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Misrata
Also known as Misurata, Misratah, Misuratah, Mısrate
thumb|Mosque of Raidat, Misrata, Libya thumb|Misrata Downtown Square thumb|General view of Misrata city Misrata ( ; , Libyan Arabic: ; also spelled Misratah and known by the Italian spelling Misurata, is a city in northwestern Libya located in the Misrata District, situated to the east of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata. With a population of about 881,000, it is the third-largest city in Libya, after Tripoli and Benghazi. It is the capital city of the Misrata District and has been called the economic and trade capital of Libya. Its harbor is at Qasr Ahmad.
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Misrata is the third-largest city in Libya, located on the Mediterranean coast east of Tripoli, with a population of about 881,000 people. It serves as the capital of the Misrata District and is known as Libya's economic and trade capital due to its important harbor at Qasr Ahmad.
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Place details
- Locality
- ⵎⵚⵔⴰⵜⴰ مصراتة Misrata
- Region
- ⴰⵜ ⵡⵍⵉⴷ محافظة بني وليد
- Country
- ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ ليبيا Libya
- Population
- 355,657
Travel guide
Understand
Misrata is bounded by the sea to the north and east and to the south by golden sands dotted with palm and olive trees.
Misrata is divided into two distinct sections. Older Misrata consists of small stone houses and narrow arched streets while the newer part of the city, which began to develop in the 20th century, consists of modern buildings, homes, factories and industrial areas.
The city is considered to be the "main center of the Turkish-origin community in Libya", composing two-thirds of Misrata's 400,000 inhabitants in 2019.
Get in
You need a visa (if you're required to get one, that is) and a valid passport to travel to Libya. More information on entering the country and Libyan immigration formalities can be found in the Libya article.
Stay safe
Misrata is often considered one of the safest cities in Libya.
Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Article
20 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- History
- Early history
- Ottoman era
- Italian occupation
- Independence
- Revolution
- Geography
- Climate
- Demographics
- Economy
- Government
- Education
- Sports clubs
- Transport
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
thumb|Mosque of Raidat, Misrata, Libya thumb|Misrata Downtown Square thumb|General view of Misrata city Misrata ( ; , Libyan Arabic: ; also spelled Misratah and known by the Italian spelling Misurata, is a city in northwestern Libya located in the Misrata District, situated to the east of Tripoli on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata. With a population of about 881,000, it is the third-largest city in Libya, after Tripoli and Benghazi. It is the capital city of the Misrata District and has been called the economic and trade capital of Libya. Its harbor is at Qasr Ahmad.
==Etymology== The name "Misrata ⵎⵙⵔⴰⵜⴰ" derives from the Misrata tribe, a section of the larger Berber Hawwara confederacy, whose homeland in Antiquity and the early Islamic period was coastal Tripolitania.
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