Benghazi na-aga n'ihu na-ejide ụlọ ọrụ na òtù dị iche iche na-ejikọta ya na isi obodo mba, dị ka ụlọ omeiwu nke mba ahụ, ụlọ akwụkwọ mba, na isi ụlọ ọrụ nke Libyan Airlines, ụgbọelu mba, na nke National Oil Corporation. Nke a na-emepụta ọnọdụ nke asọmpi na mmetụta dị n'etiti Benghazi na Tripoli, na n'etiti Cyrenaica na Tripolitania. Ndị bi na ya bụ 670,797 na ngụkọta afọ 2006. Na 15 February 2011, nnupụisi megide gọọmentị nke Muammar Gaddafi mere n'obodo ahụ. Ọgba aghara gbasaa site na 17 February na Bayda, Tobruk, Ajyadab, Al Marj na East na Zintan, Zawiya na West, na-akpọ maka njedebe nke Gaddafi Regime. Ndị mmegide Gaddafi weghaara Benghazi na February 21, bụ ndị kwere ka ndị isi obodo National Transitional. Na March 19, a chọtara obodo ahụ site na UNSC, ma mgbe ndị agha agha agha agha nke NTC gbalịrị igbochi ndị agha obodo na-alụ ọgụ site na mpaghara.
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