Benghazi

Benghazi بنغازي
Ceety
Dountoun Benghazi
Benghazi Location in Libie
Coordinates: 32°07′N 20°04′E / 32.117°N 20.067°E / 32.117; 20.067
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 [1]	2 m (7 ft)
Population  (2011)[2]
• Total	over 650,000
Time zone	UTC+2
Area code(s)	061

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.

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.

Admeenistrative diveesions

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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