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 |
| Al Jabal al Akhdar Sha‘bīyat al Jabal al Akhḑar | 1. | 206,180 | Al Bayda' Al Bayḑā’ | 74,594 |
| Al Jufrah Al Jufrah | 2. | 47,538 | Hun Hūn | 18,878 |
| Al Kufrah Al Kufrah | 3. | 55,690 | - | - |
| Al Marj Al Marj | 4. | 85,315 | Al Marj Al Marj | 85,315 |
| Al Marqab Al Marqab | 5. | 432,202 | Al Khums Al Khums | 201,943 |
| An Nuqat al Khams Sha‘bīyat an Nuqāţ al Khams | 6. | 287,662 | Zuwarah Zuwārah | 45,000 |
| Az Zawiyah Sha‘bīyat az Zāwiyah | 7. | 290,993 | Az Zawiyah Az Zāwīyah | 200,000 |
| Banghazi Sha‘bīyat Banghāzī | 8. | 1,110,000 | Benghazi Benghazi | 650,629 |
| Darnah Darnah | 9. | - | Darnah Darnah | 78,782 |
| Misratah Sha‘bīyat Mişrātah | 10. | 550,938 | Misratah Mişrātah | 386,120 |
| Murzuq Murzuq | 11. | 78,621 | Murzuq Murzuq | 43,732 |
| Sabha Sha‘bīyat Sabhā | 12. | 134,162 | Sabha Sabhā | 130,000 |
| Sha'biyat Wadi ash Shati' Sha‘bīyat Wādī ash Shāţi’ | 13. | 78,532 | Idri Idrī | 4,611 |
| Sha`biyat al Butnan Sha‘bīyat al Buţnān | 14. | 159,536 | Tobruk Tobruk | 121,052 |
| Sha`biyat al Jabal al Gharbi Sha‘bīyat al Jabal al Gharbī | 15. | 304,159 | Gharyan Gharyan | 85,219 |
| Sha`biyat al Jafarah Sha‘bīyat al Jafārah | 16. | 451,175 | Al 'Aziziyah Al ‘Azīzīyah | 4,000 |
| Sha`biyat al Wahat Sha‘bīyat al Wāḩāt | 17. | 179,155 | Ajdabiya Ajdabiya | 134,358 |
| Sha`biyat Ghat Sha‘bīyat Ghāt | 18. | 23,518 | Ghat Ghat | 24,347 |
| Sha`biyat Nalut Sha‘bīyat Nālūt | 19. | 93,848 | Nalut Nālūt | 26,256 |
| Sha`biyat Wadi al Hayat Sha‘bīyat Wādī al Ḩayāt | 20. | 76,858 | Awbari Awbārī | 42,975 |
| Surt Surt | 21. | 170,763 | Sirte Sirte | 128,123 |
| Tripoli Tripoli | 22. | 1,065,405 | Tripoli Tripoli | 1,150,989 |