Highest Major Cities in Libya

Cities in Libya with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by elevation above sea level (GeoNames digital elevation model).

📅 2026📏 metres50 entries🇱🇾 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres, logarithmic scale); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Al Aşābi‘ah27,713 people · Jabal al Gharbi

801 m

Gharyan36,110 people · Jabal al Gharbi

704 m

Zintan33,000 people · Jabal al Gharbi

700 m

Yafran22,680 people · Jabal al Gharbi

681 m

Nālūt28,431 people · Nalut

637 m

Al Bayḑā’129,439 people · Al Jabal al Akhdar

631 m

Shahhat29,206 people · Al Jabal al Akhdar

624 m

Al Qubbah24,631 people · Darnah

598 m

Ar Rayāyinah15,031 people · Jabal al Gharbi

548 m

Al Qawāsim15,134 people · Jabal al Gharbi

537 m

Wādī 'Utbah16,746 people · Murzuq District

491 m

Al Ghurayfah23,449 people · Wadi al Hayat

475 m

Ubari33,569 people · Wadi al Hayat

468 m

Mizdah16,735 people · Jabal al Gharbi

458 m

Murzuk30,491 people · Murzuq District

449 m

Sabha149,329 people · Sabha District

421 m

Al Jadīd126,386 people · Sabha District

417 m

Al Jawf42,079 people · Al Kufrah

391 m

Tarhuna52,420 people · Al Marqab

391 m

At Tāj46,050 people · Al Kufrah

379 m

Brak16,200 people · Wadi ash Shati'

349 m

Al Marj85,315 people · Al Marj

338 m

Msalātah73,907 people · Al Marqab

298 m

Al Abyār32,563 people · Al Marj

289 m

Bani Walid45,734 people · Misratah

269 m

Hūn24,431 people · Al Jufrah

260 m

Al ‘Azīzīyah52,404 people · Al Jafarah

116 m

Qaşr Khiyār16,708 people · Tripoli

108 m

An Nāşirīyah20,687 people · Al Jafarah

90 m

Az Zahrā’25,684 people · Al Jafarah

80 m

Qaşr Bin Ghashīr100,069 people · Tripoli

71 m

As Sawānī57,069 people · Al Jafarah

60 m

Qaryat Sulūq19,918 people · Banghazi

55 m

Al-'Alūaṣ17,122 people · Al Marqab

48 m

Qaşr al Qarabūllī49,610 people · Tripoli

43 m

Qarqūzah17,350 people · Az Zawiyah

41 m

Al Khums201,943 people · Al Marqab

27 m

Tobruk141,499 people · Al Butnan

23 m

Janzūr154,389 people · Al Jafarah

21 m

Zawiya186,123 people · Az Zawiyah

21 m

Az Zāwīyah200,000 people · Az Zawiyah

18 m

Şabrātah83,398 people · Az Zawiyah

17 m

Sirte106,705 people · Surt

17 m

Tripoli1,302,947 people · Tripoli

15 m

Al Ajaylat130,546 people · An Nuqat al Khams

11 m

Misratah355,657 people · Misratah

11 m

Darnah102,581 people · Darnah

9 m

Zliten203,790 people · Misratah

9 m

Sīdī Bin Zīnah31,607 people · An Nuqat al Khams

8 m

Şurmān77,114 people · Az Zawiyah

8 m

Highlights

Within Libya, Al Aşābi‘ah ranks first in 2026 with 801 m, followed by Gharyan (704 m) and Zintan (700 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 801 m (Al Aşābi‘ah) to 8 m (Şurmān), with a median of 265 m.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Elevation is the GeoNames digital elevation model value at the populated place coordinates; population figures are shown for context.

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