Tripoli
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Tripoli (Arabic: طرابلس Ṭarābulus pronunciation (help·info)- an aa طرابلس الغرب Ṭarā-bu-lus al-Gharb[2] Libian vernacular: Ṭrābləs pronunciation (help·info); derived frae "Τρίπολη"; the Greek wird for "three ceeties" in Greek: Τρίπολις Tripolis) is the lairgest ceety an caipital o Libie.
Tripoli طرابلس الغرب Tarabulus al-Gharb | |
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Ceety | |
Top:: That El Emad Touers; Middle: Martyrs' Square; Bottom left: Marcus Aurelius Airch; Bottom richt: Souq al-Mushir – Tripoli Medina | |
Coordinates: 32°54′8″N 13°11′9″E | |
Kintra | Libie |
Region | Tripolitanie |
Destrict | Tripoli |
First settled | 7t century BC (as Oea) |
Foondit bi | Phoenicies |
Area | |
• Total | 400 km2 (200 sq mi) |
Elevation | 81 m (266 ft) |
Population (2011)[1] | |
• Total | 1.8 million |
• Density | 4500/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
Area code(s) | 21 |
The Tripoli metropolitan aurie (destrict aurie) haes a population o 1,065,405 (2006 census). The ceety is locatit in the northwast o the kintra on the edge o the desert, on a point o rocky land projectin intae the Mediterranean Sea an formin a bay. Tripoli wis foondit in the 7t century BC bi the Phoenicians, who named it Oea.[3]
Tripoli is the lairgest ceety, the principal sea port, an the lairgest commercial an manufacturin centre in Libie. It is an aa the site o Al-Fateh University. Due tae the ceety's lang history, thare are mony sites o airchaeological significance in Tripoli. The climate is typical Mediterranean, wi hot, dry simmers, cuil winters an some modest rainfaw.
"Tripoli" mey an aa refer tae the shabiyah (top-level admeenistrative diveesion in the current Libian seestem), Tripoli Destrict, kent as the Tarabulus Destrict an aw.