&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:Map_of_traditional_provinces_of_Libye-en.svg) Tripolitania as a subdivision of Libya 1934–1963. | |
| Capital | Tripoli |
| Area | |
• Total | 353,000 km2 (136,000 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)[note 1] | |
• Total | 3,601,853 |
| • Density | 10/km2 (26/sq mi) |
Tripolitania province is one of the three traditional Provinces of Libya. It was a formal province from 1934 until 1963, when it was subdivided into the Governorates of Libya. Its capital was the city of Tripoli. Between 1911 and 1934 it had been the separately governed colony of Italian Tripolitania.
In 1963 the province was split into:
- Al Khums Governorate
- Az Zawiyah Governorate
- Gharian Governorate
- Misrata Governorate
- Tarabulus Governorate
- ^ Abdel Aziz Tarih Sharaf, "Jughrafia Libia", Munsha’at al Ma’arif, Alexandria, 2nd ed., 1971, pp. 232-233.
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