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The region of Tripoli or Tripolitania derives from the Greek name Τρίπολις "three cities", referring to Oea, Sabratha and Leptis Magna. Oea was the only one of the three cities to survive antiquity, and became known as Tripoli. Today Tripoli is the capital city of Libya and the northwestern portion of the country.
The memoirs of Francesco Crispi states the discussion of Tripoli during the Congress of Berlin. [2] The discussion was halted as it was not a priority, however Italy's attention in the congress was focused on Tripoli. [3] Their expansion into Tripoli, which they believed was their right, was reluctantly accepted by other European Powers. [3]
Tripoli Province (Provincia di Tripoli in Italian) was one of the provinces of Libya under Italian rule. It was established in 1937, with the official name: Commissariato Generale Provinciale di Tripoli .
Tripoli, [a] historically known as Tripoli-of-the-West, [b] is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.317 million people in 2021. [4] 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.
Tripoli, Lebanon, the second largest city in Lebanon Tripoli District, Lebanon, a district in North Governorate; Tripolis (region of Phoenicia), a maritime district in ancient Phoenicia; County of Tripoli, one of the medieval Crusader states centered in Tripoli, Lebanon; Eyalet of Tripoli, a province of the Ottoman Empire centered in Tripoli ...
Libya (Italian: Libia; Arabic: ليبيا الايطالية, romanized: Lībyā al-Īṭālīya) was a colony of Italy located in North Africa, in what is now modern Libya, between 1934 and 1943. It was formed from the unification of the colonies of Cyrenaica and Tripolitania , which had been Italian possessions since 1911.
CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s rival prime ministers on Monday returned to the capital of Tripoli from Italy on a charter flight with a commercial airline, the first direct flight between the two ...
The number of provinces in Italy has been steadily growing in recent years, as many new ones are carved out of older ones. Usually, the province's name is the same as that of its capital city. According to the 2014 reform, each province is headed by a President (or Commissioner) assisted by a legislative body, the Provincial Council, and an ...