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Bab Ghirgharish

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Air quality index

43Good
Elevation5 m
Coordinates32.88°, 13.15°

Demographic figures from Bureau of Statistics and Census (Libya). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

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City facts

Overview

Bab Ghirgharish, a town in Tripoli, Libya, forms part of the country's settled landscape. Coordinates of 32.880°, 13.154° situate Bab Ghirgharish in the warm-temperate zone of the northern hemisphere. Detailed population figures are not currently catalogued in the open data sources we track. The latitude suggests warm summers and cool winters. Open solar datasets indicate about 2,021 kWh/m² of solar irradiance per year, combined with sunshine for roughly 79% of daylight hours. Open-data panels below dive into population trends, climate normals, environmental indicators and nearby places.

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History & geography

Geography

Latitude
32.8804
Longitude
13.1539
Water area
—
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Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

Air quality

US AQI — Good
43
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
7.9
PM10 (µg/m³)
11.7
Ozone (µg/m³)
59
NO₂ (µg/m³)
8.4

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Walkability

Amenities nearby

Wildlife & biodiversity

Observations (last 5 yrs, 10 mi)
128
Distinct species (top 10)
10

Most-observed species

  • Eurasian Hoopoe
    Upupa epops Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    5
  • Little Egret/Western Reef-Heron
    Egretta garzetta (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    4
  • Green Sandpiper
    Tringa ochropus Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    4
  • Eurasian Blackbird
    Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    4
  • Black-winged Stilt
    Himantopus himantopus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
    4
  • Laughing Dove
    Spilopelia senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
    4
  • Great Gray Shrike
    Lanius excubitor Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    4
  • Gray/Purple Heron
    Ardea cinerea Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
    4

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Quakes ≥ 2.5 (25 yrs, 62 mi)
3
Largest magnitude
4.7
Largest event
2013-05-11

Most recent

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Photos

Sights & places nearby

Notable people from here

E
Emanuele Caracciolo
Italian film director and screenwriter (1912–1944)
Ehtuish Ehtuish
Ehtuish Ehtuish
Libyan politician
Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi
Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi
engineer and politician (1972–2026)
A
Ayesha Gaddafi
Libyan colonel and lawyer
Nadia Ali
Nadia Ali
American singer-songwriter
A
Abdelhakim Belhadj
Libyan Islamist and military commander
Abdul Majid Kubar
Abdul Majid Kubar
former Prime minister of Libya (1909-1986)
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
Libyan mass murderer (1952-2012)
A
Al-Saadi Gaddafi
third son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi
Claudio Gentile
Claudio Gentile
Italian footballer and manager (born 1953)
Mutassim Gaddafi
Mutassim Gaddafi
Officer and National Security Advisor for Libya (1974-2011)
K
Khamis Gaddafi
son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (1983-2011)
Abu Faraj al-Libbi
Abu Faraj al-Libbi
Libyan member of al-Qaeda (born 1970)
Moussa Koussa
Moussa Koussa
former Libyan Minister of Foreign Affairs
H
Hannibal Muammar Gaddafi
son of Muammar Gaddafi
M
Muhammad Gaddafi
Libyan former executive and former sports manager

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Tripoli

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Geography & sun

Elevation
16 ft (5 m)
Avg solar (kWh/m²/day)
5.54
Annual solar (kWh/m²)
2,021

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Nearby airports

Public attention

Books about this place

Recent natural events nearby

Ground air-quality sensors

Recently spotted species

Events

Gallery

Sources

  • • Wikidata
  • • Open-Meteo Air Quality (CAMS)
  • • USGS Earthquake Catalog (global feed)
  • • GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility)
  • • Open-Elevation
  • • Open-Meteo / sunrise-sunset.org