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Detailed map of Tripolitania Flag of the Tripolitania Vilayet (1864–1911) Official coat of arms of the Italian Tripolitania. Ottoman Tripolitania (Ottoman Turkish: ایالت طرابلس غرب) extended beyond the region of Tripolitania proper, also including Cyrenaica.
In November 1942, the Allied forces retook Cyrenaica. By February 1943, the last German and Italian soldiers were driven from Libya and the Allied occupation of Libya began. Tripolitania 10-lire stamp of 1950 with face of King George VI. Tripolitania and Cyrenaica remained under British administration, while the French controlled Fezzan.
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 .
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 ...
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 ...
Then, from 1927 to 1934, the territory was split into two separate colonies, each of which run by its own Italian governor: Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania. In 1934, Italy adopted the name "Libya" (Italian Libya) as the official name of the reunified area and administratively divided it up into the three provinces of Cyrenaica ...
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 ".
In 1939, Tripolitania was considered a part of the Kingdom of Italy's 4th Shore. Although resistance to the Italian colonisers was less prevalent in Tripolitania than Cyrenaica (which waged significant guerilla warfare), a resistance group did form the Tripolitanian Republic in 1918. Although it didn't succeed in setting up a republic, it ...