Cyrenaica

Also known as Barca, Cyrenaica libya

Cyrenaica ( ) or Kyrenaika (, , after the city of Cyrene), is the eastern region of Libya. Cyrenaica includes all of the eastern part of Libya between the 16th and 25th meridians east, including the Kufra District. The coastal region, also known as Pentapolis ("Five Cities") in antiquity, was part of the Roman province of Crete and Cyrenaica, later divided into Libya Pentapolis and Libya Sicca. During the Islamic period, the area came to be known as Barqa, after the city of Barca.

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Cyrenaica is the eastern region of Libya, named after the ancient city of Cyrene and encompassing the area between the 16th and 25th meridians east. It matters historically because its coastal region, known as the Pentapolis in ancient times, was an important Roman province, and the area has been significant throughout various periods including the Islamic era, when it became known as Barqa.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Cyrenaica
Settlement.native_name: برقة
Settlement.native_name_lang: ar
Settlement.settlement_type: Region
Settlement.image_map: File:Map of Cyrenaica (cropped).png
Settlement.map_caption: The traditional region of Cyrenaica (dark green), and the modern expansion (light green)
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.seat_type: Capital
Settlement.seat: Benghazi

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Encyclopedic overview

24 sections

Contents

Geography
History
Berber people
Late Bronze Age
Egyptian period
Iron Age
Greek colonization
Classical Age
Persian period
Hellenistic period
Roman period
Christianization
Middle Ages
Arab and Ottoman rule
Modern Age
Italian colonial rule
Emirate of Cyrenaica
Gaddafi's regime
Libyan civil war
Episcopal sees
See also
References
Further reading
Sources and external links

Cyrenaica became an Italian colony in 1911. After the 1934 formation of Italian Libya, the Cyrenaica province was designated as one of the three primary provinces of the country. During World War II, it fell under British military and civil administration from 1943 until 1951, and finally in the Kingdom of Libya from 1951 until 1963. The region that used to be Cyrenaica officially until 1963 has formed several shabiyat, the administrative divisions of Libya, since 1995. The 2011 Libyan Civil War started in Cyrenaica, which came largely under the control of the National Transitional Council (headquartered in Benghazi) for most of the war. In 2012, a body known as the Cyrenaica Transitional Council unilaterally declared Cyrenaica to be an autonomous region of Libya.

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