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Marsā al-Ḥarīqah

Libya

Also known as: Marsa el-Hariga

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significance to Tobruk

In Tobruk
…1960s by the building of Marsā al-Ḥarīqah (Marsa al-Hariga), a port terminal linked by pipeline to the Sarir oil field, 320 miles (515 km) south. The British base at Al-ʿAdam to the south was evacuated in 1970. British, French, and German war cemeteries are nearby.
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