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Cyrenaica

eastern coastal region of Libya
Administrative Area Historical Region Q165198
Cyrenaica
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Facts

8 properties

Identity

Instance of
historical region, geographical area[3]

Location

Country
Libya[2]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 32.283°, 21.633°

Population and size

Area
+855370[13]
Population
+1613749[5]
More facts +3
Described by source
The Nuttall Encyclopædia, Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Different from
Italian Cyrenaica[12]
Named after
Barce[4]
🏷️ Also known as
en Barca en Cyrenaica en Cyrenaica libya ar قورينائية ar برقة ar بينتابوليس شمال أفريقيا ar سيرينايكا ar إقليم سيرين ar إقليم برقة ar اقليم برقة cs Kyrenaika da Kyrenaika da Cyrenaica da Cyrenaika de Cyrenae de Barqah de Cyrenaica de Cyrenaika de Kyrenaia de Ostlibyen
🔖 Identifiers · 36
GND ID
4010816-8
ASC Leiden Thesaurus ID
294906800
Arab Encyclopedia concept ID
2530
BHCL UUID
7c2585be-a6a2-430a-ba3d-a73de9055fc8
Biblissima authority ID
Argus Sour Crude Index
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
cyrenaika
De Agostini ID
Cirenàica
Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica ID
cirenaica
Encyclopedie berbere keyword ID
317
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
place/Cyrenaica
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
cyrenaique
Freebase ID
/m/0k0fh
Show all 36 identifiers +24
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
cirenaica
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0017840
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Kyrenaika
Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID (2017)
2066477
Great Russian Encyclopedia portal ID
kirenaika-4309e2
Heritage Gazetteer of Libya ID
1680, 1679
Joconde discovery ID
T115-173
Joconde location ID
T84-47
Lex ID
Cyrenaika
Museum-digital place ID
37708
Münzkabinett ID
region/295
NL CR AUT ID
ge1117310
Namuwiki ID
키레나이카
National Historical Museums of Sweden ID
geo/3DD795C6-017B-460D-B6F7-A52F67D1B6C2, geo/9C1F7EB6-396D-4889-88D1-A147807FD54F
Nomisma ID
cyrenaica
Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3888817
TDV Encyclopedia of Islam ID
berka
Topic's main category
Category:Cyrenaica
Treccani ID
cirenaica
Treccani's Dizionario di Storia ID
cirenaica
Treccani's Enciclopedia Italiana ID
cirenaica, cirenaica_res-77955cd5-87e5-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51, cirenaica_res-917681a0-87e7-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51
U.S. National Archives Identifier
10044518
YSO ID
152606
Yale LUX ID
place/1cf65ef7-e57f-4c81-b66a-29e69edb1899

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🔗 Connections
People born here 6
Arius, Omar al-Mukhtar, Hasan as-Senussi, Muhammed Mehdi Senusi, Abu Bakr Baira, Ibn Masal
Examples 5
Commando Del Presidio, Ptolemais, Corpo Di Guardia della Sussistenza, Ptolemais, East area, Ptolemais, House of Paulus, Ptolemais, Royal Tomb, Ptolemais
Located in this place 5
Operation Battleaxe, Operation Sonnenblume, Battle of Beda Fomm, Lamluda, Operation Caravan
Contained subdivisions 4
El Agheila, Sarir field, Jardas Jerrari, Major Cardo, Ptolemais
Described by source 4
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Citizens 2
Battiadae, Critola
Country 1
Libya
Different from 1
Italian Cyrenaica
Has these parts 1
Mid-Roman defences, Cyrene
Instance of 1
historical region
People who died here 1
Zuhayr ibn Qays
Topic's main category 1
Category:Cyrenaica
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Cyrenaica
← Different from 1
Italian Cyrenaica
← Located in/on physical feature 1
Bir Hakeim
← Main subject 1
Template:Country data Cyrenaica
← Place served by transport hub 1
Tobruk Airport
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Summary

Cyrenaica is a historical region[1].

Related Entities

Arius Commando Del Presidio, Ptolemais Corpo Di Guardia della Sussistenza, Ptolemais East area, Ptolemais House of Paulus, Ptolemais Libya Major Cardo, Ptolemais Mid-Roman defences, Cyrene Omar al-Mukhtar Royal Tomb, Ptolemais

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 15w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Argus Sour Crude Index
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q29202, Import ID Biblissima V3 (details)"
  2. 22w ago · VojtěchDostálBot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    NL CR AUT ID → ge1117310
    "Added qualifier: Subject named as: Kyrenaika (Libye), Add P1810 to NKC authority values (details)"
  3. 24w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → historical region, geographical area
    Population → 1,613,749
    Area → 855,370 square kilometre
    Named after → Barce
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim qualifiers: YSO ID: 152606, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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