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Also known as Tolmeita

Tolmeita, Tolmeta or Tolmeitha is a village in the northern Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya, some east of Benghazi, near Ad Dirsiyah. Its name is derived from Greek Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemais), the name of the classical city of Ptolemais, whose ruins are nearby.

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Place details

Locality
الدرسية (طلميثة)
Region
المرج
Country
ليبيا
Population
0

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PM2.5
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PM10
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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Tolmeita
Settlement.native_name
طلميتة
Settlement.settlement_type
Village
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
Metric
Settlement.population_blank1_title
Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.timezone
CAT
Settlement.utc_offset
+2
Settlement.elevation_ft
48.2

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human settlement
Country
Libya
Located in
Marj District
Time zone
UTC+02:00
Image
Temple of Zeus, Tolmeitha.jpg
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Commons category
Tolmeita
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Encyclopedic overview

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Tolmeita, Tolmeta or Tolmeitha is a village in the northern Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya, some east of Benghazi, near Ad Dirsiyah. Its name is derived from Greek Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemais), the name of the classical city of Ptolemais, whose ruins are nearby.

== See also == List of cities in Libya

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tolmeitha” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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