Misrata

Misrata ( miss-RAH-tə; Arabic: مصراتة, romanized: Miṣrāta, Libyan Arabic: Məṣrāta; also spelled Misratah and known by the Italian spelling Misurata, is a city in northwestern located in the , situated 187 km to the east of on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata.
  • City with about 600,000 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (30 feet)
  • …has the IATA airport code MRA
  • Description: city in Libya
  • Also known as
    “Madīnat Mişrātah”
    “Misratah”
    “Misurata”
    “Misuratah”
    “Mısrate”
    “ⵎⵚⵔⴰⵜⴰ مصراتة Misrata”

Places of Interest

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Latitude
32.3746° or 32° 22′ 29″ north
Longitude
15.0906° or 15° 5′ 26″ east
UN/LOCODE
LY MIS and LY MRA
Open location code
8F4Q93FR+R6
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Open­Street­Map feature
place = city
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism = attraction
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Misrata” goes by many names.
MisrataAfrikaans
MisratahAfrikaans
MisurataAfrikaans
MisurataAlbanian
ሚስራታህAmharic
مسراتاArabic
مصراتةArabic
مصراتهArabic
ՄիսրատաArmenian
MisrataAsturian
MisrataAzerbaijani
MisurataAzerbaijani
MisratahBasque
МісратаBelarusian
МісуратаBelarusian
মিসরাতাBengali
মিসরাতাহBengali
MisrataBreton
МисратаBulgarian
МисуратаBulgarian
MisratahCatalan
MisurataCatalan
MişrātahCebuano
MisrataCentral Bikol
米苏拉塔Chinese
米蘇拉塔Chinese
MisrátaCzech
MisurátaCzech
MisratahDanish
MisratahDutch
مصراتهEgyptian Arabic
MisrataEsperanto
MisurataEsperanto
Kephale TobactusEstonian
MişrātahEstonian
MistrataEstonian
MisurataEstonian
ThubactisEstonian
ThubaqtEstonian
TobartisEstonian
TubartisEstonian
Al MisrātahFinnish
MisrataFinnish
MisrātahFinnish
MisurataFinnish
მისრათაGeorgian
მისრატაGeorgian
ΜισράταGreek
મિસ્રાટાGujarati
MisrataHausa
מיסורטהHebrew
מיסראתהHebrew
מיסרטהHebrew
מיסרתהHebrew
मिसराताHindi
MiszrátaHungarian
MisratahIndonesian
MisrataIrish
MisratahItalian
MisurataItalian
ミスラータJapanese
ミスラタJapanese
MisratahJavanese
MisrataKalaallisut
ಮಿಸ್ರಾಟಾKannada
MïswrataKazakh
МисратаKazakh
МисуратаKazakh
مىيسۋراتاKazakh
МисратаKirghiz
미수라타Korean
미스라타Korean
MisrātaLatvian
MisratahLatvian
MisurataLatvian
MisrataLithuanian
MisratahLithuanian
MisurataLithuanian
MisurataMacedo-Romanian
MisratahMalay
मिस्ट्रेटMarathi
MisurataNorwegian
MisrataNorwegian Bokmål
MisratahNorwegian Bokmål
MisrataNupe-Nupe-Tako
MisrataaOromo
ਮਿਸਰਾਤਾPanjabi
مصراتهPersian
MisrataPiemontese
MisrataPolish
MisratahPolish
مصراتةPushto
MisrataRomanian
MisratahRomanian
MisurataRomanian
МисратаRussian
МисуратаRussian
MisrataScots
MisurataSerbian
МисратаSerbian
МисуратаSerbian
MisrataSerbo-Croatian
MisurataSerbo-Croatian
MisurataSicilian
මිස්රටSinhala
MisrátaSlovak
MisurátaSlovak
MisrataSlovenian
MisrataSomali
MisratahSwahili
MisrataSwedish
МисратаTajik
МисуратаTajik
மிஸ்ராடாTamil
МисратаTatar
మిస్రాటTelugu
มิสราทาThai
MısrataTurkish
MısrateTurkish
МісуратаUkrainian
مصراتہUrdu
MisrataUzbek
MisratahUzbek
MisurataVenetian
MisrataVietnamese
MisratäVolapük
MisrataWaray (Philippines)
MisratahWaray (Philippines)
MisurataWaray (Philippines)
MisrataWelsh
米苏拉塔Wu Chinese
מיסוראטאהYiddish
米蘇拉塔Yue Chinese
MisrataZulu

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