The second largest city in Libya, and the most recent capital of Cyraneica. Benghazi is stuated in the northeast of the country on the Mediterranean coast.

"In the [Jewish] cemetery there are no engraved markers." Source: Harvey E. Goldberg: The Book of Mordechai - A Study of the Jews of Libya. p. 170. Selections from writings of Mordechai Hakohen (1856-1929).

Jewish Population in 1906 - 1,200. Source: Harvey E. Goldberg ib. p 170