Tolmeita Explained

Official Name:Tolmeita
Native Name:طلميتة
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Libya
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Libya
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Libya
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Cyrenaica
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Marj
Unit Pref:Metric<--Enter: Imperial, if Imperial (metric) is desired-->
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Population Blank2 Title:Religions
Timezone:CAT
Utc Offset:+2
Coordinates:32.7054°N 20.9447°W

Tolmeita,[1] Tolmeta[2] or Tolmeitha[3] Arabic: طلميتة[4] is a village in the northern Cyrenaica region of eastern Libya, some 110km (70miles) 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.

32.7054°N 20.9447°W

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Notes and References

  1. [Ronald Bruce St. John]
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=-pWOAwAAQBAJ&dq=Tolmeta%2C+Libya&pg=PR8 Anna Baldinetti, The Origins of the Libyan Nation
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=j-Je25qovO8C&dq=Tolmeitha%2C+Libya&pg=PA246 Mammals in the Seas: Small cetaceans, seals, sirenians and otters
  4. 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