Ras Lanuf

Ras Lanuf is a Mediterranean town in northern , on the Gulf of Sidra in Tripolitania. The town is also home to the Ra's Lanuf Refinery, completed in 1984, with a crude oil refining capacity of 220,000 bbl/d.
Wikipedia
  • Type: Town with 13,000 residents
  • Description: town in Tripolitania, Libya
  • Also known as: “Ra’s al Unūf” and “Ra’s Lānūf”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Al Sidrah.

Village
Sidra or Sidr is a port about 23 km west of Ra's Lanuf in . It is Libya's largest oil depot, shipping about 447,000 barrels per day, and during the Cold War gave its name to the 'Gulf of Sidra', an alternative name for the Gulf of Sirte. is situated 8 km northwest of Ras Lanuf.

Ras Lanuf

Latitude
30.58686° or 30° 35′ 13″ north
Longitude
18.41779° or 18° 25′ 4″ east
Population
13,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LY RLA
Open location code
8F2WHCP9+P4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1170541982
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2212984
Wiki­data ID
Q58462
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Ras Lanuf” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Ras Lanoef”
  • Arabic: “رأس لانوف”
  • Arabic: “راس لانوف”
  • Asturian: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Bulgarian: “Рас Лануф”
  • Catalan: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Chinese: “拉斯拉努夫”
  • Czech: “Rás Lanúf”
  • Dutch: “Ra’s Lanoef”
  • Dutch: “Ra’s Lanuf”
  • Dutch: “Ras Lanoef”
  • Dutch: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Esperanto: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Esperanto: “Ras-Lanuf”
  • French: “Ras Lanouf”
  • French: “Ras Lanuf”
  • French: “Ras-lanouf”
  • Georgian: “რას-ელ-ანუფი”
  • Georgian: “რას-ლანუფი”
  • German: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Hebrew: “ראס לאנוף”
  • Hebrew: “ראס לנוף”
  • Hebrew: “ראס-לאנוף”
  • Hungarian: “Rász Lánúf”
  • Italian: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Japanese: “ラス・ラーヌーフ”
  • Kabyle: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Persian: “راس لانوف، لیبی”
  • Persian: “راس لانوف”
  • Polish: “Ras al-Unuf”
  • Polish: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Portuguese: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Portuguese: “Ras Lanufe”
  • Russian: “Рас-Лануф”
  • Russian: “Рас-эль-Ануф”
  • Scots: “Ra’s Lanuf”
  • Serbian: “Рас Лануф”
  • Serbian: “راس لانوف”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Ras Lanuf”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راس لانوف، لیبی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “راس لانوف”
  • Spanish: “Ra’s Lanuf”
  • Spanish: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Swahili: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Turkish: “Ra’s Lanuf”
  • Turkish: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Ukrainian: “Рас-Лануф”
  • Vietnamese: “Ra’s Lanuf”
  • Vietnamese: “Ras Lanuf”
  • Zulu: “Ra’s Lanuf”

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