Tukrah
Tukrah, a small Libyan town east of Benghazi, carries one of the region's longest recorded histories: settled before the Greeks arrived in the late 7th century BC, it passed through Greek, Ptolemaic, Roman, Byzantine, and Islamic rule before being abandoned around the 11th century. Surviving remains include city walls and towers, the Roman Decumanus street, Byzantine baths, a Byzantine-Islamic fortress, ancient quarries with burial sites, and the Tukrah Museum housed inside a Turkish-Italian fort where archaeological excavations began in the 1960s.
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- Population12,593
- Nearest water from center 3.5 km2.2 mi
- Nearest mountain from center 5.6 km3.5 mi
Nearest airports
Tukrah: quick answers
Where is Tukrah?
Tukrah is in Libya.
How do you get to Tukrah?
The nearest airport is Benina (BEN), about 1 hr 9 min away by road.
What's the weather like in Tukrah?
The warmest month is August, averaging 26°C79°F across day and night; the coolest is January, at 12°C54°F. The wettest month is January, with about 56 mm2.2 in of precipitation. (Monthly averages, 1991–2020.)
What's in Tukrah?
OpenStreetMap lists 5 restaurants and 5 places of worship within 2 km of the centre.