Martuba

{{Infobox settlement   |official_name = Martuba |other_name = |native_name = مرتوبة |nickname = |settlement_type = Town |motto =  |image_skyline = |imagesize = |image_caption = |image_flag = |flag_size = |image_seal = |seal_size = |image_shield = |shield_size = |image_blank_emblem = |blank_emblem_type = |blank_emblem_size = |image_map = |mapsize = |map_caption = |image_map1 = |mapsize1 = |map_caption1 = |image_dot_map = |dot_mapsize = |dot_map_caption = |dot_x = |dot_y = |pushpin_map = Libya |pushpin_label_position =bottom |pushpin_map_caption =Location in Libya  |subdivision_type = Country |subdivision_name = {{flag|Libya}} |subdivision_type1 = District |subdivision_name1 = Derna |subdivision_type2 = |subdivision_name2 = |subdivision_type3 = |subdivision_name3 = |subdivision_type4 = |subdivision_name4 =  |government_footnotes = |government_type = |leader_title = |leader_name = |leader_title1 =  |leader_name1 = |leader_title2 = |leader_name2 = |leader_title3 = |leader_name3 = |leader_title4 = |leader_name4 = |established_title =  |established_date = |established_title2 =  |established_date2 = |established_title3 =  |established_date3 =  |area_magnitude = |unit_pref =Imperial  |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 =  |area_land_km2 =  |area_water_km2 = |area_total_sq_mi = |area_land_sq_mi = |area_water_sq_mi = |area_water_percent = |area_urban_km2 = |area_urban_sq_mi = |area_metro_km2 = |area_metro_sq_mi = |area_blank1_title = |area_blank1_km2 = |area_blank1_sq_mi =  |population_as_of =2006 |population_footnotes =<ref>Amraja M. el Khajkhaj, "Noumou al Mudon as Sagheera fi Libia", Dar as Saqia, Benghazi-2008 p.120.</ref> |population_note = |population_total =7,730 |population_density_km2 = |population_density_sq_mi = |population_metro = |population_density_metro_km2 = |population_density_metro_sq_mi = |population_urban = |population_density_urban_km2 = |population_density_urban_sq_mi = |population_blank1_title =Ethnicities |population_blank1 = |population_blank2_title =Religions |population_blank2 = |population_density_blank1_km2 = |population_density_blank1_sq_mi =  | timezone = EET | utc_offset = +2 |timezone_DST = |utc_offset_DST = |coordinates = {{coord|32|35|43|N|22|45|50|E|region:LY|display=inline,title}} |elevation_footnotes =  |elevation_m = |elevation_ft =  |postal_code_type =  |postal_code = |area_code = |blank_name = |blank_info = |blank1_name = |blank1_info = |website = |footnotes = }} '''Martuba''' is a town in eastern Libya in the Derna District. It is located at 32.575739n, 22.761505e, {{convert|27|km|0|abbr=on}} south of Derna and 557 miles from Tripoli and the city's population is 8,130.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thegpscoordinates.net/libya/martuba|title=Latitude and longitude GPS coordinates of Martuba (Libya, Africa)}}</ref>

The Martuba Air Base is located in Martuba. During the Second World War the airfield at Martuba,<ref>Roy Conyers Nesbit, The Armed Rovers: Beauforts and Beaufighters Over the Mediterranean [https://books.google.com/books?id=444TDgAAQBAJ&dq=Maturba&pg=PA46 p45-46].</ref><ref>Frederick Grice, War's Nomads: A Mobile Radar Unit in Pursuit of Rommel during the Western (Casemate, 2015).[https://books.google.com/books?id=9m5hCgAAQBAJ&dq=Maturba&pg=PA11 p11.]</ref> saw heavy fighting in 1942.<ref>Christopher Shores, Giovanni Massimello, [https://books.google.com/books?id=wBriCwAAQBAJ&dq=Martuba&pg=PT78 A History of the Mediterranean Air War, 1940-1945]: Volume 2: North African Desert, February 1942 - March 1943(Grub Street Publishing, 19 Jul. 2014).</ref><ref>Ken Delve Delve, [https://books.google.com/books?id=IoIlDwAAQBAJ&dq=Martuba&pg=PT450 The Desert Air Force in World War II: Air Power in the Western Desert, 1940-1942] (Pen and Sword, 31 Mar. 2017).</ref><ref>Frederick Grice, War's Nomads: A Mobile Radar Unit in Pursuit of Rommel during the Western (Casemate, 2015).[https://books.google.com/books?id=9m5hCgAAQBAJ&dq=Maturba&pg=PA11 p11.]</ref>

Martuba is connected with Lamluda by two roads. The main road which goes through Derna is part of the Libyan Coastal Highway while The inner road passes through the desert.

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Category:Populated places in Derna District

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