Brak (sometimes written Biraq or Birak () is a town in the
Wadi al Shatii District in west-central
Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...
. It is the administrative center of the district.
Overview
The town has a population of 39,444 () and is home to a technical college of
Sabha University
Sebha University is a public university in the southern city of Sabha, Libya, with campuses in Sabha, Awbari, Murzuq, Brak, and Ghat.
The beginning of Sebha University was in 1976 when the Faculty of Education had been founded as a branch of ...
. Much of the new development in the town is occurring to the north of the old town center, which features gardens and forts from the Italian and Ottoman eras.
The technical college "Faculty of Engineering and Technology", now a college of Sebha University, was previously known as the "Higher Institute of Technology", and it is this college that gives much value to the town, as it is a well-known research and academic organization. The college comprises ten distinct departments; six of which are specialized in the engineering arm of the college, namely:
*Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering
*Department of Civil Engineering
*Department of Petroleum Engineering
*Department of Chemistry and materials science
*Department of design and architecture
*Department of Mechanical Engineering.
The other arm, the technical arm, has three departments:
*Department of Medical Lab Technology
*Department of Food Science Technology
*Department of Environmental Sciences
*Department of General Sciences.
Graduates of this college are considered the best in the country, as the academic and technical rank of this college is both prestigious and well-known. There are plans to expand this college more to accommodate more students and staff and to have more departments and specialties.
See also
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List of cities in Libya
This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya. Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
''Source:Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou ...
References
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Populated places in Wadi al Shatii District