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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%A9" title="مصراتة – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مصراتة" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE" title="মিসরাতা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="মিসরাতা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D1%96%D1%81%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Місурата – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Місурата" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bcl mw-list-item"><a href="https://bcl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – Central Bikol" lang="bcl" hreflang="bcl" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Bikol Central" data-language-local-name="Central Bikol" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bikol Central</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Мисрата – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Мисрата" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misratah" title="Misratah – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Misratah" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C5%9Fr%C4%81tah_(kapital_sa_distrito_sa_Libya)" title="Mişrātah (kapital sa distrito sa Libya) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Mişrātah (kapital sa distrito sa Libya)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misur%C3%A1ta" title="Misuráta – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Misuráta" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misratah" title="Misratah – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Misratah" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C5%9Fr%C4%81tah" title="Mişrātah – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Mişrātah" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9C%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%81%CE%AC%CF%84%CE%B1" title="Μισράτα – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Μισράτα" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misurata" title="Misurata – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Misurata" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misratah" title="Misratah – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Misratah" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87" title="مصراته – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مصراته" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%AF%B8%EC%8A%A4%EB%9D%BC%ED%83%80" title="미스라타 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="미스라타" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%84%D5%AB%D5%BD%D6%80%D5%A1%D5%BF%D5%A1" title="Միսրատա – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Միսրատա" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misratah" title="Misratah – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Misratah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zu mw-list-item"><a href="https://zu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – Zulu" lang="zu" hreflang="zu" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="IsiZulu" data-language-local-name="Zulu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>IsiZulu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misurata" title="Misurata – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Misurata" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%AA%D7%94" title="מיסראתה – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מיסראתה" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%97%E1%83%90" title="მისრათა – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="მისრათა" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kk mw-list-item"><a href="https://kk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B0" title="Мисурата – Kazakh" lang="kk" hreflang="kk" data-title="Мисурата" data-language-autonym="Қазақша" data-language-local-name="Kazakh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Қазақша</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misratah" title="Misratah – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Misratah" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misr%C4%81ta" title="Misrāta – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Misrāta" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miszr%C3%A1ta" title="Miszráta – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Miszráta" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%AA%D9%87" title="مصراته – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مصراته" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misratah" title="Misratah – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Misratah" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misratah_(stad)" title="Misratah (stad) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Misratah (stad)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9%E3%83%A9%E3%82%BF" title="ミスラタ – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ミスラタ" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misurata" title="Misurata – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Misurata" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misrata" title="Misrata – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Misrata" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pms mw-list-item"><a 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.ib-settlement .maptable{border:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-below{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-above{font-size:125%;line-height:1.3em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement .infobox-subheader{background-color:#cddeff;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-native{font-weight:normal;padding-top:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-other-name{font-size:78%}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-official{font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption{padding:0.3em 0 0 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-caption-link{padding:0.2em 0}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-nickname{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .ib-settlement-fn{font-weight:normal;display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-settlement vcard"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above"><div class="fn org">Misratah</div> <div class="nickname ib-settlement-native"><span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مصراتة</span></span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader"><div class="category"><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Libya" title="List of cities in Libya">City</a></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Misurata_(Libia)_-_fontana.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A central park in Misrata"><img alt="A central park in Misrata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Misurata_%28Libia%29_-_fontana.jpg/250px-Misurata_%28Libia%29_-_fontana.jpg" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Misurata_%28Libia%29_-_fontana.jpg/375px-Misurata_%28Libia%29_-_fontana.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Misurata_%28Libia%29_-_fontana.jpg/500px-Misurata_%28Libia%29_-_fontana.jpg 2x" data-file-width="584" data-file-height="438" /></a></span><div class="ib-settlement-caption">A central park in Misrata</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Nicknames: <div class="ib-settlement-nickname nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Ḏāt ar-Rimāl</i></span> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">ذات الرمال</span></span>, "the Sandy One")</li><li><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">aṣ-Ṣumūd</i></span> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">الصمود</span></span>, "the Strongholds")</li><li><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Madīnat aš-Šuhadāʾ</i></span> (<span title="Arabic-language text"><span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مدينة الشهداء</span></span>, "the City of Martyrs")</li></ul></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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.pr>div{background:white!important;color:#000!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:250px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:250px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:250px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Libya_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Misratah is located in Libya"><img alt="Misratah is located in Libya" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Libya_location_map.svg/250px-Libya_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="240" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Libya_location_map.svg/375px-Libya_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Libya_location_map.svg/500px-Libya_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="969" data-file-height="929" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:7.15%;left:36.537%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-3px;top:-3px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Misratah"><img alt="Misratah" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/6px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="6" height="6" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/9px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pv" style="width:6em;top:4px;left:-3em"><div>Misratah</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location in Libya</div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedbottomrow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">Coordinates: <span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Misrata&params=32_22_39.12_N_15_05_31.26_E_region:LY_type:city(1011000)"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">32°22′39.12″N</span> <span class="longitude">15°05′31.26″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">32.3775333°N 15.0920167°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">32.3775333; 15.0920167</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Flag_of_Libya.svg/46px-Flag_of_Libya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="480" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Region</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tripolitania" title="Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_Libya" title="Districts of Libya">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Misrata_District" title="Misrata District">Misrata</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Government<div class="ib-settlement-fn"></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Mayor</th><td class="infobox-data">Mahmoud Sagutry</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-wolfram_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wolfram-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th><td class="infobox-data">10 m (30 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(2024)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ABC_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">1,011,000</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Demonym" title="Demonym">Demonym</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Misrati</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B2" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+2">UTC+2</a> (<a href="/wiki/Eastern_European_Time" title="Eastern European Time">EET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbering_plan" title="Telephone numbering plan">Area code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">31</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Libya" title="Vehicle registration plates of Libya">License Plate Code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">3</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://misrata.gov.ly">misrata<wbr />.gov<wbr />.ly</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mosque_of_Raidat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mosque_of_Raidat.jpg/220px-Mosque_of_Raidat.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mosque_of_Raidat.jpg/330px-Mosque_of_Raidat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Mosque_of_Raidat.jpg/440px-Mosque_of_Raidat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="964" /></a><figcaption><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%AC%D8%AF+%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B1%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%B6%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%8C+Misurata%E2%80%AD/@32.3664604,15.1577853,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x8bc3d33ab309daff!8m2!3d32.3664604!4d15.1577853?sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjy8J77i5PYAhXH56QKHc_CBXoQ_BIIggEwDg">Mosque of Raidat</a>, Misrata, Libya</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Misrata_Downtown_Square.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Misrata_Downtown_Square.jpg/250px-Misrata_Downtown_Square.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Misrata_Downtown_Square.jpg/330px-Misrata_Downtown_Square.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/Misrata_Downtown_Square.jpg/500px-Misrata_Downtown_Square.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="667" /></a><figcaption>Misrata Downtown Square</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Misrata,_Libya.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Misrata%2C_Libya.jpg/220px-Misrata%2C_Libya.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Misrata%2C_Libya.jpg/330px-Misrata%2C_Libya.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/61/Misrata%2C_Libya.jpg/440px-Misrata%2C_Libya.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="374" /></a><figcaption>General view of Misrata city</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Misrata</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="'s' in 'sigh'">s</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'r' in 'rye'">r</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling">miss-<span style="font-size:90%">RAH</span>-tə</i></a>; <a href="/wiki/Arabic_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabic language">Arabic</a>: <span lang="ar" dir="rtl">مصراتة</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Arabic" title="Romanization of Arabic">romanized</a>: </small><span title="Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ar-Latn">Miṣrāta</i></span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Arabic" title="Libyan Arabic">Libyan Arabic</a>:</small> <span title="Libyan Arabic-language romanization"><i lang="ayl-Latn">Məṣrāta</i></span>;<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> also spelled Misratah and known by the Italian spelling <b>Misurata)</b> is a city in northwestern <a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> located in the <a href="/wiki/Misrata_District" title="Misrata District">Misrata District</a>, situated 187 km (116 mi) to the east of <a href="/wiki/Tripoli,_Libya" title="Tripoli, Libya">Tripoli</a> on the <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> coast near Cape Misrata. With a population of about 881,000, it is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Libya" title="List of cities in Libya">third-largest city</a> in Libya, after Tripoli and Benghazi. It is the capital city of the Misrata District and has been called the economic and trade capital of Libya. Its harbor is at <a href="/wiki/Qasr_Ahmad" title="Qasr Ahmad">Qasr Ahmad</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Etymology">Etymology</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name "Misrata ⵎⵙⵔⴰⵜⴰ" derives from the Misrata tribe, a section of the larger Berber <a href="/wiki/Zenata" title="Zenata">Hawwara</a> confederacy, whose homeland in Antiquity and the early Islamic period was coastal <a href="/wiki/Tripolitania" title="Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-مصراتة:_Libya_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-مصراتة:_Libya-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_of_the_World_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_the_World-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AJE_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AJE-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Trirone Acrone", the oldest description mentioned by <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy_III_Euergetes" title="Ptolemy III Euergetes">Ptolemy III Euergetes</a> of Misrata because it consists of three heads of land stretching into the sea depth, and got Misrata importance by being at the crossroads of many convoys and also because it is in the middle of an agricultural area with the name of "Cephalae Promentorium" (Kevalay) of the Greek geographer <a href="/wiki/Strabo" title="Strabo">Strabo</a>. And the city of Misrata is one of the commercial stations that have been built by the Phoenicians, since more than 3000 years (The Tenth Century BC) to the north-western parts of the Libyan coast. The flag then by the name of <a href="/wiki/Thubactis" title="Thubactis">Thubactis</a> Misrata and know that name in relation to the Berber tribe of Misurata (The Misurateens), which means the sailors.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2017)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Misurata_main_mosk.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Misurata_main_mosk.jpg/220px-Misurata_main_mosk.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Misurata_main_mosk.jpg/330px-Misurata_main_mosk.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Misurata_main_mosk.jpg/440px-Misurata_main_mosk.jpg 2x" data-file-width="583" data-file-height="388" /></a><figcaption>The main mosque at Misrata</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Early_history">Early history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Early history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Modern Misrata was established around the 7th century AD during the beginning of modern Libya's rule by the <a href="/wiki/Caliphate" title="Caliphate">Caliphate</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some contemporary sources claim the town existed prior to Islamic rule,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Avoid_weasel_words" class="mw-redirect" title="Wikipedia:Avoid weasel words"><span title="The material near this tag possibly uses too vague attribution or weasel words. (November 2017)">which?</span></a></i>]</sup> during the <a href="/wiki/Roman_Empire" title="Roman Empire">Roman Empire</a> era and that its initial Arabic name derived from its Roman name <a href="/wiki/Thubactis" title="Thubactis">Thubactis</a>. <a href="/wiki/David_Mattingly_(author)" class="mw-redirect" title="David Mattingly (author)">David Mattingly</a>, author of <i>Tripolitania</i>, a comprehensive reference book on northwestern Libya, stated that identification of Misrata as the ancient <a href="/wiki/Thubactis" title="Thubactis">Thubactis</a> is particularly problematic, complicated and "defies an easy answer." Nonetheless, the Roman town was located at some point on the <a href="/wiki/Oasis" title="Oasis">oasis</a> upon which the modern city sits. The two common identifications are at the eastern and western anchorages of modern Misrata or south and inland of the city, respectively. The Roman town was recorded as one of the six <i>municipia</i> (small self-governing cities) of the <a href="/wiki/Tripolitania" title="Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a> province, a rank below <i>coloniae</i> (cities with full citizenship rights.)<sup id="cite_ref-Mattingly104-105_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mattingly104-105-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In any case, in the 7th century, Misrata served as a caravan supply center and an important port.<sup id="cite_ref-Britannica_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Britannica-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Merchant traders from Misrata were well known throughout the <a href="/wiki/Sahara" title="Sahara">Sahara</a> during the years of the Caliphate (7th–19th centuries). In addition to its strategic location, the city established itself as one of Libya's oldest producers of luxury carpets.<sup id="cite_ref-Ham119_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ham119-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Misrata tribe, a section of the larger Berber <a href="/wiki/Zenata" title="Zenata">Hawwara</a> confederacy, inhabited the coastal region of <a href="/wiki/Tripolitania" title="Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a> during the Roman and early Arab eras.<sup id="cite_ref-مصراتة:_Libya_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-مصراتة:_Libya-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Encyclopedia_of_the_World_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Encyclopedia_of_the_World-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ottoman_era">Ottoman era</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ottoman era"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Tripolitania" title="Ottoman Tripolitania">Ottoman Tripolitania</a></div> <p>The region of <a href="/wiki/Tripolitania" title="Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a>, which included Misrata, came under the regency of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> in 1551.<sup id="cite_ref-Ham119_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ham119-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By the beginning of the 19th century, Misrata had established itself as a major center for the <a href="/wiki/Trans-Saharan_trade" title="Trans-Saharan trade">Trans-Saharan trade</a> route, where caravans carrying <a href="/wiki/Gold" title="Gold">gold</a>, leather, and slaves regularly stopped. Because of the rainfall along the coast, which was abundant compared to other cities in Tripolitania, and supplemental water from underground springs, Misrata's inhabitants were able to engage in unusually fertile agriculture in this largely arid region. The city was filled with thick areas of vegetable gardens while the surrounding countryside included fields of wheat, barley, <a href="/wiki/Date_palm" title="Date palm">date palms</a> and olive orchards. Misrata's artisans also expanded on the city's ancient carpet industry for which it was regionally renowned. Although Misrata contained a well-built harbor, most of its long-distance trade was overland because the city of <a href="/wiki/Benghazi" title="Benghazi">Benghazi</a> to the east served as the preferable substitute for maritime shipping.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke116_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke116-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a result of the abolition of slavery and increasing <a href="/wiki/Scramble_for_Africa" title="Scramble for Africa">European colonial influence</a> in <a href="/wiki/Sub-Saharan_Africa" title="Sub-Saharan Africa">Sub-Saharan Africa</a>, Trans-Saharan trade declined and consequently Misrata's role in the trade decreased.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke116_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke116-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the decline in Trans-Saharan trade saw the establishment of weekly and permanent <a href="/wiki/Souk" class="mw-redirect" title="Souk">markets</a> in the city, replacing the seasonal markets associated with long-distance trade. Because of this new economic situation, the residents of the countryside devoted less time to pastoralism, husbandry and guide service for foreign traders and began to shift their focus on agricultural production. Farmers concentrated on growing <a href="/wiki/Cash_crops" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash crops">cash crops</a>, relying on <a href="/wiki/Market_economy" title="Market economy">market relations</a> to provide income for their families, instead of <a href="/wiki/Subsistence_farming" class="mw-redirect" title="Subsistence farming">subsistence farming</a> and periodic barter exchanging. <a href="/wiki/Bedouin" title="Bedouin">Bedouins</a> increasingly abandoned their nomadic lifestyle and began to settle into permanent dwellings within the city limits. To cope with an rising population due to immigration from the surrounding areas, Misrata witnessed a construction boom in the late 19th century. A covered produce market and numerous streets lined with shops were built in addition to new district and municipal government offices, a renovated <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_army" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman army">Ottoman army</a> barracks and several <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_architecture" title="Ottoman architecture">Turkish-style</a> houses for the city's wealthy families.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke117_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke117-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Misurata_Old_Town.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Misurata_Old_Town.jpg/250px-Misurata_Old_Town.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Misurata_Old_Town.jpg/330px-Misurata_Old_Town.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/Misurata_Old_Town.jpg/500px-Misurata_Old_Town.jpg 2x" data-file-width="690" data-file-height="447" /></a><figcaption>The Old City of Misrata, 1930s</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Misrata_Sea_fishing_port.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Misrata_Sea_fishing_port.jpg/220px-Misrata_Sea_fishing_port.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Misrata_Sea_fishing_port.jpg/330px-Misrata_Sea_fishing_port.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/Misrata_Sea_fishing_port.jpg/440px-Misrata_Sea_fishing_port.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption>Misrata Sea fishing port</figcaption></figure> <p>Two clans, the Muntasir and Adgham, dominated the political, social and economic aspects of Misrata and led the local tribes against their <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkish</a> overlords during various periods of tension.<sup id="cite_ref-Ham119_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ham119-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were many wealthy families in the city, but the Muntasirs, who were of <a href="/wiki/Arabian" class="mw-redirect" title="Arabian">Arabian</a> descent, and the Adghams, who descended from Ottoman officers who settled in the province in previous centuries, were the most prominent. They made their income from commerce and protected their wealth by cooperating with the Ottoman provincial authorities. Both had extended families and economic holdings not just in Misrata, but also the provincial capital of Tripoli as well as the eastern <a href="/wiki/Cyrenica" class="mw-redirect" title="Cyrenica">Cyrenican</a> towns of Benghazi and <a href="/wiki/Derna,_Libya" title="Derna, Libya">Derna</a>. The Aghdams had traditionally resisted efforts by the central Ottoman government in <a href="/wiki/Istanbul" title="Istanbul">Istanbul</a> to reestablish direct control over Tripoli Province and, under the leadership of Osman al-Aghdam, they led a rebellion against the Ottomans and their local allies in 1835. After their eventual defeat in 1858, they were left in an inferior position to that of the Muntasirs.<sup id="cite_ref-Ben-GhiatFuller65_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ben-GhiatFuller65-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Aghdams remained a powerful force nonetheless and their competition with the Muntasirs for leading positions within the local and regional government dominated Misratan politics. Misrata's urban residents did not contribute much to the political scene and avoided contact with the Ottoman authorities out of concern of <a href="/wiki/Conscription" title="Conscription">conscription</a> into the army and provincial tax collection. In contrast, the rural areas of Misrata were populated mostly by <i><a href="/wiki/Fellahin" class="mw-redirect" title="Fellahin">fellahin</a></i> (peasantry) and former Bedouins who had retained their tribal affiliations and loyalties and thus involved themselves in competition for political influence.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke117_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke117-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Up until 1908, the Muntasirs, led by Umar al-Muntasir, controlled the upper echelons of the newly organized bureaucracy in Tripoli Province and were largely accepted by the local notables as the administrators of Misrata along with <a href="/wiki/Sirte" title="Sirte">Sirte</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gharyan" title="Gharyan">Gharyan</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tarhuna" title="Tarhuna">Tarhuna</a>. However, that year, the <a href="/wiki/Young_Turks" title="Young Turks">Young Turks</a> acquired power in Istanbul and ousted the traditional Ottoman leadership.<sup id="cite_ref-Ben-GhiatFuller66_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ben-GhiatFuller66-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Viewing the Muntasirs as loyalists of <a href="/wiki/Abdul_Hamid_II" title="Abdul Hamid II">Abdul Hamid II</a>, the ousted sultan, they made efforts to reduce Muntasir power in the region. The Young Turk administration in Tripoli vetoed Muntasir membership in the local parliament and dismissed the governor of Tarhuna who was Umar al-Muntasir's son, Ahmad Dhiya al-Muntasir, from his post. In addition, they allegedly hired a group of local Misratans to assassinate Abd al-Qasim, another one Umar's sons.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke119_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke119-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Italian_occupation">Italian occupation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Italian occupation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Italian_Libya" title="Italian Libya">Italian Libya</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0004-28,_Misurata,_Ortschaft.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0004-28%2C_Misurata%2C_Ortschaft.jpg/220px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0004-28%2C_Misurata%2C_Ortschaft.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0004-28%2C_Misurata%2C_Ortschaft.jpg/330px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0004-28%2C_Misurata%2C_Ortschaft.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0004-28%2C_Misurata%2C_Ortschaft.jpg/440px-Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-782-0004-28%2C_Misurata%2C_Ortschaft.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="507" /></a><figcaption>Entrance to Misrata, 1941</figcaption></figure> <p>In October 1911, <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Italy</a> had <a href="/wiki/Italo-Turkish_War" title="Italo-Turkish War">launched an invasion</a> against Ottoman Tripolitania, but were unable to reach Misrata until <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Misrata_(1912)" title="Battle of Misrata (1912)">June 1912</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke120_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke120-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ahmad Dhiya al-Muntasir had consulted with the Italians in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a> months prior to the invasion and Umar al-Muntasir used his influence to coordinate with them militarily once they landed on the Libyan coastline. In return for their collaboration, the Muntasirs were able to maintain their administrative role and gained positions as advisers to the Italian military authorities.<sup id="cite_ref-Ben-GhiatFuller66_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ben-GhiatFuller66-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, Misrata played an important role in the Libyan-Ottoman resistance against the occupying <a href="/wiki/Italian_Army" title="Italian Army">Italian Army</a>. Under the leadership of <a href="/wiki/Ramadan_al-Swehli" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramadan al-Swehli">Ramadan al-Swehli</a>, the city was used a base of support for the Ottoman Empire and his Misratan army dealt a major blow to the Italians at <a href="/wiki/Qasr_Abu_Hadi" title="Qasr Abu Hadi">Qasr Abu Hadi</a> near Sirte in April 1915. Over 500 Italian troops were killed while Swehli's troops captured over 5,000 rifles, various types of machine guns and artillery and several tons of ammunition.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke121_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke121-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of this Libyan victory, Italy's army and their Muntasir allies withdrew from Misrata. By 1916, Misrata had become semi-autonomous and collected taxes from Sirte, the region of <a href="/wiki/Fezzan" title="Fezzan">Fezzan</a> and the area between it and Sirte as well as the <a href="/wiki/Warfalla" title="Warfalla">Warfalla</a> tribal area south of Tripoli.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke122_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke122-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Because of its strategic harbor, Ottoman and <a href="/wiki/German_Army_(German_Empire)" class="mw-redirect" title="German Army (German Empire)">German</a> forces used Misrata as one of their principal supply ports during World War I. The city became the headquarters of a wide-ranging administration which supervised military recruitment and tax collection, had its own ammunition factory, printed its own currency and operated its own schools and hospitals. However, once <a href="/wiki/Nuri_Killigil" title="Nuri Killigil">Nuri Bey</a>, the Ottoman officer in charge of the Libyan front, was recalled to Istanbul in early 1918, Ottoman influence waned in Misrata. Suwayhli lost his main backer and a huge source of funding as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke122_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke122-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Although the Italians reestablished their control of much of Libya following their victory in World War I, al-Swehli retained his position as administrator of Misrata. In 1920 he expelled his Italian adviser from Misrata and controlled the town independently with about 10,000 fighters. <i>Al Rakib</i>, a Tripoli-based newspaper, commended the order and security in place at Misrata under al-Swehli as well as the strict application of <a href="/wiki/Islamic_law" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamic law">Islamic law</a> including the suppression of hard liquor.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke125_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke125-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June, however, al-Swehli attempted to attack the Muntasirs and Warfalla in the area between Misrata and Tripoli, but his forces were defeated and al-Swehli was executed by Abd al-Qadir al-Muntasir's troops. A few weeks after the battle, the new Italian governor attacked Misrata.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke126_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke126-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the mid-1920s and 1930s, Misrata became a center of <a href="/wiki/Italian_settlers_in_Libya" title="Italian settlers in Libya">Italian colonization</a>. A new town was laid out on a grid pattern and several public buildings were constructed including a new municipal office, the first hospital of the area, a modern state-of-the-art church (which was later converted to a mosque) and a large hotel. <a href="/wiki/Giuseppe_Volpi" title="Giuseppe Volpi">Giuseppe Volpi</a> was named Conte di Misrata, or the "Count of Misrata."<sup id="cite_ref-Azema125_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azema125-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1935 the construction of the road connecting <a href="/wiki/Zuwara" class="mw-redirect" title="Zuwara">Zuwara</a> in the west to Misrata was completed.<sup id="cite_ref-Ben-GhiatFuller122_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ben-GhiatFuller122-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later in 1937 was built the <a href="/wiki/Via_Balbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Via Balbia">Via Balbia</a>, a main road that connected Misrata with Tripoli and Benghazi, and in 1938 <a href="/wiki/Italian_Libya" title="Italian Libya">Libya</a> governor <a href="/wiki/Italo_Balbo" title="Italo Balbo">Italo Balbo</a> created on the outskirts of Misrata the new cities of "Gioda" and "Crispi".<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 1939, the <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Italy" title="Kingdom of Italy">Kingdom of Italy</a> created the <a href="/wiki/4th_Shore" class="mw-redirect" title="4th Shore">4th Shore</a>, with Libya's four coastal provinces of Tripoli, Misrata, Bengasi, and Derna becoming an integral part of metropolitan Italy. The last railway development in Libya done by the Italians was the "Tripoli-Benghazi line" that was started in 1941 and was never completed because of the Italian defeat during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>: a new railway station was built in Misrata, but was destroyed by the British attacks in 1942.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Independence">Independence</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Independence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In response to alleged vote rigging during the 1952 parliamentary elections, Misrata witnessed mass riots which contributed to the Libyan monarchy's permanent ban on political parties.<sup id="cite_ref-Burke127_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Burke127-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following <a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a>'s coup that overthrew the monarchy of <a href="/wiki/Idris_of_Libya" title="Idris of Libya">King Idris</a> in 1969, Misrata grew rapidly from the 1970s onward. Two <a href="/wiki/Iron" title="Iron">iron</a> and <a href="/wiki/Steel" title="Steel">steel</a> mills were established in the city resulting in a mass migration of Libyans from nearby rural areas to Misrata and consequently generated population and economic growth. The <a href="/wiki/Marina" title="Marina">marina</a> was rapidly developed to host shipping to service the steel plants and other factories with raw materials and other goods.<sup id="cite_ref-Azema125_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azema125-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During this period Misrata became the principal economic, educational and administrative center of eastern Tripolitania. The majority of government ministries have branch offices in the city in addition to several college universities, schools and hospitals. The commercial area of Misrata contains numerous shops, restaurants, and cafes. The extensive development of the city attracted large numbers of immigrants to Misrata, giving it a cosmopolitan atmosphere. The main square adjacent to the old souk resembles those of major <a href="/wiki/Morocco" title="Morocco">Moroccan</a> cities.<sup id="cite_ref-Azema125_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azema125-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revolution">Revolution</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Revolution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Misrata_(2011)" title="Battle of Misrata (2011)">Battle of Misrata (2011)</a></div> <p>Starting on 20 February 2011, small demonstrations took place in Misrata in solidarity with anti-government protesters in Benghazi. Libyan police immediately arrested the Misratan protesters, sparking larger demonstrations which Libyan government forces sought to quell using live ammunition. Within a few days, 70 protesters were killed provoking outrage among the city's inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-RiceGuardian_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RiceGuardian-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By 24 February, Benghazi fell under the control of <a href="/wiki/Anti-Gaddafi_forces" title="Anti-Gaddafi forces">anti-Gaddafi forces</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2011_Libyan_Civil_War" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Libyan Civil War">Libyan uprising</a> against Gaddafi.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Crackdown_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Crackdown-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That same day, Gaddafi regime forces attempted to wrest control of the city, but were repelled.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The battle was renewed with shelling on 20 March as pro-Gaddafi tanks and artillery pushed forward and besieged Misrata. Eyewitnesses reported that pro-Gaddafi soldiers were shooting, killing and injuring unarmed civilians.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The city was shelled by artillery, tanks, and snipers for over 40 days and had its water supply shut off by Gaddafi's forces.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By late April, over 1,000 people in the city were reported killed while around 3,000 were injured.<sup id="cite_ref-RiceGuardian_27-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RiceGuardian-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With air support from <a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> which entered the conflict on the rebels' side on March 19, and a vital sea-based life line from neighbouring country the Island of Malta,<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> anti-Gaddafi forces managed to force loyalist troops to retreat on April 21, gaining control of most of the city by mid-May.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Thereafter, forces from Misrata played an important role in other theaters of the war, such as the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tripoli_(2011)" title="Battle of Tripoli (2011)">Battle of Tripoli</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sirte_(2011)" title="Battle of Sirte (2011)">Battle of Sirte</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bani_Walid" title="Battle of Bani Walid">Battle of Bani Walid (2011)</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Misrata lies on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea 187 km (116 mi) east of Tripoli and 825 km (513 mi) west of Benghazi. The location of the city creates a dualism of sea and sand, bounded by the sea to the north and east and to the south by golden sands dotted with palm and olive trees. </p><p>Like Benghazi and Tripoli, Misrata is divided into two distinct sections. Older Misrata consists of small stone houses and narrow arched streets while the newer part of the city, which began to develop in the 20th century, consists of modern buildings, homes, factories and industrial areas.<sup id="cite_ref-Hubbard472_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hubbard472-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Aside from its distinct location, which makes it a centre for the exchange of commodities and materials with the rest of the cities of the country, Misrata has modern <a href="/wiki/Infrastructure" title="Infrastructure">infrastructure</a>, including paved roads, electricity and communications. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen-Geiger_climate_classification_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Köppen-Geiger climate classification system">Köppen-Geiger climate classification system</a> classifies Misrata's climate as a <a href="/wiki/Hot_semi-arid_climate" class="mw-redirect" title="Hot semi-arid climate">hot semi-arid climate</a> (<i>BSh</i>). </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Misrata (<a href="/wiki/Misrata_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Misrata International Airport">Misrata International Airport</a>) (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1925–2020) </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record high °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.1<br />(97.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF0A00; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">40.0<br />(104.0) </td> <td style="background: #CE0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.0<br />(113.0) </td> <td style="background: #CD0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">45.1<br />(113.2) </td> <td style="background: #7A0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">51.1<br />(124.0) </td> <td style="background: #AC0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.5<br />(117.5) </td> <td style="background: #990000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">48.9<br />(120.0) </td> <td style="background: #A80000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">47.8<br />(118.0) </td> <td style="background: #BF0000; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">46.1<br />(115.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF2100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.7<br />(98.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.4<br />(90.3) </td> <td style="background: #7A0000; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">51.1<br />(124.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFA144; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.0<br />(64.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9D3B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.7<br />(65.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.8<br />(74.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.1<br />(80.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF4F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">30.0<br />(86.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF4300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.7<br />(89.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF3E00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">32.5<br />(90.5) </td> <td style="background: #FF4400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.6<br />(88.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF5600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">29.0<br />(84.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF7800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.0<br />(75.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF6D00; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">25.6<br />(78.1) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFAC59; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.5<br />(61.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF9A35; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.1<br />(66.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">25.2<br />(77.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF5B00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.2<br />(82.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF6100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">27.3<br />(81.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF7500; color:#000000;" class="notheme">24.5<br />(76.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9730; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.5<br />(67.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB368; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.4<br />(59.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF8C1A; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">21.1<br />(70.0) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFD9B4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.9<br />(49.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBB77; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.3<br />(57.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFA64E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.3<br />(63.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF9123; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.4<br />(68.7) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF7900; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.9<br />(75.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF7F00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">23.0<br />(73.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF942A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">19.9<br />(67.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFAB58; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">16.6<br />(61.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Record low °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.0<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−1.0<br />(30.2) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #E7E7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.1<br />(32.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFF2E6; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.3<br />(43.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBE7D; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.9<br />(57.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFAF60; color:#000000;" class="notheme">16.0<br />(60.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFCB97; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.0<br />(53.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFEEDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.9<br />(44.4) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.0<br />(37.4) </td> <td style="background: #E2E2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">−0.7<br />(30.7) </td> <td style="background: #E1E1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">−1.0<br />(30.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #B2FFB2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.6<br />(2.03) </td> <td style="background: #CCFFCC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">31.1<br />(1.22) </td> <td style="background: #DDFFDD; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.5<br />(0.89) </td> <td style="background: #F0FFF0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.5<br />(0.37) </td> <td style="background: #F9FFF9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.4<br />(0.13) </td> <td style="background: #FCFFFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.7<br />(0.07) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0<br />(0.0) </td> <td style="background: #FCFFFC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6<br />(0.06) </td> <td style="background: #ECFFEC; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(0.46) </td> <td style="background: #D4FFD4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">28.7<br />(1.13) </td> <td style="background: #C2FFC2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">39.4<br />(1.55) </td> <td style="background: #AFFFAF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">53.3<br />(2.10) </td> <td style="background: #DEFFDE; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">254.6<br />(10.02) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average precipitation days <span style="font-size:90%;" class="nowrap">(≥ 0.1 mm)</span> </th> <td style="background: #ADADFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.6 </td> <td style="background: #B4B4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.5 </td> <td style="background: #D7D7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.2 </td> <td style="background: #EAEAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.6 </td> <td style="background: #F7F7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.6 </td> <td style="background: #F9F9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.4 </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.0 </td> <td style="background: #FBFBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">0.3 </td> <td style="background: #EDEDFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.4 </td> <td style="background: #D6D6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.3 </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.6 </td> <td style="background: #A6A6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.2 </td> <td style="background: #DADAFF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">34.7 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Relative_humidity" class="mw-redirect" title="Relative humidity">relative humidity</a> (%) </th> <td style="background: #0000F7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000F7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000F7; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.6 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000F4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.3 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000EE; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">71.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000F4; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">69.4 </td> <td style="background: #0000F9; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">68.2 </td> <td style="background: #0000FD; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.1 </td> <td style="background: #0000FB; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">67.7 </td> <td style="background: #0000F6; color:#FFFFFF; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">68.8 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Dew_point" title="Dew point">dew point</a> °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFE6CE; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.0<br />(46.4) </td> <td style="background: #FFDAB5; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.8<br />(49.6) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FF9F40; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.3<br />(64.9) </td> <td style="background: #FF8B18; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.2<br />(70.2) </td> <td style="background: #FF850B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">22.2<br />(72.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8F1F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">20.7<br />(69.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA74F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.2<br />(63.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFC993; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.3<br />(54.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFE0C2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.9<br />(48.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFBA76; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.4<br />(57.9) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D3D300; color:#000000;" class="notheme">182.9 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">217.5 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">238.7 </td> <td style="background: #E6E600; color:#000000;" class="notheme">255.0 </td> <td style="background: #F2F214; color:#000000;" class="notheme">316.2 </td> <td style="background: #F1F112; color:#000000;" class="notheme">303.0 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF36; color:#000000;" class="notheme">378.2 </td> <td style="background: #FAFA28; color:#000000;" class="notheme">353.4 </td> <td style="background: #EAEA01; color:#000000;" class="notheme">273.0 </td> <td style="background: #E0E000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">238.7 </td> <td style="background: #DCDC00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">213.0 </td> <td style="background: #D1D100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">179.8 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">3,149.4 </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #D4D400; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.9 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.5 </td> <td style="background: #F3F316; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.2 </td> <td style="background: #F2F215; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1 </td> <td style="background: #FFFF39; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.2 </td> <td style="background: #FBFB2B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.4 </td> <td style="background: #EBEB03; color:#000000;" class="notheme">9.1 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.7 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.1 </td> <td style="background: #D2D200; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.8 </td> <td style="background: #E7E700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">8.6 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <a href="/wiki/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration" title="National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration">NOAA</a><sup id="cite_ref-WMOCLINO_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WMOCLINO-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <a href="/wiki/Deutscher_Wetterdienst" title="Deutscher Wetterdienst">Deutscher Wetterdienst</a> (extremes 1925–1989),<sup id="cite_ref-DWD_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DWD-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Arab Meteorology Book (sun only)<sup id="cite_ref-climate_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-climate-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The city is considered to be the "main center of the <a href="/wiki/Turks_in_Libya" title="Turks in Libya">Turkish-origin community in Libya</a>";<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in total, the Turks form approximately two-thirds (est.270,000 in 2019<sup id="cite_ref-Rossi_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rossi-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) of Misrata's 400,000 inhabitants.<sup id="cite_ref-Rossi_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Rossi-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Yeni_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Yeni-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Misurata_goz-elteek-hotel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Misurata_goz-elteek-hotel.jpg/220px-Misurata_goz-elteek-hotel.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Misurata_goz-elteek-hotel.jpg/330px-Misurata_goz-elteek-hotel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Misurata_goz-elteek-hotel.jpg/440px-Misurata_goz-elteek-hotel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="583" data-file-height="380" /></a><figcaption>Goz Teek Hotel in Misrata</figcaption></figure> <p>Serving the role of Libya's commercial hub, Misrata is notably clean and construction is well-organized. Its citizens are largely viewed by other Libyans as business oriented. The city's steel mill industry (which is dominated by the government-owned <a href="/wiki/Libyan_Iron_and_Steel_Company" title="Libyan Iron and Steel Company">Libyan Iron and Steel Company</a>) is one its principal income producers and sources of employment. Due to the 1970s-80s renovation of Misrata's marina to better supply the industrial plants with raw material, the industry has been able to expand and the steel mill authorities hold considerable influence in the city.<sup id="cite_ref-Azema125_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azema125-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Al-Naseem Dairy, one of the largest private companies in Libya, is also located in Misrata and employs around 750 workers.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCYoung_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCYoung-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A historic aspect of the local economy is the cloth and textile industry. Situated near the city's central square are <i><a href="/wiki/Souk" class="mw-redirect" title="Souk">souks</a></i> ("open-air markets") where, usually three times a week, merchants continue to sell luxury carpets, furniture cloth and traditional clothing, including <i><a href="/wiki/Abaya" title="Abaya">abayas</a></i> (cloaks worn by males for celebratory occasions.)<sup id="cite_ref-Azema126_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Azema126-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most major businesses, shops and social centers are located on <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tripoli_Street&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tripoli Street (page does not exist)">Tripoli Street</a>, Misrata's main thoroughfare. During the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Misrata" class="mw-redirect" title="Siege of Misrata">Siege of Misrata</a>, most of the buildings housing these assets were destroyed. However, several small businesses are beginning to rebuild and reopen. Nonetheless, recovery remains relatively slow partially due to the shortage of banknotes since Libyan banks are only allowing citizens to withdraw or borrow limited amounts of funds. Once the <a href="/wiki/Libyan_Central_Bank" class="mw-redirect" title="Libyan Central Bank">Libyan Central Bank</a> receives most of the assets that had been internationally frozen during the civil war, it is probable that local banks would ease these restrictions.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCYoung_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCYoung-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The city has a great potential for expansion since it attracts a lot of internal immigration and is surrounded by uninhabited flat land with no obstacles. It is home to <a href="/wiki/Misurata_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="Misurata Airport">Misrata Airport</a>, one of Libya's largest airports. There is a port in the neighbouring town of <a href="/wiki/Qasr_Ahmad" title="Qasr Ahmad">Qasr Ahmad</a>. Misrata is the seat of many national companies such as the Libyan Ports Company, <a href="/wiki/Libyan_Iron_and_Steel_Company" title="Libyan Iron and Steel Company">Libyan Iron and Steel Company</a>, the Libyan publishing, distribution and Advertising Company. Besides that, it has branches of public and private sector banks and one locally and privately owned bank. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government">Government</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Misrata is governed by a <a href="/wiki/Local_government" title="Local government">local council</a> consisting of 28 seats. The city held its <a href="/wiki/Misrata_municipal_election,_2012" class="mw-redirect" title="Misrata municipal election, 2012">first free elections</a> on 20 February 2012 after a month of organizing. It was the first major city to hold local elections in post-Gaddafi Libya while other cities had their municipal officials by the national interim government.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCElections_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCElections-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voter registration was at 101,486 and the number of candidates was 28, all of whom were <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politics)">independents</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ABC_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ABC-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The mayor of Misrata during the civil war was Khalifa al-Zwawy,<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while first elected mayor became Yousef Ben Yousef.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Misurata_University" title="Misurata University">Misurata University</a>, with its 15 faculties, is located in the city of Misrata. There are several higher education institutions including a number of university faculties that are administratively linked to universities of other cities in Libya. Misurata University is a modern university which was established in 1983, persisting a long-term goal to have an educated community and to end illiteracy and innumeracy in society. Despite its short age, the university has gained excellence in providing the knowledge and skills required for higher education studies, and has enjoyed a great reputation for the teaching, research and training it provides. It has constantly topped the university rankings league in Libya and was recently ranked first in Libya and the 55th in Africa according to the Webometrics Rankings 2013. (e.g. <a href="/wiki/Al-Tahadi_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-Tahadi University">Al-Tahadi University</a> of <a href="/wiki/Sirte" title="Sirte">Sirte</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tripoli_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Tripoli University">Tripoli University</a> of Tripoli). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sports_clubs">Sports clubs</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Sports clubs"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Asswehly_S.C." class="mw-redirect" title="Asswehly S.C.">Asswehly Sports Club</a> (founded 1944)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alittihad_Misurata_SC" class="mw-redirect" title="Alittihad Misurata SC">Alittihad Misurata Sports Club</a> (founded 1965)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alahly_Misurata_Sports_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Alahly Misurata Sports Club (page does not exist)">Alahly Misurata Sports Club</a> (founded 1974)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assabah_Sports_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assabah Sports Club (page does not exist)">Assabah Sports Club</a> (founded 1976)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Attahaddy_Misurata_Sports_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Attahaddy Misurata Sports Club (page does not exist)">Attahaddy Misurata Sports Club</a> (founded 1979)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Annajem_Arrefi_Sports_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Annajem Arrefi Sports Club (page does not exist)">Annajem Arrefi Sports Club</a> (founded 1979)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aschumooe_Sports_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aschumooe Sports Club (page does not exist)">Aschumooe Sports Club</a> (founded 1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Attasaddy_Misurata_Sports_Club" title="Attasaddy Misurata Sports Club">Attasaddy Misurata Sports Club</a> (founded 1983)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Aljihad_Sports_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Aljihad Sports Club (page does not exist)">Aljihad Sports Club</a> (founded 1984)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Assakhra_Sports_Club&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assakhra Sports Club (page does not exist)">Assakhra Sports Club</a> (founded 1984)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Road_from_Tripoli_to_Misrata,_Libya.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Road_from_Tripoli_to_Misrata%2C_Libya.jpeg/220px-Road_from_Tripoli_to_Misrata%2C_Libya.jpeg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Road_from_Tripoli_to_Misrata%2C_Libya.jpeg/330px-Road_from_Tripoli_to_Misrata%2C_Libya.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Road_from_Tripoli_to_Misrata%2C_Libya.jpeg/440px-Road_from_Tripoli_to_Misrata%2C_Libya.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Libyan_Coastal_Highway" title="Libyan Coastal Highway">Libyan Coastal Highway</a> leading to Misrata from the capital Tripoli</figcaption></figure> <p>A <a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Libya" title="Transport in Libya">railway line</a> was proposed in 2008 but as of 2016 no actual construction had taken place.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is also served by <a href="/wiki/Misrata_Airport" title="Misrata Airport">Misrata Airport</a>. </p><p>In September 2019 an express bus service was launched connecting the airport to Tripoli.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Elmusrati" class="mw-redirect" title="Ali Elmusrati">Ali Elmusrati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmad_Zarruq" title="Ahmad Zarruq">Ahmad Zarruq</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramadan_Asswehly" title="Ramadan Asswehly">Ramadan Asswehly</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Apostolic_Prefecture_of_Misurata" title="Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata">Apostolic Prefecture of Misurata</a>, pre-diocesan Catholic jurisdiction</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_cities_in_Libya" title="List of cities in Libya">List of cities in Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Transport_in_Libya" title="Transport in Libya">Transport in Libya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripolitania" title="Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Misrata&action=edit&section=18" 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href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2011_Libyan_Civil_War_and_military_intervention_(June_%E2%80%93_15_August)" title="Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and military intervention (June – 15 August)">June–15 August</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2011_Libyan_Civil_War_and_military_intervention_(16_August_%E2%80%93_23_October)" title="Timeline of the 2011 Libyan Civil War and military intervention (16 August – 23 October)">16 August–23 October</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left">Forces</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anti-Gaddafi_forces" title="Anti-Gaddafi forces">Opposition</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Liberation_Army_(Libya)" title="National Liberation Army (Libya)">National Liberation Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_Libyan_Air_Force" title="Free Libyan Air Force">Free Libyan Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Conference_for_the_Libyan_Opposition" title="National Conference for the Libyan Opposition">NCLO</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_the_Libyan_Arab_Jamahiriya" title="Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya">Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Army_(1951%E2%80%932011)" title="Libyan Army (1951–2011)">Libyan Army</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Air_Force" title="Libyan Air Force">Libyan Air Force</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Libyan_Navy" title="Libyan Navy">Libyan Navy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Guard_Corps" title="Revolutionary Guard Corps">Revolutionary Guard Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><a href="/wiki/Category:Battles_of_the_Libyan_civil_war_(2011)" title="Category:Battles of the Libyan civil war (2011)">Battles</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Cyrenaica" title="Cyrenaica">Cyrenaica</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bayda" title="Battle of Bayda">Battle of Bayda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Benghazi" title="First Battle of Benghazi">First Battle of Benghazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Brega" title="First Battle of Brega">First Battle of Brega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ra%27s_Lanuf" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle of Ra's Lanuf">Battle of Ra's Lanuf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bin_Jawad" title="Battle of Bin Jawad">Battle of Bin Jawad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Brega" title="Second Battle of Brega">Second Battle of Brega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Ajdabiya" title="Battle of Ajdabiya">Battle of Ajdabiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Benghazi" title="Second Battle of Benghazi">Second Battle of Benghazi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Gulf_of_Sidra_offensive" title="First Gulf of Sidra offensive">First Gulf of Sidra offensive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Third_Battle_of_Brega" title="Third Battle of Brega">Third Battle of Brega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Brega%E2%80%93Ajdabiya_road" title="Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road">Battle of Brega–Ajdabiya road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cyrenaican_desert_campaign" title="Cyrenaican desert campaign">Cyrenaica campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Battle_of_Brega" title="Fourth Battle of Brega">Fourth Battle of Brega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ra%27s_Lanuf_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ra's Lanuf raid">Ra's Lanuf raid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Fezzan" title="Fezzan">Fezzan</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2011_Sabha_clashes" title="2011 Sabha clashes">Sabha clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fezzan_campaign" title="Fezzan campaign">Fezzan campaign</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sabha" title="Battle of Sabha">Battle of Sabha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ghadames_raid" class="mw-redirect" title="Ghadames raid">Ghadames raid</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;"><a href="/wiki/Tripolitania" title="Tripolitania">Tripolitania</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tripoli_protests_and_clashes_(February_2011)" title="Tripoli protests and clashes (February 2011)">First Tripoli clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Misrata_(2011)" title="Battle of Misrata (2011)">Battle of Misrata</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Battle_of_Zawiya" title="First Battle of Zawiya">First Battle of Zawiya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nafusa_Mountains_Campaign" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Nafusa Mountains Campaign">Nafusa Mountain Campaign</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Wazzin" title="Battle of Wazzin">Battle of Wazzin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Gharyan" title="Battle of Gharyan">Battle of Gharyan</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Misrata_frontline" title="Battle of the Misrata frontline">Battle of the Misrata frontline</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Zliten_uprising" title="Zliten uprising">Zliten uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Zliten" title="Battle of Zliten">Battle of Zliten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tawergha" title="Battle of Tawergha">Battle of Tawergha</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zawiya_skirmish" title="Zawiya skirmish">Zawiya skirmish</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Msallata_clashes" title="2011 Msallata clashes">Msallata clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Libyan_rebel_coastal_offensive" title="2011 Libyan rebel coastal offensive">Rebel coastal offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Zawiya" title="Second Battle of Zawiya">Second Battle of Zawiya</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Ras_Ajdir_clashes" title="2011 Ras Ajdir clashes">Ras Ajdir clashes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Tripoli_(2011)" title="Battle of Tripoli (2011)">Battle of Tripoli</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Second_Gulf_of_Sidra_offensive" title="Second Gulf of Sidra offensive">Second Gulf of Sidra offensive</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Sirte_(2011)" title="Battle of Sirte (2011)">Battle of Sirte</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Bani_Walid" title="Battle of Bani Walid">Battle of Bani Walid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tripoli_clashes_(mid-October_2011)" title="Tripoli clashes (mid-October 2011)">Second Tripoli clashes</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><a href="/wiki/NATO" title="NATO">NATO</a> operations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Ellamy" title="Operation Ellamy">Operation Ellamy</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Op%C3%A9ration_Harmattan" title="Opération Harmattan">Opération Harmattan</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Mobile" title="Operation Mobile">Operation Mobile</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Odyssey_Dawn" title="Operation Odyssey Dawn">Operation Odyssey Dawn</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Operation_Unified_Protector" title="Operation Unified Protector">Operation Unified Protector</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;text-align: left"><a href="/wiki/Category:People_of_the_Libyan_civil_war_(2011)" title="Category:People of the Libyan civil war (2011)">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Anti-Gaddafi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Abdul_Jalil" title="Mustafa Abdul Jalil">Mustafa Abdul Jalil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_Jibril" title="Mahmoud Jibril">Mahmoud Jibril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Fatah_Younis" title="Abdul Fatah Younis">Abdul Fatah Younis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalifa_Haftar" title="Khalifa Haftar">Khalifa Haftar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdelhakim_Belhadj" class="mw-redirect" title="Abdelhakim Belhadj">Abdelhakim Belhadj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_al-Sallabi" title="Ali al-Sallabi">Ali al-Sallabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Hafiz_Ghoga" title="Abdul Hafiz Ghoga">Abdul Hafiz Ghoga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Suleiman_Mahmoud" title="Suleiman Mahmoud">Suleiman Mahmoud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omar_El-Hariri" title="Omar El-Hariri">Omar El-Hariri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Ali_Madani" title="Mohammed Ali Madani">Mohammed Ali Madani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Bin_Dardef" title="Mustafa Bin Dardef">Mustafa Bin Dardef</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamid_Hassy" title="Hamid Hassy">Hamid Hassy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daou_al-Salhine_al-Jadak" title="Daou al-Salhine al-Jadak">Daou al-Salhine al-Jadak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jalal_al-Digheily" title="Jalal al-Digheily">Jalal al-Digheily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Tarhouni" title="Ali Tarhouni">Ali Tarhouni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdel_Moneim_al-Houni" title="Abdel Moneim al-Houni">Abdel Moneim al-Houni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Zeidan" title="Ali Zeidan">Ali Zeidan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdurrahim_El-Keib" title="Abdurrahim El-Keib">Abdurrahim El-Keib</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osama_al-Juwaili" title="Osama al-Juwaili">Osama al-Juwaili</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_al-Senussi" title="Ahmed al-Senussi">Ahmed al-Senussi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hussein_Darbouk" title="Hussein Darbouk">Hussein Darbouk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fathi_Terbil" title="Fathi Terbil">Fathi Terbil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Attalah_Obeidi" title="Ali Attalah Obeidi">Ali Attalah Obeidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahdi_al-Harati" title="Mahdi al-Harati">Mahdi al-Harati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khalid_Shahmah" title="Khalid Shahmah">Khalid Shahmah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yousef_Mangoush" title="Yousef Mangoush">Yousef Mangoush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Oweis" title="Abu Oweis">Abu Oweis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Naker" title="Abdullah Naker">Abdullah Naker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ismail_al-Salabi" title="Ismail al-Salabi">Ismail al-Salabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadiq_Al-Ghariani" title="Sadiq Al-Ghariani">Sadiq Al-Ghariani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seham_Sergiwa" title="Seham Sergiwa">Seham Sergiwa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fathi_Bashagha" title="Fathi Bashagha">Fathi Bashagha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_A._G._Abushagur" title="Mustafa A. G. Abushagur">Mustafa A. G. Abushagur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Omar_Bani" title="Ahmed Omar Bani">Ahmed Omar Bani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Mahdi_Al-Barghathi" title="Al-Mahdi Al-Barghathi">Al-Mahdi Al-Barghathi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salwa_Bughaighis" title="Salwa Bughaighis">Salwa Bughaighis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdel-Hakim_al-Hasidi" title="Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi">Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kais_al-Hilali" title="Kais al-Hilali">Kais al-Hilali</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Abd-al-Aziz_al-Isawi" title="Ali Abd-al-Aziz al-Isawi">Ali Abd-al-Aziz al-Isawi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Magariaf" title="Mohammed Magariaf">Mohammed Magariaf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Najm" title="Mohammed Najm">Mohammed Najm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mehdi_Mohammed_Zeyo" title="Mehdi Mohammed Zeyo">Mehdi Mohammed Zeyo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahmoud_al-Werfalli" title="Mahmoud al-Werfalli">Mahmoud al-Werfalli</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Pro-Gaddafi</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Muammar_Gaddafi" title="Muammar Gaddafi">Muammar Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abu-Bakr_Yunis_Jabr" title="Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr">Abu-Bakr Yunis Jabr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saif_al-Islam_Gaddafi" title="Saif al-Islam Gaddafi">Saif al-Islam Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khamis_Gaddafi" title="Khamis Gaddafi">Khamis Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mutassim_Gaddafi" title="Mutassim Gaddafi">Mutassim Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Al-Saadi_Gaddafi" title="Al-Saadi Gaddafi">Al-Saadi Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ayesha_Gaddafi" title="Ayesha Gaddafi">Ayesha Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdullah_Senussi" title="Abdullah Senussi">Abdullah Senussi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Sharif_al-Rifi" title="Ali Sharif al-Rifi">Ali Sharif al-Rifi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moussa_Ibrahim" title="Moussa Ibrahim">Moussa Ibrahim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abuzed_Omar_Dorda" title="Abuzed Omar Dorda">Abuzed Omar Dorda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baghdadi_Mahmudi" title="Baghdadi Mahmudi">Baghdadi Mahmudi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mansour_Dhao" title="Mansour Dhao">Mansour Dhao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saif_al-Arab_Gaddafi" title="Saif al-Arab Gaddafi">Saif al-Arab Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_al-Gaddafi_al-Qahsi" title="Ahmed al-Gaddafi al-Qahsi">Ahmed al-Gaddafi al-Qahsi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Abdullah_al-Senussi" title="Mohammed Abdullah al-Senussi">Mohammed Abdullah al-Senussi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Saleh_Bashir" class="mw-redirect" title="Bashir Saleh Bashir">Bashir Saleh Bashir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ahmed_Gaddaf_al-Dam" title="Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam">Ahmed Gaddaf al-Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdel_Rahman_Abdel_Hamid" title="Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid">Abdel Rahman Abdel Hamid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tohami_Khaled" title="Tohami Khaled">Tohami Khaled</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Kanna" title="Ali Kanna">Ali Kanna</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Khweldi_Hameidi" title="Khweldi Hameidi">Khweldi Hameidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muftah_Anaqrat" title="Muftah Anaqrat">Muftah Anaqrat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hasan_al-Kabir_al-Gaddafi" title="Hasan al-Kabir al-Gaddafi">Hasan al-Kabir al-Gaddafi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Gayth" title="Mohamed Gayth">Mohamed Gayth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Massoud_Abdelhafid" title="Massoud Abdelhafid">Massoud Abdelhafid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mahdi_al-Arabi" title="Mahdi al-Arabi">Mahdi al-Arabi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huda_Ben_Amer" title="Huda Ben Amer">Huda Ben Amer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hala_Misrati" title="Hala Misrati">Hala Misrati</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Safia_Farkash" title="Safia Farkash">Safia Farkash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Ati_al-Obeidi" title="Abdul Ati al-Obeidi">Abdul Ati al-Obeidi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohamed_Abu_al-Qasim_al-Zwai" title="Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai">Mohamed Abu al-Qasim al-Zwai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salih_Rajab_al-Mismari" title="Salih Rajab al-Mismari">Salih Rajab al-Mismari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdul_Majid_al-Qa%E2%80%B2ud" title="Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud">Abdul Majid al-Qa′ud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tayeb_El-Safi" title="Tayeb El-Safi">Tayeb El-Safi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sayyid_Gaddaf_al-Dam" title="Sayyid Gaddaf al-Dam">Sayyid Gaddaf al-Dam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bashir_Saghir_Hawadi" title="Bashir Saghir Hawadi">Bashir Saghir Hawadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdulqadir_al-Baghdadi" title="Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi">Abdulqadir al-Baghdadi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mustafa_Kharoubi" title="Mustafa Kharoubi">Mustafa Kharoubi</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">NATO</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_G._Stavridis" title="James G. Stavridis">James G. Stavridis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Bouchard" title="Charles Bouchard">Charles Bouchard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Jodice" title="Ralph Jodice">Ralph Jodice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rinaldo_Veri" title="Rinaldo Veri">Rinaldo Veri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Christopher_Stevens" title="J. Christopher Stevens">J. Christopher Stevens</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:8em;text-align: left;background-color: #eee;">Others</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Moussa_Koussa" title="Moussa Koussa">Moussa Koussa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shukri_Ghanem" title="Shukri Ghanem">Shukri Ghanem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdel_Rahman_Shalgham" title="Abdel Rahman Shalgham">Abdel Rahman Shalgham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abdessalam_Jalloud" title="Abdessalam Jalloud">Abdessalam Jalloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ali_Treki" title="Ali Treki">Ali Treki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imbarek_Shamekh" title="Imbarek Shamekh">Imbarek Shamekh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nuri_al-Mismari" title="Nuri al-Mismari">Nuri al-Mismari</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mohammed_Nabbous" title="Mohammed Nabbous">Mohammed Nabbous</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iman_al-Obeidi" title="Iman 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