What is Tripoli, Lebanon?
{{Infobox settlement |name = Tripoli |native_name = {{Nobold|{{lang|ar|طرابلس}}}} |settlement_type = [[List of cities in Lebanon|City]] |official_name = Ṭarābulus |image_skyline = Tripoli, Lebanon photos, Aug 2012.jpg |imagesize = 265px |image_caption = Clockwise from top left: [[Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles]], [[Mansouri Great Mosque]] minaret, [[Mamluk architecture]], bay view, and a [[Syriac Catholic Church|Syriac Catholic]] church <!-- images, nickname, motto --> |image_flag = |image_seal = <!-- maps and coordinates --> |pushpin_map = Lebanon |pushpin_mapsize = 265px |map_caption = '''Tripoli''' in [[Lebanon]] | coordinates = {{coord|34|26|12|N|35|50|04|E|region:LB_type:city|display=inline, title}} <!-- location --> |subdivision_type = [[List of countries|Country]] |subdivision_name = {{LBN}} |subdivision_type1 = [[Governorates of Lebanon|Governorate]] |subdivision_name1 = [[North Governorate]] |subdivision_type2 = District |subdivision_name2 = [[Tripoli District]] <!-- government type, leaders --> |leader_title = |leader_name = <!-- area --> |area_total_km2 = {{formatnum:27.30|R}} <!-- population --> |population_total = {{formatnum:342,760|R}} |population_as_of = 2017 |population_density_km2 = auto <!-- time zone(s) --> |timezone = [[Eastern European Time|EET]] |utc_offset = +02:00 }} '''Tripoli''' ([[Modern Standard Arabic|Formal]] {{lang-ar|طرابلس}} / [[ALA-LC]]: ''Ṭarābulus''{{#tag:ref|This pronunciation of Tripoli's Arabic name is written down as طَرَابُلُس in [[Arabic diacritics|vowelized form]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geographic.org/geographic_names/name.php?uni=6486705&fid=3654&c=lebanon |title=طَرَابُلُس: Lebanon |work=Geographical Names |accessdate=2010-12-13}}</ref>|group=a}}; [[Lebanese Arabic]]: ''Ṭrāblus'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geographic.or