Tripoli, Lebanon
Tripoli (Formal Arabic: طرابلس / ALA-LC: Ṭarābulus[a 1]; Lebanese Arabic: Ṭrāblus;[2] Greek: Τρίπολις / Tripolis) is the largest city in northern Lebanon and the second-largest city in Lebanon. It is the capital of the North Governorate and the Tripoli District. It has the second largest port in Lebanon.
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طرابلس | |
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| Ṭarābulus | |
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| Coordinates: 34°26′12″N 35°50′04″E / 34.43667°N 35.83444°ECoordinates: 34°26′12″N 35°50′04″E / 34.43667°N 35.83444°E | |
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| Governorate | North Governorate |
| District | Tripoli District |
| Area | |
| • Total | 27.30 km2 (10.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
| • Total | 342,760 |
| • Density | 12,555.3/km2 (32,518/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+02:00 (EET) |
About 80 percent of the people who live in the city are Sunni Muslims, as well as Alawite Muslims (approximately 15%), and a small percentage of Orthodox and Maronite Christians (approximately 5%).
Tripoli, Lebanon Media
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The walled Nahr Abu Ali at Tripoli
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Calligraphic representation of the Laqab of Tripoli, Lebanon "Tripoli, city of the 'ilm and the 'Ulamā'."
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Overview of historical districts in Tripoli
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Ruins in Tripoli, Lebanon.
Tripoli, Lebanon - Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles
The Mansouri Great Mosque (late 13th century). The arches and courtyard date from the Mamluk period but the minaret is believed to be an earlier Christian structure.
Downtown historical Tripoli
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Tripoli, Lebanon. The city is famous for having the largest Crusader fortress in Lebanon and also having the second largest amount of Mamluk architectural heritage on Earth (behind Cairo).
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Jacob Peeters. Description des principales villes, havres et isles du golfe de Venise du coté oriental. Comme aussi des villes et forteresses de la Moree, et quelques places de la Grèce, Antwerp, Sur le marché des vieux Souliers, 1690.
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Tripoli gold bezant in Arabic (1270–1300), and Tripoli silver gros (1275–1287), British Museum
Notes
- ↑ This pronunciation of Tripoli's Arabic name is written down as طَرَابُلُس in vowelized form.[1]
References
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