Sabratha
Sabratha, in the Zawiya District of Libya, was the westernmost of the ancient "three cities" of Roman Tripolis, alongside Oea and Leptis Magna. From 2001 to 2007 it was the capital of the former Sabratha wa Sorman District.
- Type: Town with 83,400 residents
- Description: city in Libya
- Also known as: “Abrotonum”, “Habrotonon”, “Madīnat Şabrātah”, “Sábra”, “Şabrah”, “Sabratha Vulpia”, “Siburata”, “Sítio arqueológico de Sabratha”, “Абратон”, “Сабрафа”, “Сибурата”, “صبراتا”, “صبراثا”, “ⵚⴱⵔⴰⵜⴰ”, “ⵚⴱⵔⴰⵜⴰ صبراتة”, “サブラータの古代遺跡”, and “サブラタの考古学遺跡”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Roman Museum, Sabratha and Amphitheatre of Sabratha.
Sabratha
- Categories: city, municipality of Libya, big city, ancient city, and locality
- Location: Az Zawiyah, Libya, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
32.7914° or 32° 47′ 29″ north
Longitude
12.489° or 12° 29′ 20″ east
Population
83,400
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8F4JQFRQ+HH
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover this place from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Sabratha” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Sabratha”
- Arabic: “صبراتة”
- Armenian: “Սաբրաթա”
- Asturian: “Sabratha”
- Azerbaijani: “Sabrata”
- Bashkir: “Сабрата”
- Basque: “Sabratha”
- Belarusian: “Сабрата”
- Bengali: “সাব্রাতা”
- Bulgarian: “Собрата”
- Burmese: “ဆာဘရက်သာမြို့”
- Catalan: “Sabrata”
- Catalan: “Sabratha”
- Cebuano: “Şabrātah”
- Chinese: “塞卜拉泰”
- Croatian: “Sabrata”
- Czech: “Sabrata”
- Czech: “Sabráta”
- Dagbani: “Sabratha”
- Danish: “Sabratha”
- Dutch: “Sabratha”
- Egyptian Arabic: “صبراته”
- Esperanto: “Sabrata”
- Finnish: “Sabratha”
- French: “Sabratha”
- Galician: “Sabratha”
- Georgian: “საბრათა”
- German: “Sabrata”
- Greek: “Σαβράθα”
- Gujarati: “સબ્રાથા”
- Hebrew: “סברתה”
- Hindi: “सब्राथा”
- Indonesian: “Sabratha”
- Irish: “Sabratha”
- Italian: “Sabrata”
- Japanese: “サブラタ”
- Kannada: “ಸಬ್ರಥಾ”
- Kazakh: “Sabrata (Abroton) qalası”
- Kazakh: “Сабрата (Абротон) қаласы”
- Kazakh: “Сабрата қаласы”
- Kazakh: “سابراتا (ابروتون) قالاسى”
- Kinyarwanda: “Sabratha”
- Korean: “사브라타”
- Latin: “Sabrata”
- Latvian: “Sabrata”
- Lithuanian: “Sabrata”
- Macedonian: “Сабрата”
- Maithili: “सबरथा”
- Malay: “Sabratha”
- Maltese: “Sabratha”
- Marathi: “सबराथा”
- Nepali: “सबरथा”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Sabratha”
- Norwegian: “Sabratha”
- Persian: “صبراته”
- Polish: “Sabrata”
- Portuguese: “Sabratha”
- Romanian: “Sabratah”
- Russian: “Сабрата”
- Scots: “Sabratha”
- Serbian: “Sabrata”
- Serbian: “Сабрата”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Sabrata”
- Sinhala: “සබ්රන්ත”
- Slovak: “Sabráta”
- Slovenian: “Sabrata”
- South Azerbaijani: “صبراته”
- Spanish: “Sabratha”
- Swedish: “Sabrata”
- Tajik: “Сабрата”
- Tamil: “சப்ரதா”
- Telugu: “సబ్రతా”
- Thai: “ซาบราทา”
- Turkish: “Sabratha”
- Ukrainian: “Сабрата”
- Urdu: “سبراٹھا”
- Urdu: “صبراتہ”
- Venetian: “Sabrata”
- Vietnamese: “Sabratha”
- Volapük: “Sabratä”
- Zulu: “Sabratha”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Sabratha”.
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Dahman and West Al Shati’ suburb.
Libya: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Tripoli and Benghazi.
Explore These Curated Destinations
Discover places selected for their distinct character and enduring appeal.