Tripoli
capital city of Libya
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Summary
Tripoli is a city[1]. Tripoli ranks in the top 2% of city entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,250 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Tripoli District[3]
- Country: Libya[4]
- Located in or next to body of water: Mediterranean Sea[5]
- Instance of: port city[6], municipality of Libya[7], big city[8], national capital[9]
- Official language: Arabic[10]
- Founder: Phoenicia[11]
- Twinned administrative body: Algiers[12], Bogotá[13], Beirut[14], Belo Horizonte[15], Emirate of Dubai[16], Tashkent[17], Madrid[18], Sarajevo[19], Kyiv[20], Dubai[21]
- Commons category: Tripoli[22]
- Licence plate code: 5[23]
- Located in time zone: UTC+02:00[24]
- Local dialing code: 21[25]
- Inception: 601 BC[26]
- Official website: http://www.tripoli.info[27]
- Topic's main category: Category:Tripoli, Libya[28]
- Population: 1,293,016[29], 1,780,000[30], 1,150,990[31], 591,062[32], 481,295[33], 212,600[34], 1,126,000[35], 1,176,000[36], 40,000[37], 550,400[38], 74,700[39], 65,900[40], 98,900[41], 129,700[42]
- Described by source: Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia[43], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[44], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[45], Russian translation of Lübker's Antiquity Lexicon[46]
- Capital of: Libya[47], Kingdom of Libya[48], Tripoli District[49], Federation of Arab Republics[50], Tripolitania[51], Italian North Africa[52], Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya[53], Libyan Arab Republic[54]
- Official name: طرابلس[55]
- Category for people born here: Category:Births in Tripoli[56]
- Category for people who died here: Q9220216[57]
- Demonym: tripolini[58]
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Cultural Significance
Things named for Tripoli include Tripoli International Airport[59], an international airport[60], in Libya[61] and Pasha of Tripolitania[62], a position[63].
Why It Matters
Tripoli has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] Tripoli is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]
Entities named for Tripoli include Tripoli International Airport[59], an international airport[60], in Libya[61] and Pasha of Tripolitania[62], a position[63].