Oea was an ancient city on the site of present-day Tripoli, Libya, founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC and later a Roman-Berber colony in the province of Africa Nova. It flourished especially in the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD under the influence of the Severan dynasty from neighboring Leptis Magna. Following the conquest of the Rashidun Caliphate in the 7th century AD, the city became known as Tripoli by the 9th century, the name the capital of Libya carries today.
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Founding Year Latitude32.899889 degrees north 2 Climate Zone Sources
1. Oea (Wikipedia)
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It was founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC and later became a Roman-Berber colony.
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It was founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC and later became a Roman-Berber colony.
- In Group: Cities of Northern Africa (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source2. Oea (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 32.899889, longitude 13.17575
3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, 13.25Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 32.75, 13.25
32.75 13.25 BSh
4. GeoNames: Tripoli - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 2210247Quote, cities500 record 2210247
32.88743 13.18733 P PPLC LY 77 1302947 15 Africa/Tripoli
Wikidata: Oea
Wikidata Q1994812, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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