‘Aziziya
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Aziziya (; ' / ' / ''), sometimes spelled El Azizia'', is a small town and capital of the Jafara district in northwestern Libya, southwest of the capital Tripoli. From 1918 to 1922, it was the capital of the Tripolitanian Republic, the first formal republic in the Arab world. Before 2001, it was part of the Aziziya District and served as its capital. Aziziya is a major trade centre of the Sahel Jeffare plateau, being on a trade route from the coast to the Nafusa Mountains and the Fezzan region to the south. As of 2006, the town's population has been estimated at 23,399.
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- 2006
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- Aziziya
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- العزيزية
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- Libya
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- bottom
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- Location in Libya
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- Country
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- Region
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- Tripolitania
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- District
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- Jafara
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- Imperial
- Settlement.population_total
- 23399
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- Religions
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- EET
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- +2
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 119
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Aziziya (; ' / ' / ''), sometimes spelled El Azizia'', is a small town and capital of the Jafara district in northwestern Libya, southwest of the capital Tripoli. From 1918 to 1922, it was the capital of the Tripolitanian Republic, the first formal republic in the Arab world. Before 2001, it was part of the Aziziya District and served as its capital. Aziziya is a major trade centre of the Sahel Jeffare plateau, being on a trade route from the coast to the Nafusa Mountains and the Fezzan region to the south. As of 2006, the town's population has been estimated at 23,399.
==Geography and climate== According to the Köppen climate classification, Aziziya has a borderline hot semi-arid climate (BSh) immediately bordering a hot desert climate (BWh). On 13 September 1922, a high temperature of was recorded in Aziziya. This was long considered the highest temperature ever measured on Earth, however this record was deemed illegitimate in 2012 after an investigation by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “‘Aziziya” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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