Darnah is one of the municipalities of Libya. It is in the northeast of the country. Its capital is Darnah. Image File history File links LibyaDarnah. ... The Arabic term for the Libyan administrative unit translated into English as municipality is baladiyah (plural baladiyat). ...

The city of Darnah is the location of the historical city of Derna. Derna was the capitol of the province of Cyrenaica which was one of the wealthiest provinces in the Barbary States. Derna was the location of the 1805 Battle of Derna in which General William Eaton marched 500 miles across the Libyan Desert and captured the city during the First Barbary War. Roman province of Cyrenaica, 120 AD Cyrenaica was a Roman province on the northern coast of Africa between Egypt and Numidia; it had been formerly Greek. ... The states along the Barbary Coast, Algiers, Morocco, Tripoli, and Tunis, were collectively known as the Barbary States. ... 1805 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Battle of Derna was a decisive victory of a combined army of U.S. Marines, Greeks, Turks and Arabs over the forces of the Barbary coast nation of Tripoli during the First Barbary War. ... William Eaton (23 February 1764 - 1 June 1811) was an American Army officer, involved with the First Barbary War. ... Libyan Desert The Libyan Desert is an African desert that is located in the northern and eastern part of the Sahara Desert and occupies southwestern Egypt, eastern Libya and northwestern Sudan. ... Burning of the frigate Philadelphia in the harbor of Tripoli, February 16, 1804, by Edward Moran, painted 1897, depicts a naval action of the First Barbary War. ...