Capital and most populous city of Libya
Tripoli
Tripoli, historically known as Tripoli-of-the-West, is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 3.246 million people in 2021.
It is located in the northwest of Libya on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay. It includes the port of Tripoli and the country's largest commercial and manufacturing center. It is also the site of the University of Tripoli.
How locals move
Getting around Tripoli the local way
- Get inThis journey should only be completed in daylight hours as its very dangerous at night, many sheep, camels, cows, and of course shepherds roam the roads in evening and are hard to spot.
- Get inTripoli used to be connected with ferries from Malta and other parts of the Mediterranean.
- Get inHowever, due to decades of isolation and the current turmoil there are as of 2022 no scheduled ferries to Tripoli or anywhere else in Libya.
- Get inFor those intent on travelling by ferry, an option might be to travel to neighboring Tunisia, a country that receives plenty of ferries from ports in Europe, and continue overland.
From Wikivoyage: Tripoli, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.
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