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Libya, [b] officially the State of Libya, [c] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest, as well as maritime borders with Greece, Italy and Malta to the north.
A dust storm over the Tripolitania region of Libya. Over 90% of Libya is desert. Area: Total: 1 759 540 km 2 Land: 1 759 540 km 2 Water: 0 km 2 Area - comparative: Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, seven times the size of the United Kingdom, and slightly larger than Alaska.
Below is a list of countries in Africa by area. [1] Algeria has been the largest country in Africa and the Arab world since the division of Sudan in 2011. The largest African country not located in the Arab world is the Democratic Republic of the Congo located in Central Africa, which is also the second largest in the continent.
Dymaxion map of the world with the 30 largest countries and territories by area. This is a list of the world's countries and their dependencies, ranked by total area, including land and water.
Map of Libya Tripoli, capital of Libya Sabratha Misurata Derna Tobruk Sirte Ghadames Tajura Ubari. This is a list of the 100 largest populated places in Libya.Some places in the list could be considered suburbs or neighborhoods of some large cities in the list, so this list is not definitive.
Gaddafi is ousted in August and killed in October. A rebel council stages elections for an interim General National Congress which creates a transitional government but true power lies with an ...
Before coming to Libya, Daniel dropped two feet of rain on parts of Greece on Sept. 5 and 6—as much as the region usually sees in 18 months. Then it swung west, and south, then, at the last ...
The ancient Greeks, such as Herodotus, regarded the whole of the North African littoral, to Cape Spartel in Morocco, as "Libya". Later, the Romans organized the region the provinces of Libya Inferior and Libya Superior, which covered western Egypt and Cyrenaica. Thus the "Libyan Desert" was the desert to the south of Ancient Libya.