What is Tripoli?
{{refimprove|date=September 2024}} {{about|the city in Libya}} {{Infobox settlement |name = Tripoli |native_name = {{Nobold|{{lang|ar|طرابلس}}}} |settlement_type = [[List of cities in Libya|Capital city]] |official_name = Ṭarābulus |image_skyline = Tripoli Montage.jpg |imagesize = 265px |image_caption = '''Top:''': [[That El Emad Towers]]; '''Middle''': [[Martyrs' Square, Tripoli|Martyrs' Square]]; '''Bottom left:''' [[Marcus Aurelius]] Arch; '''Bottom right:''' Souq al-Mushir – Tripoli Medina <!-- images, nickname, motto --> |image_flag = Flag of Tripoli, Libya.svg |image_seal = Coat of arms of the Municipality of Central Tripoli.svg <!-- maps and coordinates --> |pushpin_map = Libya |pushpin_mapsize = 265px |map_caption = '''Tripoli''' in [[Libya]] | coordinates = {{coord|32|53|14|N|13|11|29|E|region:LY|display=inline,title}} <!-- location --> |subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{LBY}} |subdivision_type1 = Region |subdivision_name1 = [[Tripolitania]] |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = [[Tripoli District]] <!-- government type, leaders --> |leader_title = [[Mayor]] |leader_name = Abdulrauf Beitelmal <!-- area --> |area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:1,507|R}} <!-- population --> |population_total = {{formatnum:1,170,000|R}} |population_as_of = 2019 |population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> |timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset = +02:00 }} '''Tripoli''' is a [[city]] in northwest [[Libya]]. It is the [[Capital (city)|capital]] of the [[country]]. More than three million people live in the metropolitan area. Originally a [[Phoenicia]]n 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|Italian empir