🇱🇾 Libya 22 administrative divisions
22 first-level administrative divisions — states, provinces, regions or counties, depending on the country — and 430 cities and towns, each with latitude and longitude. Public domain, free to download, no API key.
The country
- ISO 3166-1
- LY · LBY · 434
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Continent
- Africa
- Currency
- LYD — Libyan dinar
- Calling code
- +218
- Internet domain
- .ly
- Divisions
- 22
- Cities and towns
- 430
Divisions
The 22 divisions of Libya
22 of them carry an ISO 3166-2 code. Counts are cities and towns inside each division.
| Division | ISO 3166-2 | Cities and towns | Population |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jabal al Akhdar | LY-JA | 45 | — |
| Murqub | LY-MB | 44 | — |
| Jabal al Gharbi District | LY-JG | 33 | 304,159 |
| Marj District | LY-MJ | 31 | — |
| Derna District | LY-DR | 30 | — |
| Misrata District | LY-MI | 26 | — |
| Al Wahat District | LY-WA | 24 | — |
| Butnan District | LY-BU | 22 | — |
| Murzuq District | LY-MQ | 19 | — |
| Sirte District | LY-SR | 19 | 141,378 |
| Wadi al Hayaa District | LY-WD | 19 | — |
| Nalut District | LY-NL | 17 | — |
| Nuqat al Khams District | LY-NQ | 16 | — |
| Tripoli District | LY-TB | 15 | — |
| Benghazi | LY-BA | 14 | 631,555 |
| Zawiya District | LY-ZA | 14 | — |
| Jafara | LY-JI | 13 | — |
| Kufra District | LY-KF | 11 | 50,104 |
| Sabha District | LY-SB | 7 | — |
| Jufra | LY-JU | 6 | — |
| Ghat District | LY-GT | 2 | — |
| Wadi al Shatii District | LY-WS | 2 | — |
A further 1 places could not be matched to a
division and are listed separately in the API as
"unassigned": true.
Get it
Both files, in one request each
# every division of Libya
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/regions/LY.json
# the cities and towns of one division (id from the file above)
curl -s https://api.placedb.org/v1/cities/LY/<id>.jsonNo key, no account, no rate limit. The endpoints · try it live.