
Benghazi
Benghazi is the second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. Located on the Gulf of Sidra... Wikipedia
- Region: Cyrenaica
- District: Benghazi
- Settled: as Euesperides (c. 525 BC)
- Renamed: Berenice (c. middle of the 3rd century BC), Hesperides, Barneeq (c. middle of the 7th century AD), Marsa ibn Ghazi (c. 16th century), Bani Ghazi, Benghazi
- Mayor: Saqr Bojwari
- Population (2023): 859,000
- Metro: 1,500,000
- Demonym(s): Benghazian
- Time zone: EET (UTC+2)
- Area code(s): (+218) 61
- License Plate Code: 8
- Data source: DuckDuckGo