Official Name: | Maturba |
Native Name: | مرتوبة |
Settlement Type: | Town |
Pushpin Map: | Libya |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Libya |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Libya |
Subdivision Type1: | District |
Unit Pref: | Imperial |
Population As Of: | 2006 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Population Total: | 7,730 |
Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
Population Blank2 Title: | Religions |
Timezone: | EET |
Utc Offset: | +2 |
Coordinates: | 32.5953°N 22.7639°W |
Maturba is a town in eastern Libya in the Derna District. It is located at 32.575739n, 22.761505e, 27km (17miles) south of Derna and 557 miles from Tripoli and the city's population is 8,130.[2]
The Martuba Air Base is located in Maturba. During the Second World War the airfield at Maturba,[3] [4] saw heavy fighting in 1942.[5] [6] [7]
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.