Tocra
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Tocra, Taucheira or Tukrah, is a town on the coast of the Marj District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya, founded by Cyrene. It lay 200 stadia west of Ptolemais. Today it is a coastal town west of Marj.
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- Locality
- توكرة
- Region
- بنغازي
- Country
- ليبيا
- Population
- 12,593
- Timezone
- Africa/Tripoli
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Key facts
- Settlement.official_name
- Tocra
- Settlement.native_name
- توكرة
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Tocra1.JPG
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Libya
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- bottom
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Libya
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Region
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Cyrenaica
- Settlement.subdivision_type2
- District
- Settlement.subdivision_name2
- Marj
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Imperial
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2004
- Settlement.population_total
- 23164
- Settlement.population_blank1_title
- Ethnicities
- Settlement.population_blank2_title
- Religions
- Settlement.timezone
- EET
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 14
- Image
- Tocra1.JPG
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- Tocra
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Tocra, Taucheira or Tukrah, is a town on the coast of the Marj District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya, founded by Cyrene. It lay 200 stadia west of Ptolemais. Today it is a coastal town west of Marj.
==History== Founded by the Greeks and considered by some to be part of the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, at a later period it became a Roman colony (Tab. Peut.), and was fortified by Justinian I. (Procop. de Aed. vi. 3.) Taucheira was particularly noted for the worship of Cybele, in honour of whom an annual festival was celebrated. (Synes. Ep. 3.)
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