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The walled Nahr Abu Ali at Tripoli. Tripoli (/ ˈ t r ɪ p əl i / TRIP-əl-ee; Arabic: طَرَابُلُس, ALA-LC: Ṭarābulus, [1] pronounced [tˤaˈraːbulus] ⓘ; Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس, romanized: Ṭrāblus, locally [ˈtˤrɔːblɪs]; see below) is the largest and most important city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in the country. [2]
The Tripoli District is a small, but very densely populated district in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It consists of the city Tripoli , its port town El Mina and the surrounding area. The vast majority of residents are Sunni Muslim (approximately 80%), a small minority Orthodox and Maronite Christians , and a small minority of Alawite Muslims .
El-Mina is the site of the ancient city of Tripolis that dates back to the Phoenician era, and is one of Lebanon's oldest cities. The site of Tripolis moved inland after the Islamic reconquest from the crusaders, and today's El-Mina became the harbour district of greater Tripoli, eventually having its own municipal board in the beginning of the 20th century, separate from that of Tripoli, but ...
This is a list of cities and towns in Lebanon [1] distributed according to district. There are total 1000 districts. 56.21% of the population lives in 19 cities and towns, which gives the average 2,158 people per town.
Al-Qalamoun (Arabic: القلمون) is a Mediterranean seaside town of the North Governorate of Lebanon in the Tripoli District. [1] The town is 5 km south of Tripoli [ 2 ] and is also the first town south of Tripoli.
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The city of Tripoli was one of the last Byzantine outposts on the Syrian coast of the Mediterranean Sea during the early Muslim conquests; it surrendered in 645. [1] [2] Syria was a central province of the Muslim Caliphate, but the Abbasid caliphs' control of the region faded away towards the end of the 9th century.