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| | Tripoli (Libya) - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Tripoli (Libya) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Capital and chief port of Libya, on the Mediterranean coast, 600 km/373 mi west of Benghazi; population (1996 est) 990,000, urban agglomeration 1,682,000. |
 | | Old Tripoli is a typical Moorish city, containing a Spanish fortress, many beautiful gardens, and several fine mosques, including the Great Mosque (1294) and the Teylan Mosque (1336). |
 | | Tripoli is at the junction of old caravan routes to Timbuktu, Lake Chad, and Darfur, and three railway lines diverge from it to Zuara, Garian, and Tagiura. |
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