Brega

Brega, also known as Mersa Brega or Marsa al-Brega, is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in on the Gulf of Sidra, the most southerly point of the Mediterranean Sea.
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  • Type: Town with 31,300 residents
  • Description: city in Libya
  • Also known as: “El-Brega”, “Marsá al Burayqah”, “Marsa Bregha”, “Port Brega”, “Qasr al Buraygah”, “Qaşr al Burayqah”, and “قصر البريقة”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Marsa Brega Airport.

Aerodrome
is an serving Brega, a Mediterranean coastal port in the of . The airport is 3 kilometres south of the town. is situated 3½ km south of Brega.

Brega

Latitude
30.40731° or 30° 24′ 26″ north
Longitude
19.57877° or 19° 34′ 44″ east
Population
31,300
Elevation
5 metres (16 feet)
IATA airport code
LMQ
United Nations Location Codes
LY LMQ and LY MBR
Open location code
8F2XCH4H+WG
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1565509044
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2215210
Wiki­data ID
Q36219
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Brega” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Brega”
  • Arabic: “البريقة”
  • Arabic: “مرسى البريقة”
  • Asturian: “Brega”
  • Bulgarian: “Марса Брега”
  • Bulgarian: “Марса ел Брега”
  • Catalan: “Marsa El Brega”
  • Cebuano: “Al Burayqah”
  • Cebuano: “Marsá al Burayqah (luuk, lat 30,42, long 19,59)”
  • Chinese: “卜雷加”
  • Chinese: “布雷加”
  • Czech: “Briga”
  • Czech: “Marsá al-Briga”
  • Danish: “Marsa al-Burayqah”
  • Dutch: “Al Burayqah”
  • Dutch: “Brega”
  • Dutch: “Burayqah”
  • Dutch: “Marsa al-Brega”
  • Dutch: “Marsa al-Burayqah”
  • Dutch: “Marsa Brega”
  • Dutch: “Marsa el-Brega”
  • Dutch: “Mersa Brega”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مرسى البريقه”
  • Esperanto: “Brega”
  • French: “Marsa El Brega”
  • French: “Marsa-el-Brega”
  • Georgian: “ბრეგა”
  • Georgian: “მარსა-ელ-ბურეიკა”
  • German: “Al Brayqah”
  • German: “Al Brega”
  • German: “Al Burayqah”
  • German: “Brega”
  • German: “Marsa al Brega”
  • German: “Marsa al-Brega”
  • German: “Marsa Brega”
  • German: “Marsa el Brega”
  • German: “Mersa Brega”
  • Hebrew: “אל-בורייקה”
  • Hebrew: “בורייקה”
  • Hebrew: “ברגה”
  • Hungarian: “Brega”
  • Indonesian: “Brega”
  • Irish: “Brega”
  • Italian: “Brega”
  • Italian: “Marsa Brega”
  • Italian: “Marsa El Brega”
  • Italian: “Mersa el-Brega”
  • Japanese: “アルブライカ”
  • Japanese: “ブレガ”
  • Japanese: “ブレガ港”
  • Japanese: “マルサ・エル・ブレガ”
  • Kabyle: “Lmerṣa Briga”
  • Korean: “브레가”
  • Lithuanian: “Marsa el Bureika”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marsa al-Burayqah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Brega”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Al-Burayqah”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Brega”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marsa al-Brega”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Marsa al-Burayqah”
  • Norwegian: “Marsa al-Burayqah”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Marsa El Brega”
  • Persian: “بریقه”
  • Polish: “Marsa al-Burajka”
  • Polish: “Marsa el Brega”
  • Portuguese: “Brega”
  • Russian: “Брега”
  • Russian: “Марса-Брега”
  • Russian: “Марса-эль-Брега”
  • Russian: “Марса-эль-Бурейка”
  • Russian: “Эль-Бурайка”
  • Serbian: “Брега”
  • Serbian: “Мерса Брега”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marsa al Brega”
  • Sicilian: “Brega”
  • Slovak: “Al-Brajka”
  • Slovak: “Al-Burajka”
  • Slovak: “Brega”
  • Slovak: “Kasr al-Burajka”
  • Slovak: “Marsá al-Bréga”
  • Slovak: “Marsá al-Bréka”
  • Slovak: “Marsa al-Burajka”
  • Slovak: “Marsá al-Burajka”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بریقه”
  • Spanish: “Batalla de brega”
  • Spanish: “Marsa al Burayqah”
  • Spanish: “Marsa Brega”
  • Spanish: “Marsa El Brega”
  • Spanish: “Puerto de Marsa Brega”
  • Swedish: “Al Burayqah”
  • Swedish: “Marsa al-Brega”
  • Swedish: “Marsa al-Burayqah”
  • Ukrainian: “Брега”
  • Vietnamese: “Brega”
  • Vietnamese: “Cảng biển Mersa Brega”
  • Vietnamese: “Hải Cảng Mersa Brega”
  • Zulu: “Brega”

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