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| + | '''Tripoli''' is the [[capital city]] and the largest city of [[Libya]], with a population of about three million people in 2019.<ref">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/350.html </ref> 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]]. | ||
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| + | The city used to be a well functioning and prosperous place with living standards comparable to Europe until the [[2011 Attacks on Libya|NATO-intervention in 2011]]. Due to the chaos afterwards and no funding for infrastructure, the city's population has sunk into poverty, but there is no longer a government capable of keeping statistics. | ||
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Tripoli is the capital city and the largest city of Libya, with a population of about three million people in 2019.<ref">https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/350.html </ref> 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.
The city used to be a well functioning and prosperous place with living standards comparable to Europe until the NATO-intervention in 2011. Due to the chaos afterwards and no funding for infrastructure, the city's population has sunk into poverty, but there is no longer a government capable of keeping statistics.
