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Ṭarāblus or Ṭarābulus (Arabic: طرابلس) is the Arabic form of Tripoli (Greek: Τρίπολις), often transliterated into Turkish as Trablus, and may refer to: Tripoli, Libya, historically Ṭarābulus al-Gharb ("Western Tripoli") Eyālet-i Trâblus Gârp (province, 1551–1864) of the Ottoman Empire, centered on the city
Tripoli overlooks the eastern Mediterranean Sea, and it is the northernmost seaport in Lebanon. The city is predominantly inhabited by Sunni Muslims, [3] with smaller populations of Alawites and Christians, including Maronites and Armenians among others. [4] The history of Tripoli dates back at least to the 14th century BC.
Tripoli district is a part of Triplotania geographical region of Libya that runs from north to south and has set of coastal oases, plains and limestone plateaus having an elevation of 2,000 ft (610 m) to 3,000 ft (910 m).
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.
Leo of Tripoli (early 10th century), a Greek renegade and fleet commander for the Abbasid Caliphate; Melisende of Tripoli (fl. around 1160), daughter of the ruler of the Crusader County of Tripoli, Lebanon; Salvatore Tripoli (1904–1990), American professional boxer and Olympic medalist; Tony Tripoli (born 1969), American actor and LGBT rights ...
Ottoman Tripolitania, also known as the Regency of Tripoli, was officially ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1551 to 1912. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It corresponded roughly to the northern parts of modern-day Libya in historic Tripolitania and Cyrenaica .
Historically, the name Tripoli designated a region rather than a city, just as today in Arabic the same word Tarablus (طرابلس) is used for both the city and the region. The Arabic word used alone would be understood to mean only the city; in order to designate Tripolitania in Arabic, a qualifier such as "state", "province" or "sha'biyah ...
Tarabulus is the Arabic name for Tripoli, and was sometimes applied to the entire Tripolitania province. The governorate's population was 379,925 in 1964 and had risen to 544,842 by 1972. [ 3 ] Although Tarabulus Governorate constituted less than 1% of the land area in Libya, more than 25% of the population lived there, with a density about ...