Tripoli District, Libya

Tripoli طرابلس
District
Tripoli Municipal beach
Map of Libya with Tripoli district highlighted
Coordinates: 32°39′N 13°19′E / 32.650°N 13.317°E / 32.650; 13.317
Country	Libya
Capital	Tripoli
Population  (2006)
• Total	1,065,405
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License Plate Code	5, 33, 46, 63

Tripoli District (Arabic: طرابلس عروس البحر, Aros Al baher Ṭarābulus) is one of the 22 first level subdivisions (بلدية) of Libya. Its capital and largest city is Tripoli, the national capital. Tripoli District is in the Tripolitania region of northwestern Libya. The district has a shoreline along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north (Gulf of Tripoli), Zawiya in the west, Jafara in the southwest, Jabal al Gharbi in the south and Murqub in the east.

Per the census estimates of 2012, the total population in the region was 157,747 with 150,353 Libyans. The average size of the household in the country was 6.9, while the average household size of non-Libyans being 3.7. There were totally 22,713 households in the district, with 20,907 Libyan ones. The population density of the district was 1,126 persons per sq. km.