List of cities in Libya
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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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