Regions in Libya
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Primary administrative regions in Libya
There are 22 regions in Libya in the primary administrative level.Region | No | Population | Capital | Capital population |
Banghazi Sha‘bīyat Banghāzī | 1. | 1,110,000 | Benghazi Benghazi | 807,250 |
Tripoli Tripoli | 2. | 1,065,405 | Tripoli Tripoli | 1,150,989 |
Misratah Sha‘bīyat Mişrātah | 3. | 550,938 | Misratah Mişrātah | 386,120 |
Al Jafarah Al Jafārah | 4. | 451,175 | Al 'Aziziyah Al ‘Azīzīyah | 4,000 |
Al Marqab Al Marqab | 5. | 432,202 | Al Khums Al Khums | 201,943 |
Jabal al Gharbi Jabal al Gharbi District | 6. | 304,159 | Gharyan Gharyan | 85,219 |
Az Zawiyah Az Zāwiyah | 7. | 290,993 | Az Zawiyah Az Zāwīyah | 200,000 |
An Nuqat al Khams An Nuqāţ al Khams | 8. | 287,662 | Zuwarah Zuwārah | 45,000 |
Al Jabal al Akhdar Al Jabal al Akhḑar | 9. | 206,180 | Al Bayda' Al Bayḑā’ | 74,594 |
Al Wahat Al Wāḩāt | 10. | 179,155 | Ajdabiya Ajdabiya | 416,000 |
Surt Surt | 11. | 170,763 | Sirte Sirte | 128,123 |
Darnah Darnah | 12. | 163,351 | Darnah Darnah | 78,782 |
Al Butnan Al Buţnān | 13. | 159,536 | Tobruk Tobruk | 121,052 |
Sabha Sabhā | 14. | 134,162 | Sabha Sabhā | 130,000 |
Nalut Nālūt | 15. | 93,848 | Nalut Nālūt | 26,256 |
Al Marj Al Marj | 16. | 85,315 | Al Marj Al Marj | 85,315 |
Murzuq Murzuq | 17. | 78,621 | Murzuq Murzuq | 43,732 |
Wadi ash Shati' Wādī ash Shāţi’ | 18. | 78,532 | Idri Idrī | 4,611 |
Wadi al Hayat Wādī al Ḩayāt | 19. | 76,858 | Ubari Ubari | 42,975 |
Al Kufrah Al Kufrah | 20. | 55,690 | - | - |
Al Jufrah Al Jufrah | 21. | 47,538 | Hun Hūn | 18,878 |
Ghat Ghāt | 22. | 23,518 | Ghat Ghat | 24,347 |