Brak (sometimes written Biraq or Birak is a town in the Wadi al Shatii District in west-central Libya. It is the administrative center of the distr…Brak (sometimes written Biraq or Birak is a town in the Wadi al Shatii District in west-central Libya. It is the administrative center of the district. The town has a population of 39,444 and is home to a technical college of Sabha University. 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.