Tripoli

Tripoli is a city in northwest Libya. It is the capital of the country. More than three million people live in the metropolitan area.

This article is about the city in Libya. For other uses, see Tripoli (disambiguation).

Tripoli طرابلس
Capital city
Ṭarābulus
Top:: That El Emad Towers; Middle: Martyrs' Square; Bottom left: Marcus Aurelius Arch; Bottom right: Souq al-Mushir – Tripoli Medina
Flag Seal
Tripoli Tripoli in Libya
Coordinates: 32°53′14″N 13°11′29″E
Country	Libya
Region	Tripolitania
District	Tripoli District
Government
• Mayor	Abdulrauf Beitelmal
Area
• Total	1,507 km2 (582 sq mi)
Population  (2019)
• Total	1,170,000
• Density	780/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+02:00 (EET)

Originally a Phoenician colony, Tripoli became in turn part of Greek and Roman Cyrenaica, a pirate port, a part of the Ottoman Empire, and the capital of the Italian empire in North Africa.^[1]