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Libya

Benghazi

Benghazi is the second largest city in , 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.
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  • Type: City with 632,000 residents
  • Description: second largest city in Libya
  • Also known as: “Banġāzī”, “Bengazi”, and “Binghāzī”
Photo: Dennixo, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Benghazi Cathedral and Suliman Ad-Dharrath Arena.

Church
Photo: Siculo73, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a former Roman Catholic church in the city of Benghazi, . It is located in the city center.

Sports venue
is an indoor sporting arena located in Benghazi, . It is used mainly for indoor sports such as volleyball and basketball.

Benghazi

Latitude
32.12° or 32° 7′ 12″ north
Longitude
20.0812° or 20° 4′ 52″ east
Population
632,000
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
IATA airport code
BEN
United Nations Location Code
LY BEN
Open location code
8G4243CJ+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1312442225
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
88319
Wiki­data ID
Q40816
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Benghazi” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bengasi”
  • Afrikaans: “Benghazi”
  • Albanian: “Bengazi”
  • Arabic: “برنيق”
  • Arabic: “بنغازى”
  • Arabic: “بنغازي”
  • Arabic: “ينغازي”
  • Arabic: “يوسيبريدس، ليبيا”
  • Armenian: “Բենգազի”
  • Armenian: “Բենղազի”
  • Asturian: “Bengasi”
  • Asturian: “Benghazi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Benqazi”
  • Basque: “Bengazi”
  • Basque: “Benghazi”
  • Belarusian: “Бенгазі”
  • Belarusian: “Бэнгазі”
  • Bengali: “বেনগাজি”
  • Bosnian: “Bengazi”
  • Breton: “Benghazi”
  • Bulgarian: “Бенгази”
  • Bulgarian: “Бенгхази”
  • Catalan: “Bengasi”
  • Catalan: “Bengazi”
  • Catalan: “Benghazi”
  • Cebuano: “Benghazi”
  • Cebuano: “Sha‘bīyat Banghāzī”
  • Central Bikol: “Bengasi”
  • Central Bikol: “Benghazi”
  • Central Kanuri: “Benghazi”
  • Chinese: “بنغازي”
  • Chinese: “班加西”
  • Croatian: “Bengazi”
  • Croatian: “Benghazi”
  • Czech: “Benghází”
  • Danish: “Banghazi”
  • Danish: “Benghazi”
  • Dutch: “Benghazi”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بنغازى”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بنى غازى”
  • Esperanto: “Bengazi”
  • Estonian: “Banghazi”
  • Estonian: “Banghāzī”
  • Estonian: “Bengazi”
  • Estonian: “Benghazi”
  • Extremaduran: “Bengasi”
  • Finnish: “Banghazi”
  • Finnish: “Bengasi”
  • Finnish: “Benghazi”
  • French: “Banghazi”
  • French: “Benghazi”
  • French: “Benina”
  • Georgian: “ბენღაზი”
  • German: “Banghazi”
  • German: “Bengasi”
  • German: “Bengazi”
  • German: “Benghasi”
  • German: “Benghazi”
  • German: “Euphesperides”
  • Greek: “Βεγγάζη”
  • Gujarati: “બેંઘાઝી”
  • Gujarati: “બેનગાઝી”
  • Hausa: “Benghazi”
  • Hebrew: “בנגאזי”
  • Hebrew: “בנגזי”
  • Hebrew: “בנע’אזי”
  • Hindi: “बेंगाज़ी”
  • Hindi: “बेंघाज़ी”
  • Hindi: “बेनगाज़ी”
  • Hungarian: “Bengasi”
  • Hungarian: “Bengázi”
  • Hungarian: “Benghazi”
  • Icelandic: “Benghazi”
  • Ido: “Benghazi”
  • Indonesian: “Benghazi”
  • Interlingue: “Bengasi”
  • Irish: “Benghazi”
  • Italian: “Banghazi”
  • Italian: “Bengasi”
  • Italian: “Benghazi”
  • Italian: “Berenice in Cirenaica”
  • Italian: “Berenice”
  • Japanese: “ベンガジ”
  • Kalaallisut: “Benghazi”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆಂಗಾಝಿ”
  • Kannada: “ಬೆನ್ಘಾಜಿ”
  • Kazakh: “Бенгази”
  • Korean: “벤가지”
  • Korean: “벵가지”
  • Latin: “Berenice”
  • Latin: “Euhesperides”
  • Latin: “Hesperides”
  • Latvian: “Bengazi”
  • Latvian: “Bengāzi”
  • Latvian: “Bengāzī”
  • Latvian: “Benghazi”
  • Lithuanian: “Bangazi”
  • Lithuanian: “Bengazio savivaldybė”
  • Lithuanian: “Bengazis”
  • Lithuanian: “Benghazi”
  • Lithuanian: “Eufesperidės”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Benghazi”
  • Malagasy: “Benghazi”
  • Malay: “Bengasi”
  • Malay: “Benghazi”
  • Maltese: “Bengażi”
  • Maltese: “Benghazi”
  • Marathi: “बेंगाझी”
  • Marathi: “बेनगाझी”
  • Mazanderani: “بنغازی”
  • Moksha: “Бэнгази”
  • Neapolitan: “Bengasi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Benghazi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Banghazi”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Benghazi”
  • Norwegian: “Benghazi”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bengasi”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bengazi”
  • Ossetian: “Бенгази”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਨਗ਼ਾਜ਼ੀ”
  • Persian: “استان بنغازی”
  • Persian: “بن غازی”
  • Persian: “بنغازی”
  • Persian: “بن‌غازی”
  • Piemontese: “Bèngasi”
  • Polish: “Banghazi”
  • Polish: “Bengazi”
  • Polish: “Benghazi”
  • Portuguese: “Banghazi”
  • Portuguese: “Bengasi”
  • Portuguese: “Bengazi”
  • Portuguese: “Benghasi”
  • Portuguese: “Benghazi”
  • Pushto: “بنغازی”
  • Romanian: “Bengazi”
  • Romanian: “Benghazi”
  • Russian: “Бенгази”
  • Scots: “Benghazi Destrict”
  • Scots: “Benghazi”
  • Serbian: “Бенгази”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bengazi”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Benghazi”
  • Sicilian: “Bengasi”
  • Silesian: “Benghazi”
  • Sinhala: “බෙන්ගාසි”
  • Sinhala: “බෙන්ඝාසි”
  • Slovak: “Bangází”
  • Slovak: “Bengázi”
  • Slovak: “Bengází”
  • Slovak: “Bengházi”
  • Slovenian: “Bengazi”
  • Slovenian: “Benghazi”
  • Spanish: “Bengasi”
  • Spanish: “Bengazi”
  • Spanish: “Benghazi”
  • Spanish: “Berenice”
  • Swahili: “Benghazi”
  • Swedish: “Banghazi”
  • Swedish: “Bengasi”
  • Swedish: “Bengazi”
  • Swedish: “Benghasi”
  • Swedish: “Benghazi (distriktshuvudort)”
  • Swedish: “Benghazi”
  • Tajik: “Вилояти Бенғази”
  • Tamil: “பங்காசி”
  • Tamil: “பெங்காசி”
  • Tamil: “பெண்றாசி”
  • Telugu: “బెంఘాజి”
  • Thai: “เบงกาซี”
  • Thai: “เบนกาซี”
  • Turkish: “Bingazi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенгазі”
  • Ukrainian: “Бенґазі”
  • Urdu: “بنغازی”
  • Uzbek: “Bingʻozi”
  • Venetian: “Bengasi”
  • Vietnamese: “Benghazi”
  • Volapük: “Bängasi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bengasi”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Benghazi”
  • Welsh: “Bengasi”
  • Welsh: “Benghazi”
  • Western Armenian: “Պենկազի”
  • Western Frisian: “Bengazy”
  • Western Panjabi: “بن غازی”
  • Wu Chinese: “班加西”
  • Yue Chinese: “班加西”
  • Zulu: “Benghazi”
  • “Benghazi”

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