Al Khums

Brief information about the Al Khums

Al-Khums Al-Khums or Khoms (Arabic: الخمس‎) is a city, port and the de jure capital of the Murqub District on the Mediterranean coast of Libya with an estimated population of around 202,000. The population at the 1984 census was 38,174. Between 1983 and 1995 it was the administrative center of al-Khums District.