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Benghazi /bɛnˈɡɑːzi/ (Arabic: بنغازي [3] Binġāzī, Libyan Arabic: [bənˈʁɑːzi] audio (help·info), Italian: Bengasi; Turkis: Bingazi; an aa: Bengasi,[4] Benghasi,[5] Banghāzī,[6] Binghāzī,[7] Bengazi,[8] Berenice[9] an Hesperides[10]) is the seicont lairgest ceety in Libie. The wider metropolitan aurie (which includes the soothren touns o Gimeenis an Suluq) is an aa a destrict o Libie. The port ceety is locatit on the Mediterranean Sea.
Benghazi بنغازي | |
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Ceety | |
Dountoun Benghazi | |
Coordinates: 32°07′N 20°04′E | |
Kintra | Libie |
Region | Cyrenaica |
Destrict | Benghazi |
Settled | as Euesperides (circa 525 BC) |
Renamit | • Berenice (circa middle of 3rd century BC) • Hesperides[whit? clarification needit] • Barneeq (circa middle of 7th century AD) • Marsa ibn Ghazi (circa 16t century) • Bani Ghazi[whit? clarification needit] • Benghazi[whit? clarification needit] |
Area | |
• | 60 km2 (20 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2 m (7 ft) |
Population (2011)[2] | |
• Total | over 650,000 |
Time zone | UTC+2 |
Area code(s) | 061 |
Durin the Kinrick era o Libie's history, Benghazi enjoyed a sort o jynt-caipital status (alangside Tripoli), possibly acause the Keeng uised tae reside in the nearbi ceety o Al Bayda' an the Senussis (ryal faimily) in general wur associatit wi Cyrenaica rather than Tripolitanie. Benghazi continues tae hauld institutions an organisations normally associatit wi a naitional caipital ceety. This creates a constant atmosphere o rivalry an sensitivities atween Benghazi an Tripoli an bi extension atween the twa regions (Cyrenaica an Tripolitanie). The population o the entire destrict wis 500,120 in 1995 (census) an haes increased tae 670,797 in the 2006 census.
Benghazi is ane o Libie's 22 shabiyahs (destricts). Benghazi shabiyah is dividit intae 32 Basic Fowkcongress admeenistrative diveesions, in which the responsibilities o the correspondin poleetical units o the same name faw. The offeecial 32 destricts o Benghazi are:
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