Banghazi
Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, with a population of 630,000. It is a center of Libyan commerce, industry, transport and culture. It continues to hold institutions and organizations normally associated with a capital city, including several national government buildings as well as the National Library of Libya.Banghazi
- Also known as: “Baladīyat Banghāzī”, “Baladiyat Binghāzī”, “Banghāzī”, “Sha‘bīyat Banghāzī”, and “Sha’biyat Banghazi”
- Location: Libya, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
32.0872° or 32° 5′ 14″ northLongitude
20.1874° or 20° 11′ 15″ eastPopulation
1,110,000Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)Open location code
8G4235PP+VXGeoNames ID
88318
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In Other Languages
From Amharic to Uzbek—“Banghazi” goes by many names.
- Amharic: “ቤንጋዚ”
- Arabic: “بنغازي”
- Arabic: “شعبية بنغازي”
- Azerbaijani: “Benqazi”
- Bengali: “বেনগাজি”
- French: “Benghazi”
- German: “Bengasi”
- Hausa: “Bangazhi”
- Japanese: “ベンガジ”
- Javanese: “Banghazi”
- Kazakh: “Бенғази”
- Kirghiz: “Бенгази”
- Malay: “Banghazi”
- Oromo: “Bengazii”
- Panjabi: “ਬੰਗਾਜ਼ੀ”
- Persian: “بنغازی”
- Portuguese: “Bengasi”
- Pushto: “بنغازي”
- Somali: “Bengazhi”
- Spanish: “Bengasi”
- Swahili: “Benghazi”
- Tajik: “Бенғози”
- Tatar: “Бенгази”
- Uzbek: “Bengaziy”
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