Bomba is a village in eastern Libya on the Gulf of Bomba. It is located 61 km 0 abbr=on south of Derna.

Greek historian Herodotus said that Cyrene was founded in mid-7th century BC, when a group of Greek immigrants from Thera landed at the Gulf of Bomba, and stayed there for years, then, they moved to place of Cyrene, and then, founded it. Depending