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After independence in 1951, until 1963, Libya was divided into three governorates : Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan. The eastern border between Tripolitania and Fezzan was before 1969 slightly different: the northern part of Al Jufrah District in today's Fezzan belonged to Tripolitania, see here File:Ottoman Provinces Of Present day ...
The top map shows Mauretania, Numidia and Africa, the bottom map shows Tripolitania, Cyrenaica (Pentapolis) and Marmarica. The territory of Tripolitania was characterized by the presence of a strong punic influence in the three main cities (Tripolitania means "land of three cities") of Oea (actual Tripoli), Sabratha and Leptis Magna , but by ...
Crete and Cyrenaica, 2nd century Roman Empire Map of Cyrenaica and Marmarica in the Roman era (Samuel Butler, 1907) The Latin name Cyrenaica (or Kyrenika ) dates to the first century BC. Although some confusion exists as to the exact territory Rome inherited, by 78 BC it was organized as one administrative province together with Crete .
Tripolitania within the Diocese of Africa, c.400 AD Notitia Dignitatum - Dux provinciae Tripolitanae. Tripolitania was a province of the Roman Empire.Between the 2nd century BC and the 3rd century AD it had been known as Syrtica; in the 3rd century it was renamed Tripolitania meaning "region of the three cities", referring to Oea (modern Tripoli of Libya), Sabratha and Leptis Magna.
Prior to the Italian invasion of 1911, the area of Libya was administered as three separate provinces ("Vilayets") of the Ottoman Empire: Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. At first, Italy continued the tripartite administration, but soon consolidated the area into a single province/governorate administered as the " Libyan Colony ".
Tripolitania / t r ɪ p ɒ l ɪ ˈ t eɪ n i ə / (Arabic: طرابلس), historically known as the Tripoli region, is a historic region and former province of Libya.. The region had been settled since antiquity, first coming to prominence as part of the Carthaginian empire.
Map of Libya with some of the most important wadis. Map of Libya's regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. This is a list of wadis in Libya.This list is arranged by region from west to east, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Libya comprises three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million km 2 (700,000 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. Libya claims 32,000 square kilometres of southeastern Algeria, south of the Libyan town of Ghat.