• the capital and chief port and largest city of Libya; in northwestern Libya on the Mediterranean Sea; founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC


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  • Tarabulus al-Gharb, commonly known as Tripoli, is the capital city and the largest city of Libya. It is located in the northwestern part of the country on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay. The name Tarabulus al-Gharb translates to Tripoli of the West, to differentiate it from its sister city Tripoli, Lebanon, often referred to as Tarabulus al-Sham, meaning Tripoli of the East.

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