North Africa
Libya
Wadi al Shatii District

Brak

Brak (sometimes written Biraq or Birak is a town in the in west-central . The town serves as the administrative center of the district, housing key government offices and public services.
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  • Type: Town with 43,100 residents
  • Description: town in Libya
  • Also known as: “Birak”, “Birāk”, “Biraq”, “Brach”, “Brak Al Shaati”, and “Brak, Libya”

Brak

Latitude
27.55163° or 27° 33′ 6″ north
Longitude
14.27214° or 14° 16′ 20″ east
Population
43,100
Elevation
349 metres (1,145 feet)
IATA airport code
BCQ
United Nations Location Code
LY BCQ
Open location code
7FVPH72C+MV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1194502733
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2218478
Wiki­data ID
Q1196877
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Wu Chinese—“Brak” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “البراك”
  • Arabic: “براك”
  • Asturian: “Brak”
  • Belarusian: “Бірак”
  • Belarusian: “Брак”
  • Bengali: “বার্ক”
  • Catalan: “Birak”
  • Cebuano: “Brak”
  • Chinese: “比拉克”
  • Danish: “Brak”
  • Dutch: “Brak”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “براك”
  • Finnish: “Brak”
  • French: “Birak”
  • Georgian: “ბირაკი”
  • Georgian: “ბირაქი”
  • Georgian: “ბრაქი”
  • German: “Brach”
  • German: “Brak”
  • Greek: “Μπράκ”
  • Gujarati: “બ્રાક”
  • Hebrew: “ברק”
  • Hindi: “बराक”
  • Indonesian: “Brak”
  • Irish: “Brak”
  • Italian: “Birak”
  • Italian: “Brach”
  • Italian: “Brak”
  • Japanese: “ブラーク”
  • Japanese: “ブラク”
  • Kannada: “ಬ್ರೇಕ್”
  • Korean: “브락”
  • Korean: “비라크”
  • Latvian: “Braka”
  • Lithuanian: “Brakas”
  • Luxembourgish: “Birak”
  • Luxembourgish: “Brach”
  • Luxembourgish: “Brak”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Birak”
  • Malay: “Brak, Libya”
  • Malay: “Brak”
  • Marathi: “ब्रॅक”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Brak”
  • Persian: “براک”
  • Polish: “Birak”
  • Portuguese: “Birak”
  • Portuguese: “Biraque”
  • Portuguese: “Brak”
  • Romanian: “Birak”
  • Russian: “Бирак”
  • Russian: “Брак”
  • Scots: “Brak, Libie”
  • Scots: “Brak”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Brak”
  • Sinhala: “බ්‍රාක්”
  • Spanish: “Brak”
  • Swahili: “Brak”
  • Swedish: “Brak”
  • Tamil: “ப்ராக்”
  • Telugu: “బ్రాక్”
  • Thai: “บราค”
  • Turkish: “Brak”
  • Ukrainian: “Бірак”
  • Ukrainian: “Брак”
  • Urdu: “براک، لیبیا”
  • Urdu: “براک”
  • Vietnamese: “Brak”
  • Volapük: “Birak”
  • Wu Chinese: “比拉克”

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