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'''Tolmeitha''', '''Tolometa''', or '''Tolmeita''' (''Arabic'' طلميثة) is a tiny village in the northern [[Cyrenaica]] region of eastern [[Libya]], some {{convert|110|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of [[Benghazi]], near Ad Dirsiyah. Its name is derived, through the Latin ''Tolmeta'', from the Greek name of the classical city whose ruins are nearby, [[Ptolemais (Cyrenaica)|Ptolemais]].
'''Tolmeita''',<ref>[[Ronald Bruce St. John]], [https://books.google.com/books?id=yZG0AAAAQBAJ&dq=Tolmeita+Ptolemais&pg=PA3 ''Libya: Continuity and Change''] (Routledge 2013 {{ISBN|9781136824050}}), p.3</ref> '''Tolmeta'''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=-pWOAwAAQBAJ&dq=Tolmeta%2C+Libya&pg=PR8 Anna Baldinetti, ''The Origins of the Libyan Nation''] (Routledge 2014 {{ISBN|9781135245023}}), p. viii</ref> or '''Tolmeitha'''<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=j-Je25qovO8C&dq=Tolmeitha%2C+Libya&pg=PA246 ''Mammals in the Seas: Small cetaceans, seals, sirenians and otters''] (Food and Agriculture Organization 1978 {{ISBN|9789251005149}}), 246</ref> {{lang-ar|طلميتة}}<ref>[http://mot.gov.ly/component/search/?searchword=%D8%B7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%AA%D8%A9&ordering=newest&searchphrase=all&limit=20 Ministry of Transport, Libya]</ref> is a village in the northern [[Cyrenaica]] region of eastern [[Libya]], some {{convert|110|km|mi|abbr=on}} east of [[Benghazi]], near Ad Dirsiyah. Its name is derived from [[Greek language|Greek]] Πτολεμαΐς (''Ptolemais''), the name of the classical city of [[Ptolemais (Cyrenaica)|Ptolemais]], whose ruins are nearby.


The ancient Libyan city of Marj had its own special currency, which was minted in the year 525 BC. It was found in the excavations of antiquities in the Museums of Tolmeitha and Cyrene. {{cn|date=October 2011}}


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Latest revision as of 10:53, 16 March 2023

Tolmeita
طلميتة
Village
Tolmeita is located in Libya
Tolmeita
Tolmeita
Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°42′19.48″N 20°56′41.09″E / 32.7054111°N 20.9447472°E / 32.7054111; 20.9447472
Country Libya
RegionCyrenaica
DistrictMarj
Time zoneUTC+2 (CAT)

Tolmeita,[1] Tolmeta[2] or Tolmeitha[3] Arabic: طلميتة[4] is a village in the northern Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya, some 110 km (68 mi) 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.


32°42′19″N 20°56′41″E / 32.705411°N 20.944748°E / 32.705411; 20.944748

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Ronald Bruce St. John, Libya: Continuity and Change (Routledge 2013 ISBN 9781136824050), p.3
  2. ^ Anna Baldinetti, The Origins of the Libyan Nation (Routledge 2014 ISBN 9781135245023), p. viii
  3. ^ Mammals in the Seas: Small cetaceans, seals, sirenians and otters (Food and Agriculture Organization 1978 ISBN 9789251005149), 246
  4. ^ Ministry of Transport, Libya
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