Timimi

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title: "Timimi" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["populated-places-in-derna-district", "villages-in-libya"] topic_path: "general/populated-places-in-derna-district" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timimi" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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Field	Value
official_name	Timimi
other_name	At Timimi
native_name	التميمي
settlement_type	Village
image_skyline	Timimi4.JPG
dot_x
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pushpin_label_position	bottom
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Libya
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Libya
subdivision_type1	District
subdivision_name1	Derna
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established_title2
established_title3
unit_pref	Imperial
area_total_km2
area_land_km2
population_as_of	2006
population_footnotes
population_total	4,667
population_blank1_title	Ethnicities
population_blank2_title	Religions
timezone	EET
utc_offset	+2
coordinates
elevation_footnotes
postal_code_type
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|postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = Timimi, At Timimi () or Tmimi, is a small village in northeastern Libya about 75 km east of Derna and 100 km west of Tobruk. It is on the eastern shores of the Libyan coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

Geography

Due to its underground water being salty, Timimi was always a place of little importance, and its population in 2006 was 4,667. However, its situation improved after the Charruba–Timimi Road was paved between 1975 and 1985; it is now at the crossroads of the Charruba–Timimi Road and the Derna-Tobruk road.

History

The Greek historian Herodotus said that Cyrene was founded in the mid-7th century BC by a group of Greek immigrants from Thera. These settlers under Battus first landed along the Gulf of Bomba (now the Gulf of Timimi) and stayed there for years before moving to Cyrene.

The settlement at Timimi was known in antiquity as Paliurus (, Palíouros) after its nearby river, in turn named after the plants growing within its marshes. Near the village there was a temple to Heracles.

Its name was changed following its conquest by the early Muslim Caliphate in AD642.

During World War II's African campaign, German general Erwin Rommel and his troops reached Timimi on 3 February 1942, stopping there until 26 May 1942, when Rommel began the Battle of Gazala, which is considered the greatest victory of Rommel's career.

References

References

1. Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008, p.
3. Abdul Aziz Tareeh Sharaf, “Jughrafia Libia”, Munsh’at al Ma’aref, Alexandria, 1971, p. 256.
4. Salem Mohammed ez Zawam, “Mu’jam al Amakin al Jughrafiya fi Libia”, Dar wa Maktabat ash Sha’b, Misratah, 2005, p.92.
5. [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DP%3Aentry+group%3D2%3Aentry%3Dpaliurus-geo Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Paliurus]
6. Libyan Planning Ministry, “Al Atlas al Watani lil Jamahiriya…”, Tripoli, 1978, p.18.
7. Peter Young (ed.), "The History of World War II"', Orbis Publication, 1984, vol.8, pp.751-755, & vol.9, p. 786.
8. Ford, Ken. (2005). "Gazala 1942: Rommel's Greatest Victory". Oxford: Osprey.

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