Cyrene

Summary

Cyrene is a Greek colony^[1]. Cyrene ranks in the top 10% of greek_colony entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,042 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Cyrene is located in Libya^[3].
• Cyrene is located in Jabal al Akhdar^[4].
• Cyrene is in the country of Libya^[5].
• Cyrene is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[6].
• Cyrene's instance of is recorded as Greek colony^[7].
• Cyrene's instance of is recorded as archaeological site^[8].
• Cyrene's instance of is recorded as municipality of Libya^[9].
• Cyrene's instance of is recorded as emporium^[10].
• Cyrene's instance of is recorded as polis^[11].
• Cyrene's Commons category is recorded as Cyrene^[12].
• Cyrene's located in time zone is recorded as UTC+02:00^[13].
• 630 BC marks the founding of Cyrene^[14].
• Cyrene's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 32.816666666667, 'lon': 21.85}^[15].
• Cyrene's significant event is recorded as list of World Heritage in Danger^[16].
• Cyrene's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Cyrene, Libya^[17].
• Cyrene's described by source is recorded as Nordisk familjebok^[18].
• Cyrene's described by source is recorded as Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon^[19].
• Cyrene's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[20].
• Cyrene's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia^[21].
• Cyrene's described by source is recorded as Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron^[22].
• Cyrene's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[23].
• Cyrene's heritage designation is recorded as World Heritage Site^[24].
• Cyrene's category for people born here is recorded as Category:Births in Cirene^[25].
• Cyrene's category for people who died here is recorded as Category:Deaths in Cirene^[26].
• Cyrene's category of associated people is recorded as Category:People from Shahhat^[27].

Body

Founding

630 BC marks the founding of Cyrene^[14].

Why It Matters

Cyrene ranks in the top 10% of greek_colony entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,042 views/month).^[2] Cyrene has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Cyrene is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]