| LC control no. | n 81146957 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Geographic heading | Tripoli (Libya) |
| Geographic subdivision usage | Libya--Tripoli |
| Variant(s) | Tripoli Ṭarābulus al-Gharb (Libya) Ṭarābulus (Libya) Trables (Libya) طرابلس (Libya) طرابلس الغرب (Libya) Tripoli-of-the-West (Libya) Western Tripoli (Libya) |
| See also | Oea (Libya) |
| Associated country | Libya |
| Special note | Non-Latin script references not evaluated. |
| Found in | BGN 9-19-85 (Ṭarābulus; Tripoli [conventional], ppl, 32°54ʹN 13°11ʹE) Wikipedia, September 24, 2015 (Tripoli (Arabic: طرابلس = Ṭarābulus; Berber: Ṭrables) is the de jure capital city and the largest city of Libya; Tripoli was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians, who named it Oea; also known as Tripoli-of-the-West (Arabic: طرابلس الغرب = Ṭarābulus al-Gharb), to distinguish it from its older Phoenician sister city Tripoli, Lebanon known in Arabic as Ṭarābulus al-Sham (طرابلس الشام) meaning "Levantine Tripoli"; 32°54ʹ8ʺN 13°11ʹ9ʺE) Britannica online, September 24, 2015 (Tripoli, Arabic Ṭarābulus, in full Ṭarābulus al-Gharb ("The Western Tripoli"), capital city of Libya; known as Oea in ancient times and was one of the original cities (along with Sabratha and Leptis Magna) that formed the African Tripolis, or Tripolitania) <http://www.britannica.com/place/Tripoli> The world factbook, via WWW, September 24, 2015 (under Libya: capital: Tripoli (Tarabulus); geographic coordinates: 32 53 N, 13 10 E) |
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