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Tripolitania
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Tripolitania (), historically known as the Tripoli region, is a historic region and former province of Libya, located in the region that bordered Egypt to the east.
Tripolitania is a historic region in northwestern Libya that was once organized as a formal province and is historically known as the Tripoli area. It matters because it represents an important part of Libya's territorial and administrative history, having served as a significant geographic and political division in the region.
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- Tripolitania
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- Tripoli
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- historical region
- Country
- Libya
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Population
- 3601853
- Area
- 353000
- Form of government
- British Military Administration
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- Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
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- Italian Tripolitania
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Middle Ages
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Tripolitania (), historically known as the Tripoli region, is a historic region and former province of Libya, located in the region that bordered Egypt to the east.
The region had been settled since antiquity, first coming to prominence as part of the Carthaginian empire. Following the defeat of Carthage in the Punic Wars, Ancient Rome organized the region (along with what is now modern day Tunisia and eastern Algeria), into a province known as Africa, and placed it under the administration of a proconsul. During the Diocletian reforms of the late 3rd century, all of North Africa was placed into the newly created Diocese of Africa, of which Tripolitania was a constituent province.
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