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Also known as Tarhoona, Tarhunah

Tarhuna (; ), also Tarhoona or Tarhunah, is a Libyan village to the southeast of Tripoli, in the Murqub District. The Tarhuna District, including the city of Msallata, had an urban population of about 296,000 (est. 2003). The population in Tarhuna proper was calculated to be 13,264 in 2011.

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Place details

Locality
ترهونة
Region
محافظة المرقب
Country
ليبيا
Population
52,420
Timezone
Africa/Tripoli

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Key facts

Settlement.official_name
Tarhuna
Settlement.settlement_type
Town
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Tarhuna Municipality Logo.png
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Libya
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bottom
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Location in Libya
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Tripolitania
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Murqub
Settlement.unit_pref
Imperial
Settlement.population_as_of
2011
Settlement.population_total
13264
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Ethnicities
Settlement.population_blank2_title
Religions
Settlement.timezone
EET
Settlement.utc_offset
+2

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Encyclopedic overview

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  • Economy
  • Education
  • Notable people
  • Sport
  • See also
  • Notes
  • External links

Tarhuna (; ), also Tarhoona or Tarhunah, is a Libyan village to the southeast of Tripoli, in the Murqub District. The Tarhuna District, including the city of Msallata, had an urban population of about 296,000 (est. 2003). The population in Tarhuna proper was calculated to be 13,264 in 2011.

Its geographical boundaries are from the Valley of the famm Molgha west to Burkaat Oueny eastward, from the Suq al Juma (Al-msab`ha) north, and Al-mzawgha and Marghna south.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tarhuna” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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