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LIBYA c.1920 Old Postcard TRIPOLI Camel Oasis - SINAUM, Source

Publisher: Aula e Bragoni Tripoli
Series No: 88362
Background: Tripoli (population 1 million, Arabic: طرابلس Ṭarābulus) is the capital of Libya. The city is located in the northwest of the country; it lies on the edge of the desert, on a point of rocky land projecting into the Mediterranean Sea and forming a bay. The city was founded in the 7th century BC by the Phoenicians, who named it Oea.

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