Misrata
Sign in to savethumb|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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- Locality
- مصراتة
- Region
- محافظة بني وليد
- Country
- ليبيا
- Population
- 355,657
- Timezone
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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.