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Sirte
Surt · Libya
City population
106,705
#15
in Libya
#1
in Surt
#5,378
worldwide
31.209, 16.589 · 371 km from Tripoli
About Sirte
Sirte is a city in Surt, Libya with a population of 106,705. It is the 15th largest of the 59 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Libya, and the 5,378th largest worldwide. It lies 371 km from Tripoli.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Surt
Rank in region
#1of 2
Elevation
17 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Tripoli
Coordinates
31.209, 16.589
Record updated
2026-07-08
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 59 in LibyaClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.