Province of Benghazi
Libya is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa and a part of the Arab world. Although the country is rich in history and culture and has great tourism potential, the country has been in the news for all the wrong reasons since the 1960s.Photo: MM, Public domain.
Province of Benghazi
- Type: Region with 1,610,000 residents
- Description: eastern coastal region of Libya
- Category: administrative territorial entity
- Location: Libya, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
31° northLongitude
22.5° or 22° 30' eastPopulation
1,610,000Elevation
129 metres (423 feet)Open Location Code
8G342G22+22GeoNames ID
88252Wikidata ID
Q165198Province of Benghazi Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Arabic: Cyrenaica
- Arabic: إقليم برقة
- Arabic: إقليم سيرين
- Arabic: اقليم برقة
- Arabic: برقة
- Arabic: بينتابوليس شمال أفريقيا
- Arabic: سيرينايكا
- Arabic: قورينائية
- Armenian: Կիրենաիկա
- Asturian: Cirenaica
- Azerbaijani: Kirenaika
- Basque: Zirenaika
- Belarusian: Кірэнаіка
- Bosnian: Cyrenaica
- Bosnian: Kirenaika
- Breton: Cyrenaica
- Breton: Kirenaika
- Breton: Kyrenaia
- Bulgarian: Киренайка
- Catalan: Cirenaica
- Catalan: Regió Pentapolitana
- Central Bikol: Sirenayka
- Central Kurdish: سیرەنایکا
- Chinese: 昔兰尼加
- Chinese: 昔蘭尼加
- Croatian: Cirenaika
- Croatian: Cyrenaica
- Croatian: Kirenaika
- Czech: Kyrenaika
- Danish: Cyrenaica
- Danish: Cyrenaika
- Danish: Kyrenaika
- Dimli (individual language): Kirenayka
- Dutch: Barqa
- Dutch: Cyrenaica
- Dutch: Cyrenaika
- Dutch: Kyrenaika
- English: Barca
- English: Cyrenaica
- English: Cyrenaica libya
- Esperanto: Cirenaica
- Esperanto: Cirenaiko
- Esperanto: Cirenio
- Esperanto: Creta et Cyrene
- Esperanto: Cyrenaica
- Esperanto: Cyrene
- Esperanto: Kyrene
- Esperanto: Libya superior
- Estonian: Kürenaika
- Finnish: Cyrenaica
- Finnish: Kyrenaika
- French: Cyrenaique
- French: Cyrénaïque
- French: Mer cyrénaïque
- Galician: Cirenaica
- Georgian: კირენაიკა
- German: Barqah
- German: Cyrenae
- German: Cyrenaica
- German: Cyrenaika
- German: Kyrenaia
- German: Kyrenaika
- German: Ostlibyen
- Greek: Κυρηναϊκή
- Hebrew: קירנאיקה
- Hindi: सिरेनेइका
- Hungarian: Cyrenaica
- Indonesian: Cyrenaica
- Indonesian: Kirenaika
- Italian: Cirenaica
- Japanese: キュレナイカ
- Japanese: キレナイカ
- Javanese: Cyrenaica
- Kirghiz: Киренаика
- Korean: 키레나이카
- Latin: Cirenaica
- Latin: Cyrenaica
- Lithuanian: Kirenaika
- Lithuanian: Kirėnija
- Macedo-Romanian: Reghia di Cirenaica
- Macedonian: Киренајка
- Malagasy: Kirenaika
- Malay: Cyrenaica
- Malay: Wilayah Barqah
- Norwegian: Kyrenaika
- Norwegian Bokmål: Cyrenaica
- Norwegian Bokmål: Kyrenaika
- Occitan (post 1500): Cirenaïca
- Persian: برقه
- Polish: Cyrenajka
- Portuguese: Barqa
- Portuguese: Cirenaica
- Portuguese: Cyrenaica
- Portuguese: Pentápolis líbia
- Romanian: Cirenaica
- Romanian: Creta et Cirenaica
- Romanian: Creta et Cyrenaica
- Russian: Киренаика
- Scots: Cyrenaica
- Serbian: Kirenajka
- Serbian: Источна Либија
- Serbian: Киренаика
- Serbian: Киренајка
- Serbo-Croatian: Cirenaika
- Serbo-Croatian: Kirenaika
- Serbo-Croatian: Kirenajka
- Sicilian: Cirenaica
- Sicilian: Cirinaica
- Slovenian: Cirenajka
- Spanish: Cirenaica
- Spanish: Cyrenaica
- Swedish: Cyrenaica
- Swedish: Cyrenaika
- Swedish: Kyrenaika
- Turkish: Sirenayka
- Ukrainian: Киренаїка
- Ukrainian: Кіренаїка
- Urdu: برقہ
- Urdu: سائرنیکا
- Uzbek: Kirenaika
- Venetian: Cirenàega
- Vietnamese: Cyrenaica
- Waray (Philippines): Cyrenaica
- Welsh: Cyrenaica
- Western Frisian: Syrenaika
- Wilāyat Barqah
Localities in the Area
- Z̧ahr Umm KhuwayţLocality, 4½ km south
- Minţaqat Jawf al MurārLocality, 15 km northeast
- Al ‘AtlāLocality, 16 km west
- Al JinshArea, 28 km east
Landmarks in the Area
- Qārat at TartūtHill, 19 km northeast
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