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Tripoli is now sole capital of Libya, a position the city shared with Benghazi from independence in 1951 until the 1970's.
135.86 F 57.7° C
Small North Carolina town in "The Web and the Rock", 1939; and "You Can't Go Home Again", 1940
Founded in 1837 - dissolution in 1969. King Idris was overthrown by a military coup led by Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi.
Since March 2016. The political landscape in Libya has been unstable since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi. Various factions dispute his authority.
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