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Discover Tarhuna in Libya
Tarhuna in the region of Sha‘bīyat al Marqab with its 210,697 habitants is a town located in Libya - some 40 mi or ( 64 km ) South-East of Tripoli , the country's capital .
Local time in Tarhuna is now 10:42 AM (Thursday) . The local timezone is named " Africa/Tripoli " with a UTC offset of 2 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Tripoli, Surt, Sidi as Sayd, Muhayyah, and Mazra'at Titanu. When in this area, you might want to check out Tripoli . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Tarhuna ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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CHUCHUWA (E SIGLA SWAN TOUR) A MARSA MATROUH CAROLS SWAN CLUB. 26/07/2009 - 02/08/2009
Da MASSIMO E PAMELA un GRANDE abbraccio a: Andrea, Tresor (Trechic), Jhonatan, Beatrice e Salvatore. Ed un GRAZIE...per averci deliziato con le vostre serate all'anfiteatro...e non solo. Bravi, bravi, ..
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Tarhuna
Tarhuna (Arabic: ترهونة, is a Libyan town 65 kilometres to the southeast of Tripoli, in the Murqub District. The city derives its name from that of its pre-Roman-era inhabitants, a Berber tribe. The city was known as al-Boirat during the 19th through mid 20th century, but assumed it current name after Libyan independence. The Tarhuna district, including the city of Msallata, had an urban population of about 296,000, while population in Tarhuna proper was calculated to be 13,264 in 2011.
Located at 32.43 13.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tarhuna District
Tarhunah is one of the former districts of Libya from 1983 to 1995. It is in the north of the country, in the position later (2001-2007) occupied by Tarhuna Wa Msalata District. Tarhunah was brought to international attention in the 1990s, when it was believed that an underground chemical weapons facility was being built there, following the discovery of a previous smaller above-ground facility at Rabta.
Located at 32.43 13.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tarhuna wa Msalata District
Tarhuna wa Msalata was one of the districts of Libya until 2007. Between 1988 and 1995 existed the Tarhuna District, which later would become Tarhuna wa Msalata between 2001 and 2007. It consisted of twenty-six Basic People's Congresses, similar to townships, and its capital was Tarhuna. In the 2007 administrative reorganization the territory formerly in Tarhuna wa Msalata was transferred to Murqub District.
Located at 32.65 13.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 24 km away
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