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Murqub District

Murqub, sometimes spelt Al Murgub or Al Marqab or al-Morqib, is one of the districts of . The main city and capital is Khoms. The widely visited UNESCO World Heritage Site of is also located in the district.
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  • Type: State with 432,000 residents
  • Description: district of Libya
  • Also known as: “Al Margab”, “Al Marqab”, “Al Murgub”, “al-Morqib”, “Muḩāfaz̧at al Marqab”, “Murqub”, and “Sha‘bīyat al Marqab”

Murqub District

Latitude
32.4071° or 32° 24′ 26″ north
Longitude
13.8622° or 13° 51′ 44″ east
Population
432,000
Elevation
177 metres (581 feet)
Open location code
8F4MCV46+RV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1312442218
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
7602691
Wiki­data ID
Q209778
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Zulu—“Murqub District” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “المرقب”
  • Arabic: “شعبية المرقب”
  • Arabic: “شعبيه المرقب”
  • Arabic: “محافظة المرقب”
  • Basque: “Al Murgub”
  • Belarusian: “Муніцыпалітэт Эль-Маргаб”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Маграб”
  • Belarusian: “Эль-Маргаб”
  • Bengali: “মুরকাব পৌরসভা”
  • Catalan: “Al Murgub”
  • Cebuano: “Al Marqab”
  • Chinese: “迈尔盖卜省”
  • Chinese: “邁爾蓋卜省”
  • Danish: “Al Murgub”
  • Dutch: “Al Murgub”
  • Esperanto: “Al Murgub”
  • Esperanto: “Al-Murgub”
  • Esperanto: “distrikto Al Murgub”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Al Murgub”
  • Finnish: “Murqubin kunta”
  • French: “Al Mourqoub”
  • Georgian: “ალ-მარღაბი”
  • Georgian: “ელ-მარღაბი”
  • Georgian: “ელ-მარღაბის რაიონი”
  • Georgian: “მარღაბის რაიონი”
  • German: “Al Murgub”
  • German: “Al-Murgub”
  • German: “Al-Murqub”
  • German: “LY-MB”
  • German: “Munizip al-Murgub”
  • Greek: “Κοινότητα Μουρκούμπ”
  • Gujarati: “મુર્કબ મ્યુનિસિપાલિટી”
  • Hindi: “मरकब नगरपालिका”
  • Hungarian: “Markab tartomány”
  • Indonesian: “Kotamadya Murqub”
  • Italian: “distretto di al-Murgub”
  • Italian: “Distretto di al-Murgub”
  • Italian: “Distretto di Al-Murgub”
  • Japanese: “ムルクブ県”
  • Kannada: “ಮುರ್ಕ್ಬ್ ಪುರಸಭೆ”
  • Korean: “무르쿠브주”
  • Korean: “알 무르굽 주”
  • Korean: “알무르굽 주”
  • Latvian: “Murgūbas šebīja”
  • Lithuanian: “Murgubo savivaldybė”
  • Lithuanian: “Murkubo savivaldybė”
  • Malay: “Daerah Murqub”
  • Marathi: “मुक्वब म्युन्सिपाल्टी”
  • Mazanderani: “مرقب اوستان”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Al Murgub”
  • Norwegian: “Al Murgub”
  • Persian: “استان مرقب”
  • Polish: “Al Marqab”
  • Polish: “Al-Marakib”
  • Polish: “Al-Markab”
  • Portuguese: “Al Marqab”
  • Portuguese: “Al Murgub”
  • Portuguese: “Murgube”
  • Romanian: “Districtul Al Murgub”
  • Russian: “Эль-Маргаб”
  • Scots: “Al Murgub Destrict”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Murgub (okrug)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Murgub”
  • Sinhala: “මුර්කුබ් නගර සභාව”
  • South Azerbaijani: “استان مرقب”
  • Spanish: “Al Khums”
  • Spanish: “Al Murgub”
  • Spanish: “Al-Khums”
  • Spanish: “Distrito de Al Murgub”
  • Swedish: “al-Murgub”
  • Swedish: “Al-Murgub”
  • Tajik: “Vilojati Al Murgub”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Ал Мургуб”
  • Tamil: “முற்குப் நகராட்சி”
  • Telugu: “ముర్ఖుబ్ పురపాలక సంస్థ”
  • Telugu: “ముర్ఖుబ్ మున్సిపాలిటీ”
  • Thai: “เทศบาลเมอร์กอบ”
  • Turkish: “Merküb”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Маргаб”
  • Ukrainian: “Ель-Марґаб”
  • Urdu: “مرقب ضلع”
  • Vietnamese: “Đô thị tự trị Murqub”
  • Volapük: “Märkabiän”
  • Zulu: “Murqub District”

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