Tripoli

This article is about the city in Libya. For other uses, see Tripoli (disambiguation).

Tripoli طرابلس
Capital city
Ṭarābulus
Top:: That El Emad Towers; Middle: Martyrs' Square; Bottom left: Marcus Aurelius Arch; Bottom right: Souq al-Mushir – Tripoli Medina
Flag Seal
Tripoli Tripoli in Libya
Coordinates: 32°53′14″N 13°11′29″E
Country	Libya
Region	Tripolitania
District	Tripoli District
Government
• Mayor	Abdulrauf Beitelmal
Area
• Total	1,507 km2 (582 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	1,170,000
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+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.