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The district has a shoreline along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north (Gulf of Tripoli), Zawiya in the west, Jafara in the southwest, Jabal al Gharbi in the south and Murqub in the east. Per the census estimates of 2012, the total population in the region was 157,747 with 150,353 Libyans.
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.
Fazzan wasn't strictly a district, but a historical muhafazah or wilayah along with Tripolitania (capital Tripoli) and Cyrenaica (capital Cyrene-near nowadays Shahhat- with Diocletian, moved to Ptolemais after the earthquake of 365, and to Barce-nowadays Barca- with Omer Bin Khattab in 643).
Sūq al-Jum'a (also Soug el Giuma, Soug El Juma’aa, or Sough el Giumaa ( Arabic : سوق الجمعة ), literally "Friday Market") is a densely populated residential district of Tripoli, Libya, located about 5 miles east of central Tripoli and now incorporated into the greater metropolitan area of the capital. The population in (2011) was ...
Tripoli borders the city of El Mina, the port of the Tripoli District, ... The population size of Mamluk Tripoli is estimated at 20,000–40,000; against 100,000 in ...
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 ...
As of 2019, twenty-eight percent of the population is estimated to be under the age of 15, but this proportion has decreased considerably during the past decades. [16] The majority of the population of Libya is composed of Arabs. [11] [17] [18] Eight population censuses have been carried out in Libya, the first in 1931 and the most recent one ...
The Tripoli District is a small, but very densely populated district in the North Governorate of Lebanon. It consists of the city Tripoli , its port town El Mina and the surrounding area. The vast majority of residents are Sunni Muslim (approximately 80%), a small minority Orthodox and Maronite Christians , and a small minority of Alawite Muslims .