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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.
Map of Libya Tripoli, capital of Libya Sabratha Misurata Derna Tobruk Sirte Ghadames Tajura Ubari. This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya.Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
The official language of Libya is Arabic, with vernacular Libyan Arabic being spoken most widely. The majority of Libya's population is Arab. [9] The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in northwestern Libya and contains over a million of Libya's seven million people. [10]
Tripoli District (Arabic: طرابلس عروس البحر, Aros Al baher Ṭarābulus) is one of the 22 first level subdivisions of Libya. Its capital and largest city is Tripoli, the national capital. Tripoli District is in the Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya. The district has a shoreline along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in ...
Major armed factions remained visible on the streets of Libya's capital Tripoli on Thursday after the Government of National Unity said they had agreed to withdraw from checkpoints and stop ...
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.
Tripoli, Libya, the capital of Libya Tripoli District, Libya, one of Libya's districts; Tripolitania, a historic region of Libya Ottoman Tripolitania, frequently described as the "Kingdom of Tripoli" Tripolis (region of Africa), a district in ancient Tripolitania; Islamic Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, historical polity
The term شعبية in Arabic can mean both "popularity" or "That that is of the people" or more simply "pertaining to the people". The second meaning was used by the Libyan government to refer to the districts of Libya, in tandem with the general ideology of the state. Sha'biyat in Libya are the highest administrative level.