North Africa
Libya
Marj District

Tocra

Tocra, Taucheira or Tukrah, is a town on the coast of the in the region of northeastern , founded by . It lay 200 stadia west of Ptolemais. Today it is a coastal town 25 kilometres west of Marj.
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  • Type: Town with 12,600 residents
  • Description: human settlement
  • Also known as: “Al ‘Āqūrīyah”, “Arsinoe”, “Taucheira”, “Taukra”, “Teuchira”, “Tokrah”, and “Tukrah”

Tocra

Latitude
32.53222° or 32° 31′ 56″ north
Longitude
20.57222° or 20° 34′ 20″ east
Population
12,600
Elevation
16 metres (52 feet)
United Nations Location Code
LY TUK
Open location code
8G42GHJC+VV
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1574963951
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
88834
Wiki­data ID
Q1788306
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In Other Languages

From Ancient Greek to Zulu—“Tocra” goes by many names.
  • Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ταύχειρα”
  • Arabic: “أرسينو”
  • Arabic: “ارسينوي”
  • Arabic: “العقورية”
  • Arabic: “توخيرا”
  • Arabic: “توكرة”
  • Arabic: “توكره”
  • Catalan: “Arsinoe”
  • Catalan: “Tauquira”
  • Catalan: “Tocra”
  • Cebuano: “Tūkrah”
  • Dutch: “Tocra”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “توكره”
  • French: “Tocra”
  • Georgian: “ტოკრა”
  • Georgian: “ტუკრა”
  • German: “Taucheira”
  • German: “Teucheira”
  • German: “Tocra”
  • Greek: “Ταύχειρα”
  • Hebrew: “תוכרה”
  • Irish: “Tocra”
  • Italian: “Arsinoe”
  • Italian: “Tocra”
  • Latin: “Tauchira”
  • Persian: “توکره”
  • Polish: “Arsinoe (miasto w Libii)”
  • Polish: “Arsinoe”
  • Portuguese: “Tocra”
  • Portuguese: “Tukrah”
  • Russian: “Тукра”
  • Spanish: “Tauquira”
  • Spanish: “Tocra”
  • Swahili: “Tukra”
  • Swedish: “Tukra”
  • Swedish: “Tūkrah”
  • Turkish: “Tokra”
  • Zulu: “Tocra”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Tocra”. Photo: Maher27777, Public domain.