Municipality of Tripoli
Tripoli - شعبية طرابلس | |
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Capital | Tripoli |
Residents | 1,065,405 (as of 2006) |
surface | 1,830 km² |
Population density | 582.19 inhabitants per km² |
Coordinates | 32 ° 41 ′ N , 13 ° 10 ′ E |
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The municipality of Tripoli , Arabic شعبية طرابلس, DMG Schabʿiyyat Ṭarābulus , is a Munizip (Schabiyat) of Libya .
geography
The municipality of Tripoli is located in Tripolitania , a region in the north-west of the country on the Mediterranean coast. The capital of the municipality is Tripoli .
Administrative history
From 1983 to 1995, today's municipality of Tripoli, organized as Baladiyat, was already the size it is today. The Shabiyat, which existed from 2001 to 2007, only comprised the city of Tripoli and its surroundings (400 km²). In 2007 the last territorial reform took place, in which Tajura Wa Al Nawahi AlArba ' (1430 km²) and the area of the capital Tripoli were united to form the municipality of Tripoli.