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Tripoli

طرابلس الغرب

Tarabulus al-Gharb
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
Official seal of Tripoli
Seal
Tripoli is located in Libya
Tripoli
Tripoli
Location in Libya
Country Libya
Region Greater Tripoli
Districts 10 boroughs
First settled 7th century BC (as Oea)
Founded by Phoenicians
Area
 • Total 400 km2 (200 sq mi)
Elevation
81 m (266 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total 2,220,000
 • Density 4,500/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+2 (EET)
Area code(s) 21
Website www.tlc.gov.ly

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

It was originally a Phoenician colony. Later it became in turn part of Greek Cyrenaica, a Roman colony, a pirate port, and the capital of the Italian empire in North Africa.


Images for kids

  • Tripoli by Piri Reis

    Historic map of Tripoli by Piri Reis

  • A Mapp of the Citie and Port of Tripoli in Barbary - by John Seller 1675

    Tripoli, 1675, map by John Seller

  • Burning of the uss philadelphia

    The USS Philadelphia, heavy frigate of the United States Navy, burning at the Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor during the First Barbary War in 1804

  • Ottoman Clock Tower Tripoli

    Ottoman Clock tower in Tripoli's old town medina

  • TIF.Tripoli,Libya

    Fiera internazionale di Tripoli (Tripoli International Fair) in 1939

  • Tripolilibyanasa

    Astronaut view of Tripoli

  • Tripoli Central Business District from Oea Park

    Tripoli's central business district, where many Libyan and international companies have offices.

  • Al-Saraya al-Hamra Fortress, Tripoli (5282695461)

    The Red Castle Museum, the Archaeological Museum of Tripoli, is located inside an ancient castle.

  • Tripoli - In der Altstadt 03

    Tripoli's Old City (El-Madina El-Kadima), situated in the city centre, is one of the classical sites of the Mediterranean and an important tourist attraction.

  • Tehaa-Fans-SuperCup-BenTaher

    June 11 Stadium is the home stadium of both Al Ahly and Al Ittihad, and was the venue of the 1982 African Cup of Nations Final.

  • Tripoli Airport

    Tripoli International Airport

  • Naga Mosque Interior Tripoli Libya

    The An-Naga mosque is a 1610 reconstruction of a 10th-century mosque, it has original richly decorated Roman capitals crowning the forest of columns in its multi-domed hall.

  • LA CATTEDRALE DI TRIPOLI 1960

    The old Tripoli Cathedral (now a mosque) and the former FIAT centre (Algeria Square) during the 1960s

  • Tripoli Castle Libya interior

    A corridor in Old Tripoli

  • Tripoli Panorama

    A view of the Tripoli skyline from the Corinthia Hotel Tripoli

  • Ancient castle - panoramio

    The old Red Castle

  • Palazzo Reale di Tripoli

    Former Royal Palace of Tripoli

  • Tripoli Beach Park Libya

    Tripoli Beach

  • Emhemmed Elmgharief Street Tripoli

    Istiqlal Street in central Tripoli

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