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Al-Marj (Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 for the meadows) administrative division of al-Fâtîh (Arabic: ?????? ), Latitude 32.50°N Longitude 20.83°E. Formerly Barce, or Barca, northeastern Libya
Libya

Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, on Al-Marj plain at the western edge of the Akhdar Mountains
Jebel Akhdar (Libya)

Al'Jabel Al'Akhdar is a heavily forested, fertile upland area in eastern Libya. It is located in the modern Municipalities of Libya of Al Jabal al Akhdar....
, near the Mediterranean coast. Currently, it has an estimated population of 120,000. Site of the 7th century BCE Greek
History of Greece

The history of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greeks, the areas they ruled historically, and the territory now composing the modern state of Greece....
 colony of Barce, it was taken by the Arabs in about 642 CE.






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Al-Marj (Arabic
Arabic language

Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language....
 for the meadows) administrative division of al-Fâtîh (Arabic: ?????? ), Latitude 32.50°N Longitude 20.83°E. Formerly Barce, or Barca, northeastern Libya
Libya

Libya , officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya , is a country located in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....
, on Al-Marj plain at the western edge of the Akhdar Mountains
Jebel Akhdar (Libya)

Al'Jabel Al'Akhdar is a heavily forested, fertile upland area in eastern Libya. It is located in the modern Municipalities of Libya of Al Jabal al Akhdar....
, near the Mediterranean coast. Currently, it has an estimated population of 120,000. Site of the 7th century BCE Greek
History of Greece

The history of Greece traditionally encompasses the study of the Greeks, the areas they ruled historically, and the territory now composing the modern state of Greece....
 colony of Barce, it was taken by the Arabs in about 642 CE. The present town grew around a Turkish
Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923....
 fort built in 1842 and now restored. The Italians developed the town (1913–41) as an administrative and market centre and hill resort until it was destroyed by an earthquake in 1963. There are a couple of banks on the main street and the main post office is in the centre of town, not far from the big mosque.

In the north, Al Marj has a shoreline on the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
. On land, it borders the following districts:
  • Al Jabal al Akhdar
    Al Jabal al Akhdar

    Al Jabal al Akhdar is one of the Districts of Libya of Libya. It is in the north-east of the country. Its capital is Al Bayda' .In its territory, close to the city of Shahhat, can be found the remains of the old Greek colony of Cyrene, and the neighbouring city of Apollonia, Cyrenaica, a major port in the Mediterranean Sea in classical...
     - east
  • Al Wahat
    Al Wahat

    Al Wahat is one of the Districts of Libya of Libya.Al Wahat borders the following districts:*Al Butnan - east*Al Kufrah - south*Ajdabiya - west...
     - south
  • Al Hizam Al Akhdar
    Al Hizam Al Akhdar

    Al Hizam al Akhdar which means in English, is one of the 32 Districts of Libya of Libya. It has a population of 85,898 and its capital city is Al Abyar....
     - west