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1. Tobruk

   Tobruk or Tubruq (Ancient Greek: Αντίπυργος) (; Arabic: طبرق‎ Ṭubruq; also transliterated as Tóbruch, Tobruch, Tobruck and Tubruk) is a port city on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border of Egypt. It is the capital of the Butnan District (formerly Tobruk District) and has a population of 120,000 (2011 est.).Tobruk was the site of an ancient Greek colony and, later, of a Roman fortress guarding the frontier of Cyrenaica. Over the centuries, Tobruk also served as a waystation along the coastal caravan route. By 1911, Tobruk had become an Italian military post, but during World War II, Allied forces, mainly the Australian 6th Division, took Tobruk on 22 January 1941. The Australian 9th Division ("The Rats of Tobruk") pulled back to Tobruk to avoid encirclement after actions at Er Regima and Mechili and reached Tobruk on 9 April 1941 where prolonged fighting against German and Italian forces followed. Although the siege was lifted by Operation Crusader in November 1941, a renewed offensive by Axis forces under Erwin Rommel the following year resulted in Tobruk being captured in June 1942 and held by the Axis forces until November 1942, when it was recaptured by the Allies. Rebuilt after World War II, Tobruk was later expanded during the 1960s to include a port terminal linked by an oil pipeline to the Sarir oil field.King Idris of Libya had his palace at Bab Zaytun. Tobruk was traditionally a stronghold of the Senussi royal dynasty and one of the first to rebel against Colonel Gaddafi in the Arab Spring.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of tobruk in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of tobruk in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of tobruk in a Sentence

1. Omar Humidan of the GNC:

   We gave an official request to Leon to respond to Tobruk's appointment of the war criminal known as Hifter as the chief of the army.

2. Claudio Cordone:

   Everybody knows that the key countries that have influence on Libya's factions are on one side the (United Arab) Emirates and Egypt and on the other side Qatar and to some extent Turkey, these guys, if they really put pressure on the Tobruk parliament or on the other side to come to an agreement, that would give greater chance of achieving that agreement.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobruk