1. General Description and History
Tripoli (Ar. Ṭarāblus, Iṭrāblus), located on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, is the largest city of Libya. It has 1.5 million inhabitants and occupies an area of 400 square kilometers (154 square miles).
In antiquity, the name Tripoli referred to the three-city polis of Sabratha, Oea, and Leptis Magna. Although it was founded by the Phoenicians in the sixt…