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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.

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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.

Synthesized by Vinony from 40 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Meteo, Openweathermap, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Vinony graph, Geo. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Weather now

cached 12h ago
26°clear sky
69% 3.8 m/s OpenWeatherMap

7-day forecast

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Place details

Locality
ⵍⴱⵔⵉⵇⴰ مدينة البريقة Brega
Region
ⵍⵡⴰⵃⴰⵜ الواحات
Country
ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ ليبيا
Population
31,300
Timezone
Africa/Tripoli

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Air quality

62US AQIModerate
PM2.5
10.5 µg/m³
PM10
19.0 µg/m³
As of 2026-08-15 02:00 · Open-Meteo

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

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Libya
Located in
Libya
Official language
Arabic
Population
13000
Elevation
75
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Brega oil complex.jpg
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Commons category
Brega (Libya)
P12749
Ostrava
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