Tripoli

(trip'o-le,) the most E. of the Barbary States of N. Africa, constituting a regency or vilayet of the Turkish empire, extending along the S. coast of the Mediterranean, bet. N. Lat. 28°-33°, E. Lon. 11°-25°, and b. E. by the Libyan Desert, S. by the Gharian Mts., which separate it from the Great Desert of Sahara, and W. byBeled-el-Jerid and Tunis. Area, 61,760 sq. m. Sur faco diversified; soil fertile along the seaboard, but desert in the interior. The govt. is vested in a viceroy, who has the rank, title, and authority of a Turkish pasha, and the revenue is chiefly raised by tax or tribute. Pop. 750,000.-A fort if. city and seaport, C. of above regency, on the Mediterranean; N. Lat. 32° 53′ 56", E. Lon. 13° 11'. Pop. 15,000. [s. 907]