Tripoli (Standard Arabic: طرابلس Ṭarābulus; Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس Ṭrāblos or Ṭrēblos, Greek: Τρίπολις Tripolis, Turkish: Trablusşam) is a city in Lebanon. Situated north of Batroun and the cape of Lithoprosopon, Tripoli is the capital of the North Governorate and the Tripoli District (In Lebanon the districts are subunits of governorates). The city is located 85 km north of the capital Beirut, and can be described as the easternmost port of Leb...
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Tripoli (Standard Arabic: طرابلس Ṭarābulus; Lebanese Arabic: طرابلس Ṭrāblos or Ṭrēblos, Greek: Τρίπολις Tripolis, Turkish: Trablusşam) is a city in Lebanon. Situated north of Batroun and the cape of Lithoprosopon, Tripoli is the capital of the North Governorate and the Tripoli District (In Lebanon the districts are subunits of governorates). The city is located 85 km north of the capital Beirut, and can be described as the easternmost port of Lebanon.
In ancient times, it was the center of a Phoenician confederation which included Tyre, Sidon and Arados, hence the name Tripoli, meaning "triple city" in Greek. Later, it was controlled successively by the Assyrian Empire, Persian Empire, Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Caliphate, the Seljuk Empire, Crusader States, the Mamluks, and the Ottoman Empire. The Crusaders established the County of Tripoli there in the twelfth century.
Tripoli is today the second-largest city and second-largest port in Lebanon, with approximately 500...
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