Districts
The districts (sha'biyāt) of Libya according to latest census results and official estimates.
The districts were estabished in 2007. Since 2013, the regional administration is done by in the meantime 114 municipalities (baladiyāt).
| Name | Abbr. | Native | Capital | Area A (km²) | Population Census (Cf) 2006-04-15 | Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libya | LBY | ليبيا | Ṭarābulus | 1,676,198 | 5,657,692 | 6,931,061 | |||
| Al-Buṭnān | BU | البطنان | Ṭubruq | 84,996 | 157,747 | 195,088 | 8499600 | ||
| Al-Jabal al-Akhdar | JA | الجبل الاخضر | Al-Bayḍā' | 11,429 | 206,180 | 250,020 | 1142900 | ||
| Al-Jabal al-Gharbi | JG | الجبل الغربي | Gharyān | 76,717 | 302,705 | 374,911 | 7671700 | ||
| Al-Jifārah [Jafara] | JI | الجفارة | Al-'Azīziyah | 2,666 | 451,175 | 548,855 | 266600 | ||
| Al-Jufrah [Jufra] | JU | الجفرة | Hūn | 139,038 | 52,092 | 60,853 | 13903800 | ||
| Al-Kufrah [Kufra] | KF | الكفرة | Al-Jawf | 433,611 | 48,328 | 55,495 | 43361100 | ||
| Al-Marj | MJ | المرج | Al-Marj | 13,515 | 184,531 | 286,045 | 1351500 | ||
| Al-Marqab [Murqub] | MB | المرقب | Al-Khums | 6,796 | 427,886 | 532,227 | 679600 | ||
| Al-Wāḥat | WA | الواحات | Ajdābiyā | 108,523 | 179,155 | 213,728 | 10852300 | ||
| An-Nuqāṭ al-Khams | NQ | النقاط الخمس | Zuwārah | 6,089 | 287,359 | 349,755 | 608900 | ||
| Az-Zāwiyah [Zawiya] | ZA | الزاوية | Az-Zāwiyah | 2,753 | 290,637 | 351,306 | 275300 | ||
| Banghāzī [Benghazi] | BA | بنغازي | Banghāzī | 11,372 | 674,951 | 807,255 | 1137200 | ||
| Darnah [Derna] | DR | درنة | Darnah | 31,511 | 162,857 | 201,639 | 3151100 | ||
| Ghāt | GT | غات | Ghāt | 68,482 | 23,199 | 27,675 | 6848200 | ||
| Marzūq [Murzuq] | MQ | مرزق | Marzūq | 356,308 | 78,772 | 94,088 | 35630800 | ||
| Miṣrātah [Misrata] | MI | مصراتة | Miṣrātah | 29,172 | 543,129 | 663,853 | 2917200 | ||
| Nālūt | NL | نالوت | Nālūt | 67,191 | 93,896 | 113,886 | 6719100 | ||
| Sabhā | SB | سبها | Sabhā | 17,066 | 133,206 | 153,454 | 1706600 | ||
| Surt [Sirte] | SR | سرت | Surt | 86,399 | 141,495 | 170,869 | 8639900 | ||
| Ṭarābulus [Tripoli] | TB | طرابلس | Ṭarābulus | 835 | 1,063,571 | 1,293,016 | 83500 | ||
| Wādī al-Ḥayāh [Wadi al Hayaa] | WD | وادي الحياة | Awbārī | 31,485 | 76,258 | 91,749 | 3148500 | ||
| Wādī ash-Shāṭī | SH | وادي الشاطئ | Birāk | 90,244 | 78,563 | 95,294 | 9024400 |
- The reliability of the 2020 figures may be low.
- Bureau of Statistics and Census Libya (web).
Major Cities
| Name | Adm. | Population Estimate (E) 2020-01-01 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ṭarābulus | TB | 1,293,016 |
| 2 | Banghāzī | BA | 750,000 |
| 3 | Miṣrātah | MI | 360,000 |
Contents: Cities & Urban Settlements
The census population of all Libyan cities and urban settlements with a population of more than 10,000 (complemented by selected places with less inhabitants).
| Name | Native | Adm. | Population Census (Cp) 1984-07-31 | Population Census (Cf) 2006-04-15 | Area | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abū Ghīlān | ابو غيلان | JG | ... | 6,449 | 0 | |
| Abū Zayyān | ابو زيان | JG | ... | 11,699 | 0 | |
| Adirī | ادري | SH | 5,610 | 3,834 | 0 | |
| Ajdābiyā | أجدابيا | WA | 65,270 | 107,564 | 0 | |
| Al-Abriq [Labraq] | الابرق | DR | 5,210 | 6,756 | 0 | |
| Al-Abyār | الأبيار | MJ | 16,940 | 23,681 | 0 | |
| Al-'Ajaylāt | العجيلات | NQ | 28,250 | 77,198 | 0 | |
| Al-Akhyār | الاخيار | MB | ... | 16,708 | 0 | |
| Al-'Alūaṣ | العلوص | MB | ... | 13,977 | 0 | |
| Al-Aṣābi'ah | الاصابعة | JG | ... | 22,622 | 0 | |
| Al-'Awaynāt | العوينات | GT | ... | 3,168 | 0 | |
| Al-'Azīziyah | العزيزية | JI | 29,310 | 42,777 | 0 | |
| Al-Bardī [Bardia] | البردي | BU | 2,940 | 4,716 | 0 | |
| Al-Bayḍā' [Bayda] | البيضاء | JA | 66,020 | 105,659 | 0 | |
| Al-Bayyāḍah | الشرقية | MJ | 4,490 | 5,538 | 0 | |
| Al-Birkat | البركت | GT | 3,590 | 8,088 | 0 | |
| Al-Buraīqah [Brega] | البريقة | WA | 9,680 | 25,550 | 0 | |
| Al-Gharayfah (incl. Al-Q'īrāt) | الشمالية | WD | ... | 19,141 | 0 | |
| Al-Ḥarshah | الحرشة | ZA | 15,880 | 66,216 | 0 | |
| Al-Ḥawāmid | الحوامد | NL | ... | 3,721 | 0 | |
| Al-Jawf (incl. Al-Kufrah) | الجوف | KF | 14,950 | 34,349 | 0 | |
| Al-Jumayl | الجميل | NQ | 21,160 | 51,974 | 0 | |
| Al-Khaḍrā' | الخضراء | MB | ... | 7,772 | 0 | |
| Al-Khums | الخمس | MB | 38,170 | 126,348 | 0 | |
| Al-Marj | المرج | MJ | 43,550 | 62,595 | 0 | |
| Al-Māyah | الماية | JI | 6,830 | 11,594 | 0 | |
| Al-Mukhīlī [Mechili] | المخيلي | DR | ... | 1,764 | 0 | |
| Al-Qarābūllī [Castelverde] | القرابوللي | MB | ... | 40,496 | 0 | |
| Al-Qaṭrūn | القطرون | MQ | ... | 5,913 | 0 | |
| Al-Qawāsim | القواسم | JG | ... | 12,354 | 0 | |
| Al-Qubbah [El Gubba] | القبة | DR | 10,170 | 19,191 | 0 | |
| An-Nāṣiriyah | الناصرية | JI | 9,680 | 16,887 | 0 | |
| Aqār | اقار | SH | ... | 3,945 | 0 | |
| Ar-Raḥaībāt | الرحيبات | JG | ... | 9,989 | 0 | |
| Ar-Rajbān | الرجبان | JG | ... | 5,240 | 0 | |
| Ar-Rīyāynah | الرياينة | JG | ... | 12,270 | 0 | |
| As-Sawānī [Suani Ben Adem] | السواني | JI | ... | 46,585 | 0 | |
| Awbārī [Ubari] | أوباري | WD | 9,890 | 27,402 | 0 | |
| 'Awjilah | أوجلة | WA | ... | 4,184 | 0 | |
| Az-Zahrā' | الزهراء | JI | 11,790 | 20,966 | 0 | |
| Az-Zāwiyah [Zawiya] | الزاوية | ZA | 91,600 | 141,653 | 0 | |
| Az-Zintān | الزنتان | JG | ... | 26,187 | 0 | |
| Badr | بدر | NL | ... | 3,100 | 0 | |
| Banghāzī [Benghazi] | بنغازي | BA | 442,860 | 618,325 | 0 | |
| Banī Walīd | بني وليد | MI | 28,650 | 37,332 | 0 | |
| Bin Jawad (incl. As-Sidrah) | بن جواد | SR | 11,310 | 12,660 | 0 | |
| Bint Bayah | بنت بية | WD | 2,690 | 5,091 | 0 | |
| Birāk [Brak] | براك | SH | 19,360 | 13,224 | 0 | |
| B'īr al-Ghanam | بئر الغنم | ZA | ... | 3,414 | 0 | |
| Brqin [Brguen] | برقن | SH | ... | 4,818 | 0 | |
| Daraj | درج | NL | 2,090 | 4,940 | 0 | |
| Darnah [Derna] | درنة | DR | 60,980 | 83,735 | 0 | |
| Daryānah [Deriana] | دريانة | MJ | 3,570 | 6,170 | 0 | |
| Ghadāmis (incl. Afūghās) [Ghadames] | غدامس | NL | 6,660 | 9,874 | 0 | |
| Gharyān | غريان | JG | 16,420 | 29,476 | 0 | |
| Ghāt | غات | GT | 6,510 | 11,943 | 0 | |
| Hūn | هون | JU | 8,440 | 19,943 | 0 | |
| Jādū | جادو | JG | 2,220 | 10,210 | 0 | |
| Jālū | جالو | WA | 7,810 | 10,939 | 0 | |
| Janzūr | جنزور | JI | ... | 126,025 | 0 | |
| Jardas al-'Abīd | جردس العبيد | MJ | ... | 5,505 | 0 | |
| Kabāw | كباو | NL | 3,770 | 6,274 | 0 | |
| Kambūt | كمبوت | BU | 3,640 | 5,692 | 0 | |
| Kiklah | ككلة | JG | ... | 9,613 | 0 | |
| Martūbah | مرتوبة | DR | 3,240 | 7,638 | 0 | |
| Marzūq [Murzuk] | مرزق | MQ | 10,830 | 24,890 | 0 | |
| Massah | مسة | JA | 6,440 | 6,393 | 0 | |
| Miṣrātah [Misrata] | مصراتة | MI | 131,030 | 290,316 | 0 | |
| Mizdah | مزدة | JG | 11,510 | 13,661 | 0 | |
| Msalātah | مسلاتة | MB | ... | 60,329 | 0 | |
| Nālūt | نالوت | NL | 10,380 | 23,208 | 0 | |
| Qamīnis | قمينس | BA | 3,940 | 7,092 | 0 | |
| Qandūlah | قندولة | JA | ... | 6,335 | 0 | |
| Qarqūzah | قرقوزة | JI | ... | 14,163 | 0 | |
| Qaṣr Bin Ghashīr [Ben Gashir] | قصر بن غشير | JI | ... | 81,685 | 0 | |
| Qaṣr Lībyā | قصر ليبيا | MJ | ... | 4,878 | 0 | |
| Qīrah | قيرة | SH | ... | 5,712 | 0 | |
| Qirnādah [Ghirnada] | قرنادة | JA | ... | 3,434 | 0 | |
| Riqdālīn [Regdalin] | رقدالين | NQ | 15,550 | 25,801 | 0 | |
| Sabhā [Sebha] | سبها | SB | 69,150 | 121,895 | 0 | |
| Ṣabrātah | صبراتة | ZA | 30,220 | 68,077 | 0 | |
| Samnū | سمنو | SB | 2,350 | 3,667 | 0 | |
| Shaḥḥāt | شحات | JA | 12,710 | 23,841 | 0 | |
| Sīdī aṣ-Ṣīd | سيدي الصيد | MB | ... | 8,017 | 0 | |
| Sīnāwin | سيناون | NL | 2,060 | 3,314 | 0 | |
| Sūknah [Sokna] | المركز | JU | 7,380 | 9,859 | 0 | |
| Sulṭān | سلطان | WA | ... | 2,998 | 0 | |
| Sulūq | سلوق | BA | 5,440 | 16,259 | 0 | |
| Ṣurmān [Sorman] | صرمان | ZA | 27,040 | 62,947 | 0 | |
| Surt [Sirte] | سرت | SR | 35,280 | 87,102 | 0 | |
| Sūsah | سوسة | JA | 5,210 | 5,947 | 0 | |
| Tāmzāwah | تامزاوة | SH | ... | 6,049 | 0 | |
| Ṭarābulus [Tripoli] | طرابلس | TB | 725,000 | 1,063,571 | 0 | |
| Tarhūnah | ترهونة | MB | 29,750 | 42,790 | 0 | |
| Tāzirbū | تازربو | KF | 3,230 | 6,600 | 0 | |
| Tījī | تيجي | NL | 2,240 | 5,637 | 0 | |
| Trāghan | تراغن | MQ | 6,530 | 6,667 | 0 | |
| Ṭubruq [Tobruk] | طبرق | BU | 62,500 | 115,503 | 0 | |
| Tūkrah [Tocra] | توكرة | MJ | 6,820 | 10,280 | 0 | |
| 'Umar al-Mukhtār | عمر المختار | JA | ... | 6,556 | 0 | |
| Umm al-Aranib | ام الارنب | MQ | 5,850 | 8,566 | 0 | |
| Umm ar-Rizam | ام الرزم | DR | 3,230 | 7,136 | 0 | |
| Umm Sā'ad [Musaid] | امساعد | BU | 3,200 | 7,032 | 0 | |
| Waddān | ودان | JU | 7,650 | 8,286 | 0 | |
| Wādī 'Utbah | وادي عتبة | MQ | ... | 13,670 | 0 | |
| Wardāmah | وردامة | JA | ... | 9,027 | 0 | |
| Wāzin | وازن | NL | ... | 3,849 | 0 | |
| Yafran | يفرن | JG | 18,460 | 18,514 | 0 | |
| Zalṭan | زلطن | NQ | 6,360 | 11,535 | 0 | |
| Zawīlah | زويلة | MQ | ... | 3,620 | 0 | |
| Zillah [Zella] | زلة | JU | 7,080 | 8,188 | 0 | |
| Zlīṭan [Zliten] | زليتن | MB | 39,950 | 166,350 | 0 | |
| Zuwārah | زوارة | NQ | 21,600 | 27,662 | 0 |
- The 1984 and 2006 figures are independently defined. Thus, the comparability is limited. The places are assigned to districts as in the census reports producted in 2010.
- (1984) S.A. Kezeiri: Growth and change in Libya's settlements system, Ekistics, Vol. 53, 1986.
(2006) The population is computed by »City Population« by using the population of single or clusters of urban mahallas; Bureau of Statistics and Census Libya (web).