North Africa
Libya
Jabal al Akhdar

Apollonia

Apollonia in was founded by Greek colonists and became a significant commercial centre in the southern Mediterranean. It served as the harbour of , 20 km to the southwest.
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  • Type: Archaeological site
  • Description: former city of Cyrenaica, located in modern-day Libya
  • Also known as: “Abūlūniyā”, “Apollonia, Cyrenaica”, “Apollonie”, “Appolonia”, “Màrsa Sùsa”, “Marsá Sūsah”, “Marza-Souza”, “Susa”, “Susah”, “Sūsah”, and “مرسى سوسة”

Apollonia

Latitude
32.90215° or 32° 54′ 8″ north
Longitude
21.97159° or 21° 58′ 18″ east
Population
7,290
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LY APO
Open location code
8G43WX2C+VJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 348376119
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Geo­Names ID
81584
Wiki­data ID
Q45826
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Apollonia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أبولونيا”
  • Arabic: “ابولونيا”
  • Arabic: “سوسة”
  • Catalan: “Apol.lònia de Cirenaica”
  • Catalan: “Apol•lònia de Cirenaica”
  • Catalan: “Apol·lònia de Cirenaica”
  • Catalan: “Apoŀlònia de Cirenaica”
  • Catalan: “Apolònia de Cirenaica”
  • Chinese: “阿波罗尼亚”
  • Czech: “Apollonia”
  • Danish: “Apollonia”
  • Dutch: “Apollonia (Cyrenaica)”
  • Dutch: “Apollonia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ابولونيا”
  • Finnish: “Apollonia (Kyrenaika)”
  • Finnish: “Apollonia”
  • French: “Apollonie de Cyrène”
  • Galician: “Apollonia (Cirenaica)”
  • Galician: “Apollonia”
  • Georgian: “აპოლონია”
  • German: “Apollonia”
  • Greek: “Απολλωνία (Κυρήνης)”
  • Greek: “Απολλωνία η Κυρηναϊκή”
  • Greek: “Απολλωνία Κυρηναϊκής”
  • Hebrew: “אפולוניה”
  • Irish: “Apollonia”
  • Italian: “Apollonia Cirenaica”
  • Italian: “Apollonia di Cirenaica”
  • Italian: “Apollonia”
  • Italian: “Marsa Susa”
  • Japanese: “アポッロニアの港”
  • Japanese: “アポロニア”
  • Macedo-Romanian: “Apollonia”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Apollonia”
  • Norwegian: “Apollonia”
  • Polish: “Apollonia”
  • Russian: “Аполлония Киренская”
  • Slovak: “Apollonia”
  • Spanish: “Apolonia de Cirene”
  • Swedish: “Apollonia”
  • Ukrainian: “Аполлонія Киренська”

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