Country Libya District Derna Local time Monday 2:57 PM | Region Cyrenaica Time zone EET (UTC+2) Population 3,020 (1995) | |
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Weather 22°C, Wind N at 19 km/h, 39% Humidity | ||
Bomba (Arabic: البمبة) is a village in eastern Libya on the Gulf of Bomba. It is located 61 km (38 mi) south of Derna.
Map of Bombah, Libya
Greek historian Herodotus said that Cyrene was founded in mid-7th century BC, when a group of Greek immigrants from Thera landed at the Gulf of Bomba, and stayed there for years, then, they moved to place of Cyrene, and then, founded it. Depending on an old myth, Battus moved, by the advice of god, to Libya, landed on the Gulf of Timimi (the same Gulf of Bomba), and then moved westwards and founded Cyrene.
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