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Tripoli
Tripoli, Libya · Africa
About Tripoli
Tripoli sits on the route: 30 minutes from Tājūrā’.
Tripoli is in Libya, with about 1.3 million people. The nearest town is Tājūrā’, about 15 km away.
Tripoli, historically known as Tripoli-of-the-West, is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 3.246 million people in 2021. It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay. It includes theRead more
port of Tripoli and the country's largest commercial and manufacturing center. It is also the site of the University of Tripoli.
Tripoli was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians, who gave it the Libyco-Berber name Oyat (Punic: 𐤅𐤉𐤏𐤕, romanized: Wyʿt), before passing into the hands of the Greek rulers of Cyrenaica as Oea (Ancient Greek: Ὀία, romanized: Oía). Due to the city's long history, there are many sites of archeological significance in Tripoli. Tripoli may also refer to the sha'biyah (top-level administrative division in the Libyan system), the Tripoli District.
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Tripoli is in Tripoli, Libya, about 15 km from Tājūrā’.
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- Population
- 1,302,947
- Continent
- Africa
- Country
- Libya
- Region
- Tripoli
- Timezone
- Africa/Tripoli
- Coordinates
- 32.8874, 13.1873
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