Tripoli

Coordinates: 32°53′14″N 13°11′29″E / 32.88722°N 13.19139°E / 32.88722; 13.19139
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Tripoli
طرابلس
Ṭarābulus
Top:: That El Emad Towers; Middle: Martyrs' Square; Bottom left: Marcus Aurelius Arch; Bottom right: Souq al-Mushir – Tripoli Medina
Top:: That El Emad Towers; Middle: Martyrs' Square; Bottom left: Marcus Aurelius Arch; Bottom right: Souq al-Mushir – Tripoli Medina
Flag of Tripoli
Official seal of Tripoli
Tripoli is located in Libya
Tripoli
Tripoli
Tripoli in Libya
Coordinates: 32°53′14″N 13°11′29″E / 32.88722°N 13.19139°E / 32.88722; 13.19139
Country Libya
RegionTripolitania
DistrictTripoli District
Government
 • MayorAbdulrauf Beitelmal
Area
 • Total1,507 km2 (582 sq mi)
Population
 (2019)
 • Total1,170,000
 • Density780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+02:00 (EET)

Tripoli is a city in northwest Libya. It is the capital of the country. More than three million people live in the metropolitan area.

Originally a Phoenician colony, Tripoli became in turn part of Greek and Roman Cyrenaica, a pirate port, a part of the Ottoman Empire, and the capital of the Italian empire in North Africa.[1]

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