Marj

Marj المرج El Merj
City
Old (above) and new city (below)
Marj Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°29′12″N 20°50′02″E / 32.48667°N 20.83389°E / 32.48667; 20.83389
Libya	Libya
Region	Cyrenaica
District	Marj
Elevation ^[1]	333 m (1,093 ft)
Population (2004)^[1]
• Total	85,315
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
License Plate Code	18, 58

Marj (Arabic: المرج, al-Marj, "The Meadows"), El Merj in Benghazi and Egyptian Arabic, is a city in northeastern Libya and the administrative seat of the Marj District.^[2] It lies in an upland valley separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a range of hills, part of the Jebel Akhdar Mountains, and is generally believed to be the site of the ancient city of Barca.

As of 2004^[update], it has an estimated population of 85,315.^[1] There are a couple of banks on the main street and the main post office is in the city centre, not far from the Abu Bakr Assiddiq mosque.^[3]

History

According to most archeologists, Marj marks the site of the ancient city of Barca, which, however, according to Alexander Graham, was at Tolmeita (Ptolemais).^[4]

Marj grew around a Turkish fort built in 1842 and now restored. During the colonial dominance of Libya (1913–41), the town was called Barce and was developed as an administrative and market centre and hill resort.

During the North African campaign of World War II, the 1st Field Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery won a battle for the region of Barce on 5 February 1941. The regiment commemorates this battle by naming the facilities at its base at Enoggera as Barce Lines.

From 1942 to 1943, the town was the capital of British-occupied Cyrenaica.^[5]

Most of it was destroyed by a 5.6 earthquake on 21 February 1963,^[3] which killed some 300 people and injured 500 more.^[6] Major rebuilding was undertaken about 5 km (3.1 mi) from the old site, and was completed about 1970.

Transport

During the Italian colonization of Libya, Al Marj had been the eastern terminal of Bengasi-Barce Railroad^[it].

Nowadays, Al Marj is linked with Benghazi by two roads. One runs through Tocra (part of Libyan Coastal Highway). The other runs through Al Abyar.

Al Marj is linked also with Lamluda by two roads. One runs through Al Bayda (part of Libyan Coastal Highway). The other runs through Tacnis and Marawah. From Tacnis it leads to the Charruba–Timimi Road.

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Wolfram Alpha
^ Room, Adrian (2006). Placenames of the World: Origins and Meanings of the Names for 6,600 Countries, Cities, Territories, Natural Features, and Historic Sites (2nd ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland, Incorporated. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7864-2248-7.
^ ^a ^b Pliez, Olivier (ed.) (2009) "Al Marj" Le Petit Futé Libye Petit Futé, Paris, p. 237, ISBN 2-7469-2276-2; in French
^ Graham, Alexander (1902) Roman Africa: an outline of the history of the Roman occupation of North Africa, based chiefly upon inscriptions and monumental remains in that country Longmans, Green, and Co., London, p. 312, OCLC 2735641
^ Stewart, John (1996) "Cyrenaica" The British Empire: an encyclopedia of the Crown's holdings, 1493 through 1995 McFarland & Co., Jefferson, North Carolina, p. 125, ISBN 0-7864-0177-X
^ Hewitt, Kenneth (1983) "Seismic Risk and Mountain Environments: The Role of Surface Conditions in Earthquake Disaster" Mountain Research and Development 3(1): pp. 27–44, p. 30

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Al Marj, Libya. Fallingrain Global Gazetteer

v t e Marj District, Libya
Capital	Marj
Towns and villages	Abyar Charruba El Uweilia Farzougha Tocra Tacnis Tolmeita Jardas al ‘Abid El Bayyada Ar Rajma Battah

v t e Administrative seats of the districts of Libya
Ajdabiya Al Jawf ‘Aziziya Beida Benghazi Brak Derna Gharian Ghat Hun Khoms Marj Misrata Murzuk Nalut Sebha Sirte Tripoli Tobruk Ubari Zawiya Zuwara

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