulf of Sidra on Libya's coast...	48,504
17	Gharyan Gharyan Gharyan District or Garian District was one of the districts of Libya. It was located in the northwest part of the country and its capital was Gharyan. Under the 2007 reorganization of districts, it became part of Jabal al Gharbi District....	46,455
18	Msallata Msallata Msallata is a town in the northwestern part of Libya, in the Murqub District. It has a population of nearly 24,000, and was historically a center of Islamic studies. It is also known for olive tree farming and olive oil production...	46,169
19	Kufra Kufra Kufra is a basin and oasis group in Al Kufrah District, southeastern Cyrenaica in Libya. Kufra is historically important above all because at the end of nineteenth century it became the center and holy place of the Senussi order...	43,504
20	Jumayl	39,344
21	Al Karama	37,987
22	Sorman Sorman Sorman or Surman is a town near the Mediterranean Sea coast, in the Zawiya District of the Tripolitania region in northwestern Libya.-2011 civil war:...	36,707
23	Al-Uruba Al-Uruba Al-Uruba is a Basic People's Congress administrative division of Benghazi, Libya....	33,194
24	Al Gseibat	32,559
25	Shahhat Shahhat Shahhat is a town in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya. Cyrene was located in the same area in ancient times. It is located east of Bayda....	28,818
26	Ubari Ubari Ubari is an oasis town and the capital of the Wadi al Hayaa District, in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya. It is in the Libyan section of the Sahara Desert...	27,796
27	Asbi'a	27,693
28	Zuwara	27,562
29	Jadid Jadid, Libya Jadid or El-Gedid is a Saharan desert oasis town in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya.-Geography:Jadid is located south-southwest of the capital of Libya, Tripoli, and north-west of the center of Libya....	27,503
30	El Agheila El Agheila El Agheila is a coastal city at the bottom of the Gulf of Sidra in far western Cyrenaica, Libya. In 1988 it was placed in Ajdabiya District; between 1995 and 2001 the district name is not known; however, it was again placed into Ajdabiya District in 2001...	26,813
31	Abyar	26,600
32	Nofaliya	25,997
33	Regdalin	25,831
34	Gasr Akhyar	25,261
35	Al Qubah Al Qubah Quba or Qoba was one of the 32 districts of Libya. In 2007 it became part of the Derna District. The population of the former district was approximately 93,000.In the north, Al Qubah had a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea...	24,631
36	Taworgha Taworgha Taworgha, , also transliterated Tawarga, Tauorga, Tawergha or Tawurgha, is, as of October 2011, a ghost town in Libya that is under administrative jurisdiction of the city of Misrata, which is 38 kilometers away...	24,223
37	Al Maya Al Maya Al Maya is a settlement in Libya. On 21 August 2011 rebels fighting in the 2011 Libyan civil war advanced on the town but were pushed back by heavy artillery...	23,222
38	Murzuk Murzuk Murzuk is an oasis town and the capital of the Murzuq District in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya. Murzuk lies on the northern edge of the Murzuq Desert, a desert of ergs or great sand dunes, and section of the Sahara Desert.-History:...	22,395
39	Brega Brega Brega may refer to:Brega , an inhabited location in Libya*Marsa Brega Airport, the airport for Brega-People:...	21,715
40	Teghsat	21,642
41	Hun	19,816
42	Jalu Jalu Jalu, Jaloo, or Gialo is a town in the Al Wahat District in northeastern Libya in the Jalo oasis. From 2001 to 2007 it was part of Ajdabiya District. Formerly it was the administrative seat of Jalu District ....	18,873
43	Sabratha Sabratha Sabratha, Sabratah or Siburata , in the Zawiya District in the northwestern corner of modern Libya, was the westernmost of the "three cities" of Tripolis. From 2001 to 2007 it was the capital of the former Sabratha wa Sorman District. It lies on the Mediterranean coast about west of Tripoli...	18,584
44	Al Ujeilat	18,277
45	Nalut Nalut Nalut is the capital of the Nalut District in Libya and is home to a Berber granary and community.Nalut lies approximately half way between Tripoli and Ghadames, at the western end of the Nafusa Mountains coastal range, in the Tripolitania region.-Architecture:Nalut is home to the Ksar Nalut,...	17,146
46	Suluq Suluq Suluq is a town in the Benghazi District of the Cyrenaica region in northeastern Libya. It is located about 53 kilometers to the south-east of Benghazi.-Italian Libya:...	16,999
47	Shuhada' al Buerat	16,282
48	Zaltan Zaltan Zaltan or Zelten is a city in the district of Nuqat al Khams of northwestern Libya. The city, which has a population of around 17,700 , is on the Mediterranean coast. It is located around west of Tripoli.-History:...	15,801
49	Mizda	13,809
50	Waddan	13,302
51	Ra's Lanuf Ra's Lanuf Ra's Lanuf is a Mediterranean town in northern Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra. The town is also home to the Ra's Lanuf Refinery, completed in 1984, with a crude oil refining capacity of . The oil refinery is operated by the Ra's Lanuf Oil & Gas Processing Company, a subsidiary of the state-owned...	13,130
52	Al Urban	12,600
53	Yafran Yafran Yafran or Yifren was formerly one of the districts of Libya. It was located in the northwest part of the country and its capital was Yafran...	12,372
54	Ar Rayaniya	12,263
55	Umm al Rizam	12,098
56	Taucheira Taucheira Taucheira, Tukrah or El Agouriya , is a town on the coast of the Marj District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya, founded by Cyrene. It lay 200 stadia west of Ptolemais. Today it is a coastal town west of Marj.-History:...	11,723
57	Brak	11,638
58	Abu Ghlasha	11,179
59	Ad Dawoon	10,909
60	Teji	10,828
61	Qaminis Qaminis Qaminis or Ghemines is a small town adjacent to the Gulf of Sidra in the Cyrenaica region of northwestern Libya. It's located about 50 kilometers to the south of Benghazi - and 23 km west of Suluq....	10,713
62	Qatrun	10,650
63	Benina Benina Benina is a Basic People's Congress administrative division of Benghazi, Libya.It contains the Benina International Airport....	10,522
64	Kikla Kikla Kikla is a town of approximately 10,000 inhabitants in Libya, most of whom come from Arab Descend, With some who are from Arabized Berber descend, and is approximately 150 kilometres south-west of the country's capital - Tripoli. It is also a battleground for the 2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign as...	10,350
65	Al Rheibat	10,080
66	Sokna	9,887
67	Massa	9,748
68	Bin Jawad Bin Jawad Bin Jawad , also known as Bin Jawwād, Bin Quwad is a town with estimated 8,488 inhabitants in the Sirte District in Libya. It is approximately half way between Benghazi and Misrata...	9,675
69	Umm al Aranib	9,655
70	Jadu Jadu, Libya Jadu [p] , in other languages also: Giado and Gado, is a mountain town in western Libya, in the Jabal al Gharbi District and the Nafusa Mountains. Jadu was the site of an Italian concentration camp during the Second World War...	9,653
71	Ghadames Ghadames Ghadames or Ghadamis is an oasis town in the Nalut District of the Fezzan region in southwestern Libya.-Geography:Ghadames lies roughly to the southwest of Tripoli, near the borders with Algeria and Tunisia. Ghadames borders Illizi Province, Algeria and Tataouine Governorate, Tunisia.The oasis...	9,558
72	Ar Rabta	9,487
73	Sidi Khalifa Sidi Khalifa Sidi Khalifa is a Basic People's Congress administrative division of Benghazi, Libya....	9,368
74	Ghat	9,228
75	Al Abraq	8,861
76	Sidi as Said	8,836
77	Ar Rajban	8,820
78	Awjila Awjila Awjila is a Berber-speaking oasis town in the Al Wahat District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya. It is the place after which the Awgila-Berber language, an Eastern Berber language, is named...	8,515
79	Ras al Hamam	8,397
80	Tolmeitha Tolmeitha Tolmeitha, Tolometa, or Tolmeita is a tiny village in the northern Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya, some east of Benghazi, near Ad Dirsiyah...	8,310
81	Zella	8,202
82	Wadi Utba	8,178
83	Al Barkat	8,130
84	Martuba Martuba Martuba is a town in eastern Libya in the Derna District. It is located south of Derna. The Martuba Air Base is located in Martuba.Martuba is connected with Lamluda by two roads. The main road which goes through Derna is part of the Libyan Coastal Highway while The inner road goes through the...	8,130
85	Traghan Traghan Traghan or Traghen is a small town in the Murzuk Desert in Murzuq District in southwest Libya. It is located east of Murzuk and Zizau. A good high road is said to link Traghan to Zizau in the west, with frequent incrustations of salt.-History:...	7,510
86	Al Hashan	7,494
87	El Bayyada El Bayyada El Bayyada is a town in the Jebel Akhdar region of Libya. It is located east of Benghazi and west of Bayda.Under the Italian occupation El Bayyada was named Gabriele d'Annunzio after the well-known Italian poet....	7,432
88	Qayqab	7,297
89	Mashashita	7,255
90	Bu-Fakhra Bu-Fakhra Bu-Fakhra is a Basic People's Congress administrative division of Benghazi, Libya....	7,142
91	Musaid	7,139
92	Tacnis Tacnis Tacnis or Taknis, Tècnis, also is a small town in Jebel Akhdar region in north eastern Cyrenaica, Libya. It's located east of Benghazi. It is on the inner road between Marj and Lamluda. There is a minor road connecting the town to the north with Libyan Coastal Highway...	7,038
93	Susa Susa, Libya Susa or Soussa is a town and seaside resort in the District of Jabal al Akhdar in north-eastern Libya. Susa stands by the ruins of Apollonia, Cyrenaica.The town contains the Apollonia Museum. It is located about 30 km northeast of Bayda....	7,038
94	Wadi Zem-Zem	6,799
95	Batta	6,754
96	Tazirbu Tazirbu Tāzirbū , is an Oasis placed in the Libyan Desert in the Al Kufrah District of Libya, about 250 km to the NW of Kufra. The name means "main seat" in Tebu language, because this was the seat of the Tebu Sultanate before the Arab invasion. The oasis is 25-30 km long, and 10 km wide...	6,600
97	Jadid Jadid, Libya Jadid or El-Gedid is a Saharan desert oasis town in the Fezzan region of southwest Libya.-Geography:Jadid is located south-southwest of the capital of Libya, Tripoli, and north-west of the center of Libya....	6,598
98	Farzougha Farzougha Farzougha is a village in the Jebel Akhdar landscape in the Marj District in the northern Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya.-Geography:Farzougha is located west of Marj, and east of Benghazi....	6,564
99	Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtar	6,521
100	Bi'r al Ashhab Bi'r al Ashhab Bi'r al Ashhab is a small village located at Cyrenaica in eastern Libya. It is located about 69 kilometres south-east of the capital of the Butnan District - Tobruk....	6,399

Source:Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, pp. 118-123.

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