List of cities in Libya

Map of Libya

The list of cities in Libya provides an overview of the population development in the larger cities of the North African state of Libya .

The following table contains all cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants, their names in German transcription and in Arabic, the results of the population census (VZ) of July 31, 1984 and a calculation for January 1, 2010.

The World Gazetteer lists 140 other places with calculated population numbers between 2,000 and 10,000. The municipalities to which the city belongs are also listed. The population figures refer to the actual city without the suburbs.

(VZ = census, B = calculation)

rank	Surname	Arabic	English	VZ 1984	B 2010	Munizip
1.	Tripoli	طرابلس	Tripoli	591.062	1,025,244	Tarabulus
2.	Benghazi	بنغازي	Benghazi	446.250	629.824	Benghazi
3.	Misrata	مصراتة	Misratah	121,669	259.056	Misrata
4th	Tobruk	طبرق	Tobruk	62,500	133,301	al-butnane
5.	Sabha	سبها	Sebkha	70.905	94,728	Sabha
6th	Bani Walid	بني وليد		28,650	82,287	Misrata
7th	al-Zaviya	الزاوية	Az Zawiya	91,603	79,872	az-Zawiya
8th.	Ajdabiya	اجدابيا	Ajdabiya	65,276	76,968	al-Wahat
9.	Sirte	سرت	Sirte	35,278	75,358	Surt
10.	al-Baida	البيضاء		67,120	74,594	al-Jabal al-Achdar
11.	al-Marj	المرج	Al Marj	54.010	54,436	al-Marj
12.	Darna	درنة	Close	60,980	49,118	Darna
13.	Zuwara	زوارة		21,600	39,561	an-Nuqat al-Chams
14th	Gharyan	غريان		16,420	38,402	al-Jabal al-Gharbi
15th	el Abiar	الأبيار		16,940	32,563	Benghazi
16.	Hun	هون		8,440	30,715	al-Jufra
17th	al-Chums	الخمس	Al Khums	38.174	28,976	al-Murgub
18th	Nalut	نالوت		10,380	26,256	Nalut
19th	Ubari	أوباري	Awbari	9,890	24,918	Wadi al-Haya
20th	al-Jumayl	الجميل		21,160	23,797	an-Nuqat al-Chams
21st	Mitzda	مزدة		11,510	23,014	Mitzda
22nd	Sidi Bu Zina	سيدي بو زينة		k. A.	19,758	an-Nuqat al-Chams
23.	Badr Libya	بدر ليبيا		k. A.	18,693	Al-Jabal al-Gharbi
24.	Shahada	شحات		k. A.	18,613	al-Jabal al-Achdar
25th	al-Jauf	الجوف	Al Jawf	17,320	17,788	al-Kufra
26th	Qasr Ahmad	قصر احمد		k. A.	17,768	Misrata
27.	Birak	براك		19,360	17,721	Wadi ash-Shati '
28.	az-Zintan	الزنتان		k. A.	15,884	Al-Jabal al-Gharbi
29	Bani Walid Shamali	بني وليد شمالي		k. A.	15,594	Misrata
30th	al-Mahjub	المحجوب		k. A.	15,238	Misrata
31.	Waddan	ودان		k. A.	15,057	al-Jufra
32.	Sabrah	صبرة		k. A.	14,413	az-Zawiya
33.	Zawiyat Bishara	ا زاوية بشارة		k. A.	14,154	al-Jabal al-Achdar
34.	Yafran	يفرن		18,460	13,817	Yafran
35.	Tiji	تيجي		k. A.	13,753	Nalut
36.	Tarhuna	ترهونة		29,750	13,347	al-Murgub
37.	Ras Lanuf	راس لانوف		k. A.	13,277	Surt
38.	Murzuk	مرزق	Murzuq	10,829	12,746	Murzuq
39.	Gadamis	غدامس	Ghadamis	6,666	12,456	Nalut
40.	Ujaylat	اجيلات		28,250	11,278	az-Zawiya
41.	Tamzawa	تمزاوة		k. A.	11,022	Wadi ash-Shati '
42.	Surman	صرمان		30,220	10,924	Sabratha wa-Surman
43.	Tukra	توكرة		k. A.	10,508	al-Hizam al-Achdar

See also

• List of the largest cities in Africa
• List of city lists by country

Individual evidence

1. ↑ City Population: The districts of Libya and all cities with more than 10,000 inhabitants
2. ↑ World Gazetteer: Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated December 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Geografia - Population of the cities of Libya
• GeoHive - Population of the cities of Libya