Tacnis or Taknis, Tècnis, also is a small town in Jebel Akhdar  region in north eastern Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica

Cyrenaica is the eastern coastal region of Libya.Also known as Pentapolis in antiquity, it was part of the Creta et Cyrenaica province during the Roman period, later divided in Libia Pentapolis and Libia Sicca...

, Libya

Libya

Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west....

. It's located 127 km (79 mi) east of Benghazi

Benghazi

Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, the main city of the Cyrenaica region , and the former provisional capital of the National Transitional Council. The wider metropolitan area is also a district of Libya...

. It is on the inner road between Marj and Lamluda

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:...

. There is a minor road connecting the town to the north with Libyan Coastal Highway. There also an indirect road connecting it with Charruba

Charruba

Charruba or Kharruba is a village in Libya. It’s located some east of Abyar, and west of Timimi. It’s linked with Timimi by the Charruba-Timimi desert road, and with Tacnis by another road....

 to the south.

It is the birthplace of Hussein Maziq

Hussein Maziq

Hussein Yousef Maziq a Libyan politician was Prime Minister of Libya from 20 March 1965 to 2 July 1967. He was one of the most important men in the Kingdom era of Libya.-Family background:...

, a Libyan politician and former prime minister of Libya in 1918.