en.unionpedia.org

Transport in Libya, the Glossary

Libya has had no railway in operation since 1965, all previous narrow gauge lines having been dismantled.^[1]

27 relations: Al-Khums, Bayda, Libya, Benghazi, Brega, Cairo–Dakar Highway, Derna, Libya, Libya, List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita, Mineral, Misrata, Narrow-gauge railway, Rail transport, Railway Gazette International, Ras Ajdir, Ras Lanuf, Sabha, Libya, Sirte, Standard-gauge railway, Taxi, Tobruk, Trans-African Highway network, Transport in Tunisia, Tripoli International Airport, Tripoli, Libya, Tunis, Tunisia, Zuwarah.

Al-Khums

Al-Khums or Khoms (الخمس) is a city, port and the de jure capital of the Murqub District on the Mediterranean coast of Libya with an estimated population of around 202,000.

See Transport in Libya and Al-Khums

Bayda, or Elbeida (or; البيضاء) (also spelt az-Zāwiyat al-Bayḍāʾ, Zāwiyat al-Bayḑā, Beida and El Beida; known as Beda Littoria under Italian colonial rule), is a commercial and industrial city in eastern Libya.

See Transport in Libya and Bayda, Libya

Benghazi

Benghazi (lit. Son of Ghazi) is the second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 1,207,250 in 2020.

See Transport in Libya and Benghazi

Brega

Brega, also known as Mersa Brega or Marsa al-Brega (مرسى البريقة, i.e. "Brega Seaport"), is a complex of several smaller towns, industry installations and education establishments situated in Libya on the Gulf of Sidra, the most southerly point of the Mediterranean Sea.

See Transport in Libya and Brega

Cairo–Dakar Highway

The Cairo–Dakar Highway or TAH 1 is Trans-African Highway 1 in the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union.

See Transport in Libya and Cairo–Dakar Highway

Derna, Libya

Derna (درنة) is a port city in eastern Libya.

See Transport in Libya and Derna, Libya

Libya

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.

See Transport in Libya and Libya

List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita

Countries and territories listed by the number of road motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants are as follows.

See Transport in Libya and List of countries and territories by motor vehicles per capita

Mineral

In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.

See Transport in Libya and Mineral

Misrata

Misrata or Misratah (Miṣrāta, Libyan Arabic), also known by the Italian spelling Misurata, is a city in the Misrata District in northwestern Libya, situated to the east of Tripoli and west of Benghazi on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata.

See Transport in Libya and Misrata

Narrow-gauge railway

A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge narrower than.

See Transport in Libya and Narrow-gauge railway

Rail transport

Rail transport (also known as train transport) is a means of transport using wheeled vehicles running in tracks, which usually consist of two parallel steel rails.

See Transport in Libya and Rail transport

Railway Gazette International

Railway Gazette International is a British monthly business magazine and news website covering the railway, metro, light rail and tram industries worldwide.

See Transport in Libya and Railway Gazette International

Ras Ajdir

Ras Ajdir, alternatively Ras Jdir or Ras Ejder (راس اجدير), is a small coastal town on the border between Tunisia and Libya and Libya's most northerly point.

See Transport in Libya and Ras Ajdir

Ras Lanuf

Ras Lanuf ((راس لانوف, also: Ra’s al-Unūf)) is a Mediterranean town in northern Libya, on the Gulf of Sidra in Tripolitania.

See Transport in Libya and Ras Lanuf

Sabha, Libya

Sabha or Sebha (Sabhā) is an oasis city in southwestern Libya, approximately south of Tripoli.

See Transport in Libya and Sabha, Libya

Sirte

Sirte (سِرْت), also spelled Sirt, Surt, Sert or Syrte, is a city in Libya.

See Transport in Libya and Sirte

Standard-gauge railway

A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.

See Transport in Libya and Standard-gauge railway

Taxi

A taxi, also known as a taxicab or simply a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.

See Transport in Libya and Taxi

Tobruk

Tobruk or Tobruck (Ἀντίπυργος, Antipyrgos; Antipyrgus; Tobruch; Ṭubruq; also transliterated as Tobruch and Tubruk) is a port city on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt.

See Transport in Libya and Tobruk

Trans-African Highway network

The Trans-African Highway network comprises transcontinental road projects in Africa being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the African Development Bank (ADB), and the African Union in conjunction with regional international communities.

See Transport in Libya and Trans-African Highway network

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_in_Libya

Also known as Highways in Libya, Libya/Transportation, Roads in Libya, Transportation in Libya.

Transport in Libya, the Glossary

Table of Contents

References