Maturba is a town in eastern Libya in the

Derna District Derna ( ar, درنة ''Darnah'') is one of the districts of Libya. It is in the northeast of the country, in the historical region of Cyrenaica. Its capital is Derna. In 2007 the district was enlarged to include what had been the Al Qubah Dis ...

. It is located at 32.575739 n, 22.761505 e, south of Derna and 557 miles from

Tripoli Tripoli or Tripolis may refer to: Cities and other geographic units Greece *Tripoli, Greece, the capital of Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece * Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in ...

and the city's population is 8,130. The Martuba Air Base is located in Maturba. During the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

the

airfield An aerodrome ( Commonwealth English) or airdrome (American English) is a location from which aircraft flight operations take place, regardless of whether they involve air cargo, passengers, or neither, and regardless of whether it is for pub ...

at Maturba, saw heavy fighting in 1942.Frederick Grice, War's Nomads: A Mobile Radar Unit in Pursuit of Rommel during the Western (Casemate, 2015
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Lamluda Lamluda is a village in the Jebel Akhdar region of Libya. It's located east of Bayda. Lamluda is on the cross-roads of several roads in northern Cyrenaica: *It's connected with Marj by two roads, the northern one (through Bayda) is a part of t ...

by two roads. The main road which goes through Derna is part of the

Libyan Coastal Highway The Libyan Coastal Highway ( ar, الطريق الساحلي الليبي), formerly the Litoranea Balbo, is a highway that is the only major road that runs along the entire east-west length of the Libyan Mediterranean coastline. It is a section ...

while The inner road passes through the desert.

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Populated places in Derna District {{Libya-geo-stub