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Benghazi

Coordinates: 32°07′N 20°04′E / 32.117°N 20.067°E / 32.117; 20.067
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Benghazi
بنغازي
Downtown Benghazi
Downtown Benghazi
Benghazi is located in Libya
Benghazi
Benghazi
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°07′N 20°04′E / 32.117°N 20.067°E / 32.117; 20.067
CountryLibya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictBenghazi
Settledas Euesperides (circa 525 BC)
Renamed • Berenice (circa middle of 3rd century BC)
 • Hesperides
 • Barneeq (circa middle of 7th century AD)
 • Marsa ibn Ghazi (circa 16th century)
 • Bani Ghazi
 • Benghazi
Area
 • 314 km2 (121 sq mi)
Elevation2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2011)[2]
 • Totalover 650,000
Time zoneUTC+2
Area code061

Benghazi is a city and district in Libya. It is the second largest city in the country with 670,797 people (2006). It is also the capital of the Cyrenaica region. It was the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council.[3] It is on the Mediterranean Sea.

The oldest university in Libya is the University of Libya in the city. Libyan International Medical University is the first accredited private medical university.

Two of Libya's most-successful football clubs are in the city. They are Al-Ahly Benghazi and Al-Nasr. The two teams have won the Libyan Premier League five times.

References

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  1. Wolfram Alpha
  2. [1] Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine. Der Spiegel. 23 August 2011
  3. Staff (26 February 2011). "Libya's Ex-Justice Minister Forms Interim Government in Benghazi – Former Libyan Minister Says Gadhafi 'Alone' Bore Responsibility for Crimes That Occurred, Qurnya Newspaper Reports". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 September 2011.

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