Taucheira توكرة Tocra
Taucheira Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°31′56″N 20°34′20″E / 32.53222°N 20.57222°E / 32.53222; 20.57222Coordinates: 32°31′56″N 20°34′20″E / 32.53222°N 20.57222°E / 32.53222; 20.57222
Country	Libya
District	Al Marj District
Population
- Total	23,164
Time zone	UTC + 2

Taucheira, Tukrah or El Agouriya , is a town on the coast of Cyrenaica (east of modern-day Libya), founded by Cyrene. It lay 200 stadia west of Ptolemais. Today it is a coastal town 25 km west of Al Marj.

History

Founded by the Greeks and considered by some to be part of the Pentapolis of Cyrenaica, at a later period it became a Roman colony (Tab. Peut.), and was fortified by Justinian I. (Procop. de Aed. vi. 3.) Taucheira was particularly noted for the worship of Cybele, in honour of whom an annual festival was celebrated. (Synes. Ep. 3.)

Name

Taucheira, Teucheira, Tauchira or Teuchira (Greek: Ταύχειρα, Τεύχειρα,). Under the Ptolemies it obtained the name of Arsinoe (Arsinoë) (Greek: Ἀρσινόη), after Arsinoe II of Egypt, named by her brother and husband, Ptolemy Philadelphus. Later it became known as Tocra or Tukrah, and then Al Quriyah or El Agouriya in Arabic.

It is the same town erroneously written Τάριχα by Diodorus (xviii. 20). It is still called Tochira.

Notes

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. 

See also

• List of cities in Libya