Tocra
Tocra, Taucheira or Tukrah, is a town on the coast of the Marj District in the Cyrenaica region of northeastern Libya, founded by Cyrene. It lay 200 stadia west of Ptolemais. Today it is a coastal town 25 kilometres west of Marj.
Maher27777, Public domain.- Town with about 12,600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (50 feet)
- …was formerly known as “Arsinoe”
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as“Al ‘Āqūrīyah”“Mint of Teucheira”“Taucheira”“Taukra”“Teucheira”“Teuchira”“Tokrah”“Tukrah”“ⵜⵓⴽⵔⴰ”“ⵜⵓⴽⵔⴰ توكرة”
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Latitude
32.53222° or 32° 31′ 56″ north
Longitude
20.57222° or 20° 34′ 20″ east
UN/LOCODE
LY TUK
Open location code
8G42GHJC+VV
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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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”
- Greek: “Τόκρα”
- Hebrew: “תוכרה”
- Hindi: “तोकरा”
- 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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