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29-497: [REDACTED] Look up derna in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Derna may refer to: Places [ edit ] Derna District , a district in eastern Libya Derna, Libya , a port city in that district Apostolic Vicariate of Derna , a Catholic pre-diocesan jurisdiction with see in that city RAF Derna , a former Royal Air Force station located near Derna, Libya, during

58-538: A city, just as today in Arabic the same word Tarablus (طرابلس) is used for both the city and the region. The Arabic word used alone would be understood to mean only the city; in order to designate Tripolitania in Arabic, a qualifier such as "state", "province" or "sha'biyah" is required. The region of Tripoli or Tripolitania derives from the Greek name Τρίπολις "three cities", referring to Oea , Sabratha and Leptis Magna . Oea

87-465: Is administratively split into 13 regions from the original 25 municipalities, which were further divided in 1,500 communes. Since 2015, the chief of the state is a Chairman of Presidential Council, while the Prime Minister is the head of the state. The House of Representatives is an elected body that is elected on universal suffrage and popular vote. As of 2016, there were 22 administrative divisions in

116-440: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Derna District Per the census 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

145-670: The 1140s, the Italo-Normans invaded Tripoli and created the brief Kingdom of Africa , which the Almohad Caliphate destroyed in 1156. Abu Zakariya Yahya , a vassal of the Almohads, established an independent state in Tunisia in 1229 and took control of Tripolitania shortly after. He founded the Hafsid dynasty , which controlled the region until the 16th century. During that century, wars between

174-464: The 15th century, who established Ottoman Tripolitania as a distinct province. Tripolitania became an Italian colony in 1911. After the 1934 formation of Libya, the Tripolitania province was designated as one of the three primary provinces of the country , alongside Cyrenaica province to the east and Fezzan province to the south. Historically, the name Tripoli designated a region rather than

203-591: The Carthaginian empire . Following the defeat of Carthage in the Punic Wars , Ancient Rome organized the region (along with what is now modern day Tunisia and eastern Algeria ), into a province known as Africa , and placed it under the administration of a proconsul . During the Diocletian reforms of the late 3rd century, all of North Africa was placed into the newly created Diocese of Africa , of which Tripolitania

232-938: The North African coastal deserts between first Fascist Italians and the British, soon joined by the Nazi Germans in 1941. Libya was finally occupied by the western Allies , with the British moving west from Egypt after their victory at El Alamein in October 1942 against German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps and the Americans from the west after landings in Operation Torch in Morocco and Algeria in November 1942. From 1942 and past

261-681: The Ottomans and the states ruled by the House of Habsburg repeatedly led to the region changing alliances, although the Hafsids continued to rule. Hafsid rule ended when the Ottoman Empire brought Abu Abdallah Muhammad VI ibn al-Hasan to Constantinople in 1574 and executed him. Ottoman Tripolitania ( Ottoman Turkish : ایالت طرابلس غرب ) extended beyond the region of Tripolitania proper, also including Cyrenaica. Tripolitania became effectively independent under

290-468: The President Gaddafi for 42 years till the 2011 armed rebellion which topple him. As per the constitution, Libya is the most decentralized Arab nation, but practically all powers are vested on central government on account of control over the oil revenues. Local governmental institutions manage the administration of education, industry, and communities. As a part of decentralization in 2012, the country

319-793: The Second World War Derna, Bihor , Romania, a commune Derna mine Derna oil field Derna (river) , Romania Derna Province , a province of Libya established in 1937 under Italian rule People [ edit ] Derna Casetti (born 1959), Italian former female middle-distance and cross-country runner Derna Polazzo (1912–?), Italian sprinter and long jumper Other uses [ edit ] Battle of Derna (disambiguation) See also [ edit ] [REDACTED] Search for "Derna" on Misplaced Pages. All pages with titles beginning with Derna All pages with titles containing Derna Darneh (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

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348-757: The coast. Tripolitania experienced a huge development in the late 1930s, when the Italian Fourth Shore was created with the Province of Tripoli , with Tripoli as a modern "westernized" city. The Tripoli Province ("Provincia di Tripoli" in Italian) was established in 1937, with the official name being Commissariato Generale Provinciale di Tripoli . It was considered a province of the Kingdom of Italy and lasted until 1943. During World War II , several back-and-forth campaigns with mobile armour vehicles ebbed and flowed across

377-530: The coastal regions, the climate is Mediterranean in coastal areas, while it is desert climate in all other parts. Dust storms lasting four to eight days is pretty common during Spring. Tripolitania is the northwest region, while it is Cyrenaica in the east and Fezzen in southwest. Cyrenacia is the largest region in Libya, which is mostly semi arid in nature. The region receives an annual rainfall of 5 in (130 mm). There are few perennial rivers and streams in

406-691: The counter offensive of the Byzantine Empire in the 530s, under the leadership of emperor Justinian the Great and his general Belisarius . In the 7th century, Tripolitania was conquered by the Rashidun Caliphate , and its successors, the Umayyad and Abbasid Caliphates , inherited it. The Fatimid Caliphate , founded by Isma'ili Muslims in 909 in Raqqada , Tunisia, ruled the area from Tunisia to Syria. In

435-468: The country in the form of districts. Per the census 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 1.86 persons per km . Per 2006 census, there were totally 56,607 economically active people in

464-456: The country. 32°30′N 22°40′E  /  32.500°N 22.667°E  / 32.500; 22.667 Tripolitania Tripolitania / t r ɪ p ɒ l ɪ ˈ t eɪ n i ə / ( Arabic : طرابلس ), historically known as the Tripoli region , is a historic region and former province of Libya . The region had been settled since antiquity, first coming to prominence as part of

493-472: The district was 1.86 persons per km . Per 2006 census, there were totally 56,607 economically active people in the district. Libya has mostly a flat undulating plain and occasional plateau, with an average elevation of around 423 m (1,388 ft). Around 91 per cent of the land is covered by desert, with only 8.8 per cent agricultural land (with only 1% arable lands) and 0.1 per cent of forests. The major resources are petroleum, gypsum and natural gas. Along

522-456: The district. There were 38,753 government employees, 2,850 employers, 21,996 first level workers and 042 second level workers. There were 17,448 workers in state administration, 1,496 in agriculture, animal husbandry and forestry, 1,667 in agriculture & hunting, 17,320 in education, 5,364 in private enterprises, 3,520 in health & social work, 2,629 in production, 18,549 in technical work and 808 service workers. The total enrollment in schools

551-490: The end of the war in 1945 to 1951, when Libya gained independence, Tripolitania and the region of Cyrenaica were administered by the British Military Administration . Italy formally renounced its claim upon the territory in 1947. Tripolitania retained its status as a province in the Kingdom of Libya from 1951 to 1963, when it was replaced by a new system of governorates , which divided Tripolitania into

580-464: The fascist dictator Benito Mussolini , had managed to re-establish full control over Libya by 1930. Originally administered as part of a single colony, Italian Tripolitania was a separate colony from 26 June 1927 to 3 December 1934, when it was merged into Libya. The Italian fascists constructed the Marble Arch as a form of an imperial triumphal arch at the border between Tripolitani and Cyrenaica near

609-500: The independence of Tripolitania from Italian Libya . Its proclamation in autumn 1918 was followed by a formal declaration of independence at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference , which drafted the Treaty of Versailles . It was the first formally declared republican form of government in the Arab world , but it gained little support from international powers and had disintegrated by 1923. Italy, under

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638-407: The region, but the region is abundant with groundwater aquifers. From 1998 to 2007, Derna District was smaller, including an area of 4,908 km (see map), and bordered the following districts, namely, Al Qubah in west and south and Butnan in southeast. Libya became independent in 1951 from the colonial empire and generally known for its oil rich resources. All the powers rested centrally with

667-455: The rulers of the Karamanli dynasty in 1711 until Ottoman control was re-imposed by Mahmud II in 1835. Ottoman rule persisted until the region was captured by Italy in the 1911–1912 Italo-Turkish War . Italy officially granted autonomy after the war but gradually occupied the region. After World War I , an Arab republic , Al-Jumhuriya al-Trabulsiya , or " Tripolitanian Republic ", declared

696-501: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Derna . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Derna&oldid=1175900270 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Disambiguation pages with given-name-holder lists Hidden categories: Short description

725-656: The site of modern Tripoli , was founded by the Phoenicians in the 7th century BC. It was conquered for a short time by the Greek colonists of Cyrenaica , who were in turn displaced by the Punics of Carthage . The Roman Republic captured Tripolitania in 146 BC, and the area prospered during the Roman Empire period. The Latin name Regio Tripolitania dates to the 3rd century. The Vandals took over in 435, and were in turn supplanted by

754-628: The suzerainty of the Abbasid Caliphate , local dynasties such as the Aghlabids and later the Fatimid Caliphate were practically independent. The native Berbers , who had inhabited the area locally for centuries before the arrival of the Arabs , established their own native Hafsid dynasty over Ifriqiya in the 13th century, and would control the region until it was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in

783-428: Was 57,069 and the number of people above secondary stage and less than graduation was 3,310. As per the report from World Health Organization (WHO), there were one communicable disease centres, four dental clinics, one general clinics, two in-patient clinics, seven out-patient clinics, 38 pharmacies, 55 PHC centres, two polyclinics, two rural clinics and no specialized clinics. Islam is the state and major religion of

812-698: Was a constituent province. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century, Tripolitania changed hands between the Vandals and the Byzantine Empire , until it was taken during the Muslim conquest of the Maghreb in the 8th century. It was part of the region known to the Islamic world as Ifriqiya , whose boundaries roughly mirrored those of the old Roman province of Africa Proconsularis . Though nominally under

841-424: Was the only one of the three cities to survive antiquity, and became known as Tripoli . Today Tripoli is the capital city of Libya and the northwestern portion of the country. In addition to Tripoli , the following are among the largest and most important cities of Tripolitania: Misrata , Zawiya (near ancient Sabratha), Gharyan , Khoms (near ancient Leptis Magna), Tarhuna and Sirte . The city of Oea , on

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