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Libya, [d] officially the State of Libya, [e] 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.
An enlargeable basic map of Libya. Pronunciation: / ˈ l ɪ b i ə / Common English country name: Libya; Official English country name: Libya, or Libyan Republic [1] Common endonym(s): Official endonym(s): Adjectival(s): Libyan; Demonym(s): Etymology: Name of Libya; International rankings of Libya; ISO country codes: LY, LBY, 434; ISO region ...
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.
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Libya comprises three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million km 2 (700,000 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. Libya claims 32,000 square kilometres of southeastern Algeria, south of the Libyan town of Ghat.
The name of Libya was changed several times during Gaddafi's tenure as leader. From 1969 to 1977, the name was the Libyan Arab Republic. In 1977, the name was changed to Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. [2] Jamahiriya was a term coined by Gaddafi, [2] usually translated as "state of the masses".
The two dams had suffered major damage in the 1980s, Libya’s general prosecutor al-Sediq al-Sour said last week during a news conference, adding that a government study a decade later revealed ...
Aftermath of the Libyan civil war (2011) Agriculture in Libya; Ahmed Karamanli; Allied administration of Libya; Ancient Libya; Armed Forces of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya; British Military Administration (Libya) Cabinet of Libya; Central Bank of Libya; Chadian–Libyan War; Constitution of Libya (1951) Culture of Libya; Demographics of Libya ...