Brega
Sign in to saveBrega , also known as Mersa Brega or Marsa al-Brega ( , i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, the most southerly point of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in the former Ajdabiya District, which in 2007 was merged into the Al Wahat District. The town is the center of Libya's second-largest hydro-carbon complex.
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Brega, also known as Al Burayqah, is a city and port in Libya. It is located within the Al Wahat District and serves as a human settlement with Arabic as its official language. The city lies at an elevation of 75 meters above sea level and operates in the UTC+02:00 time zone.
The population of Brega is recorded as 13,000, while another source lists the figure as 31,300. The area is situated in the Africa/Tripoli time zone. Current weather data indicates a temperature of 19.99 degrees, with humidity at 84 percent and wind speeds of 6.17.
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Place details
- Locality
- ⵍⴱⵔⵉⵇⴰ مدينة البريقة Brega
- Region
- ⵍⵡⴰⵃⴰⵜ الواحات
- Country
- ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ ليبيا
- Population
- 31,300
- Timezone
- Africa/Tripoli
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Brega
- Settlement.native_name
- مرسى البريقة
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Libya
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Libya
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cyrenaica
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Al Wahat
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2006
- Settlement.population_total
- 7,000
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
- Settlement.utc_offset
- +2
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Encyclopedic overview
9 sectionsContents
- Geography
- History
- Battle of Brega (1941)
- Battles of Brega (2011)
- Other events
- Industry
- Transportation
- References
- External links
Brega , also known as Mersa Brega or Marsa al-Brega ( , i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, the most southerly point of the Mediterranean Sea. It is located in the former Ajdabiya District, which in 2007 was merged into the Al Wahat District. The town is the center of Libya's second-largest hydro-carbon complex.
During the First Libyan Civil War, the town quickly fell to the Libyan opposition. Government forces attempted to capture the town on 2 March but were repelled; their attack on 13 March was successful, though rebels later recaptured it on 26 March. In April the rebels were again driven out of Brega, and a several-month long stalemate ensued. On 11 August 2011, the rebels claimed they had retaken the eastern part of Brega.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Brega” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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