Benghazi District

Annual Climate Emissions and Hazard Information

Benghazi is the second-most populous city in Libya and the largest in Cyrenaica.

A port on the Mediterranean Sea in the State of Libya, Benghazi had joint-capital status alongside Tripoli, possibly because the King and the Senussi royal family were associated with Cyrenaica rather than Tripolitania. The city was also provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. Benghazi continues to hold institutions and organizations normally associated with a national capital city, such as the country's parliament, national library, and the headquarters of Libyan Airlines, the national airline, and of the National Oil Corporation. This creates a constant atmosphere of rivalry and sensitivities between Benghazi and Tripoli, and between Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. The population was 670,797 at the 2006 census. Source: Wikipedia

Annual Weather Data

Month	Average	Average High	Average Low	Record High	Record Low	Average Precipitation
January	11.6°C	16.2°C	7.2°C	27.0°C	1.0°C	69.7 mm
February	12.2°C	17.1°C	7.3°C	31.6°C	0.0°C	46.8 mm
March	14.4°C	19.8°C	9.1°C	37.8°C	0.2°C	21.8 mm
April	18.4°C	24.9°C	12.0°C	39.6°C	1.0°C	7.0 mm
May	22.0°C	28.9°C	15.3°C	45.0°C	1.3°C	4.5 mm
June	24.8°C	31.4°C	18.2°C	45.0°C	5.0°C	0.4 mm
July	25.6°C	31.5°C	20.0°C	42.2°C	8.9°C	1.0 mm
August	26.0°C	31.8°C	20.2°C	43.9°C	14.4°C	1.2 mm
September	24.6°C	30.3°C	19.0°C	41.4°C	8.8°C	2.4 mm
October	22.0°C	27.7°C	16.4°C	40.0°C	1.1°C	16.0 mm
November	18.1°C	23.1°C	13.0°C	37.2°C	2.0°C	40.8 mm
December	13.7°C	18.1°C	9.4°C	30.0°C	1.0°C	69.7 mm

Sources: NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)

Natural Hazards Risk

Relative risk out of 10

Drought	Medium (2.2)
Earthquake	Medium (3.7)

* Risk, particularly concerning flood or landslide, may not be for the entire area.

Sources:
1. Dilley, M., R.S. Chen, U. Deichmann, A.L. Lerner-Lam, M. Arnold, J. Agwe, P. Buys, O. Kjekstad, B. Lyon, and G. Yetman. 2005. Natural Disaster Hotspots: A Global Risk Analysis. Washington, D.C.: World Bank. https://doi.org/10.1596/0-8213-5930-4.

Benghazi District CO2 Emissions

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions Per Capita in Tonnes Per Year

Location	CO2 Emissions	CO2 Emissions Per Capita	CO2 Emissions Intensity
Benghazi District	2,919,849 t	3.96 t	225.3 t/km²

Sources: [Link] Moran, D., Kanemoto K; Jiborn, M., Wood, R., Többen, J., and Seto, K.C. (2018) Carbon footprints of 13,000 cities. Environmental Research Letters DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/aac72a

Other Districts in Libya

Name	Area	Population
Al Batnan, Libya	79,721.9 km²	172,636
Al Jabal Al Akhdar, Libya	8,388.5 km²	228,235
Al Jufrah, Libya	1,333.4 km²	88,435
Al Marqab, Libya	7,993 km²	597,728
Al Wahat District	197,448.3 km²	198,148
Benghazi District	12,961.3 km²	736,945
Derna District	21,148.8 km²	177,649
Ghat District	50,340 km²	25,743
Jufra	115,068.4 km²	57,822
Kufra District	420,574.9 km²	53,631
Marj District	11,411.9 km²	213,899
Misrata District	26,239.2 km²	416,182
Murzuq District	280,514.6 km²	87,423
Nalut, Libya	66,582.2 km²	110,859
Sabha District	17,232.1 km²	147,822
Sirte District	69,496.6 km²	155,345
The Five Points, Libya	5,817.3 km²	315,020
Tripoli, Libya	2,581 km²	1.3 million
Wadi al Hayaa District	32,399.2 km²	84,626
Wadi al Shatii District	95,945.5 km²	87,244
Western Mountains, Libya	88,765.5 km²	326,398
Zawiya District	3,330.3 km²	672,202

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