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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 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] Libya has been inhabited by Berbers since the late Bronze Age as descendants from Iberomaurusian and Capsian cultures. [11]
Capital Population % of country ... Libya: Tripoli: 1,170,000: 17.4%: ... Capital city; List of countries whose capital is not their largest city;
The Libyan population resides in the country of Libya, a territory located on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, to the west of and adjacent to Egypt. Tripoli is the capital of the country and is the city with the largest population. Benghazi is Libya's second largest city.
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
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 the north (Gulf of Tripoli), Zawiya in the west, Jafara in the southwest, Jabal al Gharbi in the south and Murqub in the east.
' Son of [the] Ghazi ') is the second-most-populous city in Libya as well as the largest city in Cyrenaica, with an estimated population of 859,000 in 2023. [2] Located on the Gulf of Sidra in the Mediterranean, Benghazi is also a major seaport. A Greek colony named Euesperides had existed in the area from around 525 BC.