Benghazi

Summary

Benghazi is a city^[1]. Benghazi ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Benghazi is located in Libya^[3].
• Benghazi is in the country of Libya^[4].
• Benghazi is in the country of Libya^[5].
• Benghazi's head of government is recorded as Q133973412^[6].
• Benghazi's image is recorded as The Old Town, Benghazi, Libya.jpg^[7].
• Benghazi's instance of is recorded as city^[8].
• Benghazi's instance of is recorded as port city^[9].
• Benghazi's instance of is recorded as municipality of Libya^[10].
• Benghazi's instance of is recorded as big city^[11].
• Benghazi's official language is recorded as Arabic^[12].
• Benghazi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Istanbul^[13].
• Benghazi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Alexandria^[14].
• Benghazi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Casablanca^[15].
• Benghazi's twinned administrative body is recorded as Lisbon^[16].
• Benghazi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 139555437^[17].
• Benghazi's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 234155336^[18].
• Benghazi's GND ID is recorded as 4087175-7^[19].
• Benghazi's locator map image is recorded as Libyen Benghazi.png^[20].
• Benghazi's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80113184^[21].
• Benghazi's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 15505224g^[22].
• Benghazi's IdRef ID is recorded as 186314043^[23].
• Benghazi's ISO 3166-2 code is recorded as LY-BA^[24].
• Benghazi's Commons category is recorded as Benghazi^[25].
• Benghazi's licence plate code is recorded as 8^[26].
• Benghazi's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[27].

Body

Geography

Country listings include Libya^[4], a sovereign state^[28], in Libya^[29], founded in 1551^[30]. Benghazi is located in Libya^[3].

Physical Characteristics

Benghazi's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+314.000'}^[31]. Benghazi's elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2'}^[32]. Benghazi's population is recorded as {'amount': '+631555'}^[33].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include city^[8], port city^[9], municipality of Libya^[10], and big city^[11].

Why It Matters

Benghazi ranks in the top 7% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (398 views/month).^[2] Benghazi has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[34] Benghazi is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[35]