This a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya. Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
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Misrata
Sirte
| No. |
City |
Population
(2006) |
| 1 |
Tripoli |
1,228,187 |
| 2 |
Benghazi |
670,797 |
| 3 |
Misrata |
350,000 |
| 4 |
Az Zawiyah |
318,726 |
| 5 |
Al Bayda |
250,000 |
| 6 |
Ajdabiya |
108,771 |
| 7 |
Al Khums |
103,743 |
| 8 |
Sabha |
94,728 |
| 9 |
Darnah |
88,317 |
| 10 |
Tobruk |
75,893 |
| 11 |
Bani Walid |
68,940 |
| 12 |
Zliten |
67,820 |
| 13 |
Al Marj |
62,894 |
| 14 |
Tajura |
60,681 |
| 15 |
Tarhuna |
50,715 |
| 16 |
Sirte |
48,504 |
| 17 |
Gharyan |
46,455 |
| 18 |
Msallata |
46,169 |
| 19 |
Kufra |
43,504 |
| 20 |
Al Jmail |
39,344 |
| 21 |
Al Karama |
37,987 |
| 22 |
Sorman |
36,707 |
| 23 |
Al Uruba |
33,194 |
| 24 |
Al Gseibat |
32,559 |
| 25 |
Shahhat |
28,818 |
| 26 |
Ubari |
27,796 |
| 27 |
Al Asab'a |
27,693 |
| 28 |
Zuwarah |
27,562 |
| 29 |
Al Jadid |
27,503 |
| 30 |
Al Allaghia |
26,813 |
| 31 |
Al Abyar |
26,600 |
| 32 |
Shatt and Nofliyeen |
25,997 |
| 33 |
Regdalin |
25,831 |
| 34 |
Gasr Akhyar |
25,261 |
| 35 |
Al Qubah |
24,631 |
| 36 |
Taworgha |
24,223 |
| 37 |
Al Maya |
23,222 |
| 38 |
Murzuk |
22,395 |
| 39 |
Mersa Brega |
21,715 |
| 40 |
Teghsat |
21,642 |
| 41 |
Houn |
19,816 |
| 42 |
Jalu |
18,873 |
| 43 |
Sabratha |
18,584 |
| 44 |
Al Ujeilat |
18,277 |
| 45 |
Nalut |
17,146 |
| 46 |
Suluq |
16,999 |
| 47 |
Shuhada' al Buerat |
16,282 |
| 48 |
Zaltan |
15,801 |
| 49 |
Mizdah |
13,809 |
| 50 |
Waddan |
13,302 |
| 51 |
Ra's Lanuf |
13,130 |
| 52 |
Al Urban |
12,600 |
| 53 |
Yifrin |
12,372 |
| 54 |
Ar Rayaniya |
12,263 |
| 55 |
Umm ar Rizam |
12,098 |
| 56 |
Tocra |
11,723 |
| 57 |
Brak |
11,638 |
| 58 |
Abu Ghlasha |
11,179 |
| 59 |
Ad Dawoon |
10,909 |
| 60 |
Teji |
10,828 |
| 61 |
Qaminis |
10,713 |
| 62 |
Al Gatrun |
10,650 |
| 63 |
Benina |
10,522 |
| 64 |
Kikla |
10,350 |
| 65 |
Ar Rheibat |
10,080 |
| 66 |
Socna |
9,887 |
| 67 |
Massah |
9,748 |
| 68 |
Ben Jawad |
9,675 |
| 69 |
Umm al Aranib |
9,655 |
| 70 |
Jadu |
9,653 |
| 71 |
Ghadames |
9,558 |
| 72 |
Ar Rabta |
9,487 |
| 73 |
Sidi Khalifa |
9,368 |
| 74 |
Ghat |
9,228 |
| 75 |
Al Abraq |
8,861 |
| 76 |
Sidi as Said |
8,836 |
| 77 |
Ar Rajban (see Arabic Wikipedia: الرجبان) |
8,820 |
| 78 |
Awjilah |
8,515 |
| 79 |
Ras al Hamam |
8,397 |
| 80 |
Tolmeitha |
8,310 |
| 81 |
Zallah |
8,202 |
| 82 |
Wadi Utba |
8,178 |
| 83 |
Al Barkat |
8,130 |
| 84 |
Martuba |
8,130 |
| 85 |
Traghen |
7,510 |
| 86 |
Al Hashan |
7,494 |
| 87 |
El Bayada |
7,432 |
| 88 |
El Gaigab |
7,297 |
| 89 |
Al Mashashiya |
7,255 |
| 90 |
Bu Fakhra |
7,142 |
| 91 |
Musaid |
7,139 |
| 92 |
Tacnis |
7,038 |
| 93 |
Susah |
7,038 |
| 94 |
Wadi Zem-Zem |
6,799 |
| 95 |
Batta |
6,754 |
| 96 |
Tazerbo |
6,600 |
| 97 |
Gasr Al Jadid |
6,598 |
| 98 |
Farzougha |
6,564 |
| 99 |
Qaryat `Umar al Mukhtar |
6,521 |
| 100 |
Bir el Ashhab |
6,399 |
Source:Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, pp. 118-123.
See also: Transliteration of Libyan placenames
Libya: largest cities and towns and statistics of their population The New work times
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