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Tobruk
Al Butnan · Libya
City population
141,499
#10
in Libya
#4,017
worldwide
32.090, 23.954 · 1,013 km from Tripoli
About Tobruk
Tobruk is a city in Al Butnan, Libya with a population of 141,499. It is the 10th largest of the 59 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Libya, and the 4,017th largest worldwide. It lies 1,013 km from Tripoli.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Al Butnan
Elevation
23 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Africa/Tripoli
Coordinates
32.090, 23.954
Record updated
2026-04-14
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.