Darnah

Darnah

Libya
also spelled  Derna 

      town of northeastern Libya, situated on the Mediterranean coast, east of Banghāzī. It lies on the eastern ridges of the Akhḍar Mountains in the delta of the small Wadi (seasonal river) Darnah. The town was founded in the 15th century on the site of Darnis, an ancient Greek colony (rock tombs remain). A ruined fort overlooking the town was built by the Americans under William Eaton (Eaton, William), who landed there in 1805, to curb corsair attacks on U.S. shipping. Darnah experienced a plague in 1816 and a cholera outbreak and an earthquake in 1834. It was a slave port until the 1850s. Fortified by the Italians (1911–12) against the Turco-Libyans, Darnah was made an integral part of metropolitan Italy in 1939 and suffered severely during the World War II North African campaigns until it was finally occupied by the British in 1942.

      Modern Darnah has whitewashed houses, vine-trellised streets, and palm gardens irrigated by perennial springs. Its minor port offers good offshore anchorage and is used as a base for seasonal sponge-fishing. There is light manufacturing, including a garment factory, and local crops (bananas, grapes, and other fruits and vegetables) are found in the markets. Darnah is also a small winter resort. Pop. (2003 est.) 76,596.

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