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Libya
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| Official
Name : |
AL
JAMAHIRIYA AL ARABIYA AL LIBIYAH ASH SHABIYA AL ISHTIRAKIYAH AL UZMA
(Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab State) |
| Land
Area: |
1,759,540
square kilometres / 676,746 square miles. |
| Population: |
5,766,000
(est July 2005). Density 3.3 persons per square kilometre. |
| Languages: |
Arabic
(official), Berber, English, Italian, Hamitic, Tifinagh. |
| Religions: |
Sunni Muslim 95%, Christian 3%. |
| Capital: |
Tripoli
(Tarabulus). Population 1,740,000 |
| Currency: |
Libyan
dinar, divided into 1000 dirhams. |
| Political: |
XX
24 December 1951, from Italy. |
| Geography: |
The
4th largest country in Africa. Libya is mostly desert, with only the narrow coastal
strip (and esp the north east) receiving sufficient rainfall for agriculture.
The vast majority of the interior is uninhabited desert dotted with small oasis
communities, the largest being Sabha, that receives most of it's water from underground
aquifers. The land rises in the south east to the Tibesti Mountains on the border
with Chad. |
| National
Flag - Ratio 2:3 |
Climate
in Tripoli - elevation 59m/194ft |
Position
in the Middle East |
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