Tacnis or Taknis, Tècnis, also is a small town in Jebel Akhdar region in north eastern Cyrenaica, Libya. It's located 127 km (79 mi) east of Benghazi. It is on the inner road between Marj and Lamluda. There is a minor road connecting the town to the north with Libyan Coastal Highway. There also an indirect road connecting it with Charruba to the south.

Tacnis تاكنس Taknis
Town
Tacnis Location in Libya
Coordinates: 32°28′49″N 21°07′36″E / 32.48028°N 21.12667°E / 32.48028; 21.12667
Country	Libya
Region	Cyrenaica
District	Marj
Population  (2006)[1]
• Total	7,038
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)

It is the birthplace of Hussein Maziq, a Libyan politician and former prime minister of Libya in 1918.^{[citation needed]}