Tripoli is Lebanon's second largest city after the capital Beirut and away from a distance of 83 km ..Located on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. They province of Northern Lebanon. Branched out from Tripoli several main roads are paved, including:
1 - Tripoli, Beirut.
2 - through Tripoli rice.
3 - by Tripoli Latakia in the Syrian Arab Republic.
And was passing the railway route from of Palestine south to Syria in the north.
Located in front of Tripoli islands rabbits and palm, which is famous for its northern coastal location is important. One of the main citrus crops and other types of vegetables and fruits.
Its facilities commercial medium-sized and called the port, is also famous for industry traditional and other modern, the most important food industry and sugars and sweets, and upholstery, and industry soaps, detergents and pesticides, and the tourist facilities and archaeological sites most important fortress of Tripoli, in addition to banking activities and different cultural and most important project Tripoli International Fair, and Castle Crusader Raymond de Toulouse, and several mosques dating back to the days of the Mamluks. In Tripoli oil refinery famous.
History
Tripoli, an ancient city in the foot, was dubbed Tripoli Sham distinct from Tripoli West and dubbed Fayhaa to the large orchards and diversity of trees and Oroadha and Raahinha.
Founded by the Phoenicians in 800 BC.. And opened the Arabs in 638 AD. Flourished during the rule of Beni Ammar in the eleventh century AD. Ruled by the Crusaders and then retrieved them Sultan Qalawun.
Flags
Emerged from Tripoli by a group of people and science credit, including:
** Muawiya ibn Yahya Trabelsi and known as Abu naughty happened Makhoul and syphilis.
* Said bin Ajlan Trabelsi.
* Ismail bin Harith Trabelsi.
* Abdullah ibn Ishaq Trabelsi.
** Khaythamah bin Suleiman bin Hydra Trabelsi, one of the most important to keep the Levant.
* Mohammed bin Suleiman Trabelsi.
* Hamza bin Abdullah al-Faqih writer.
التسميات
Lebanon