# Libya

Libya

sovereign state, Mediterranean country, country| Year dem found am | 15 August 1551, 2 March 1977, 1 September 1969, 24 December 1951  |
| Official name | Stato della Libia, l’État de Libye, Ливия дәүләте, State of Libya  |
| Native label | دولة ليبيا  |
| Official language | Arabic  |
| Anthem | Libya, Libya, Libya  |
| Culture | culture of Libya  |
| Continent | Africa  |
| Country | Libya  |
| Capital | Tripoli  |
| Located in time zone | UTC+02:00, Eastern European Time, Africa/Tripoli  |
| Located in or next to body of water | Mediterranean Sea  |
| Located in/on physical feature | North Africa  |
| Coordinate location | 27°0′0″N 17°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of easternmost point | 31°39′26″N 25°8′57″E  |
| Coordinates of northernmost point | 33°9′0″N 11°34′12″E  |
| Coordinates of southernmost point | 19°30′0″N 24°0′0″E  |
| Coordinates of westernmost point | 30°10′5″N 9°23′30″E  |
| Highest point | Bikku Bitti  |
| Lowest point | Sabkhat Ghuzayyil  |
| Government ein basic form | republic  |
| Office held by head of state | Chairman of the Presidential Council  |
| State ein head | Mohamed al-Menfi  |
| Office head of government hold | Prime Minister of Libya  |
| Government ein head | Abd al-Hamid Dbeibeh  |
| Legislative body | House of Representatives, High Council of State  |
| Central bank | Central Bank of Libya  |
| Currency | Libyan dinar  |
| Coextensive with | Africa/Tripoli  |
| Driving side | right  |
| Electrical plug type | Europlug, AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, Schuko, Type L  |
| Dey follow | Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  |
| Dey replace | Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya  |
| Studied by | Libyan studies  |
| Hashtag | Libya, libya  |
| Top-level Internet domain | .ly  |
| Flag | flag of Libya  |
| Coat of arms | coat of arms of Libya  |
| Geography of topic | Geography of Libya  |
| Get characteristic | not-free country  |
| History of topic | history of Libya  |
| Economy of topic | economy of Libya  |
| Demographics of topic | demographics of Libya  |
| Madhhab | Malikism  |
| Mobile country code | 606  |
| Country calling code | +218  |
| Emergency phone number | 190, 191, 193  |
| GS1 country code | 624  |
| Vehicle registration plate code | LAR  |
| Maritime identification digits | 642  |
| Unicode character | 🇱🇾  |
| Category for maps or plans | Category:Maps of Libya  |

**Libya** (/ˈlɪbiə/ (listen); Arabic: ليبيا, romanized: *Lībiyā*, pronounced [liː.bi.jæː]), officially de **State of Libya** (Arabic: دولة ليبيا, romanized: *Dawlat Lībiyā*), be country for de Maghreb region wey dey North Africa. De Mediterranean Sea dey border am go de north, Egypt go de east, Sudan go de southeast, Chad go de south, Niger go de southwest, Algeria go de west, den Tunisia go de northwest. Libya get three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan, den Cyrenaica. Plus area of almost 1.8 million km2 (700,000 sq mi), ebe de fourth-largest country for Africa den de Arab world insyd, den de 16th-largest for de world insyd. Libya dey claim 32,000 square kilometres of southeastern Algeria, south of de Libyan town of Ghat. De country ein official religion be Islam, plus 96.6% of de Libyan population be Sunni Muslims. De official language for Libya be Arabic, plus vernacular Libyan Arabic be de one dem dey speak waa, wey de majority of Libya ein population be Arab. De largest city den capital, Tripoli, dey locate for north-western Libya wey edey contain ova million of Libya ein seven million people.

Berbers inhabit Libya since de late Bronze Age as descendants from Iberomaurusian den Capsian dema cultures. For classical antiquity insyd, de Phoenicians establish city-states den postd dem dey trade for western Libya insyd, while na dem establish chaw Greek cities for de East insyd. Carthaginians, Persians, den Greeks rule parts of Libya before de entire region cam turn part of de Roman Empire. Na Libya be early center of Christianity. After de fall of de Western Roman Empire, de Vandals mstly occupy de area of Libya til de 7th century wen invasions take Islam cam de region. From then dey go, centuries of Arab migration go de Maghreb shift de demographic scope of Libya wey favor de Arabs. For de 16th century insyd, de Spanish Empire den de Knights of St John occupy Tripoli til Ottoman rule begin for 1551 insyd. Na Libya be involve for de Barbary Wars of de 18th den 19th centuries. Ottoman rule continue til de Italo-Turkish War, wey result for de Italian occupation of Libya den de establishment of two colonies, Italian Tripolitania den Italian Cyrenaica (1911–1934), later dem unify for de Italian Libya colony insyd from 1934 go 1943.

During de Second World War, na Libya be area of warfare for de North African Campaign insyd. De Italian population then go into decline. Libya cam turn independent as kingdom for 1951 insyd. Bloodless military coup for 1969 insyd, coalition wey Colonel Muammar Gaddafi initiate, ovathrow King Idris I wey he create republic. Na critics often dey describe Gaddafi as dictator, wey na he be one of de world ein longest serving non-royal leaders, wey rule for 42 years. He rule til dem ovathrow den kill am during de 2011 Libyan Civil War, wey na ebe part of de wider Arab Spring, plus dem transfer authority give de National Transitional Council then give de General National Congress dem elect. By 2014 two rival authorities claim dem dey govern Libya, wey lead to second civil war, plus dem split parts of Libya between de Tobruk den Tripoli-based governments as well as various tribal den Islamist militias. De two main warring sides sign permanent ceasefire for 2020 insyd, wey a unity government take authority make e plan give democratic elections, though political rivalries dey continue dey delay dis.

Libya be developing country wey dey rank 92nd by HDI, de highest score insyd mainland Africa, wey e get de 10th-largest proven oil reserves insyd de world. Libya be member of de United Nations, de Non-Aligned Movement, de African Union, de Arab League, de Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) den Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

## Politics

### Administrative divisions

Districts of Libya since 2007
Historically, na dem consider de area of Libya three provinces (anaa states), Tripolitania insyd de northwest, Barka (Cyrenaica) insyd de east, den Fezzan insyd de southwest. Na ebe de conquest by Italy insyd de Italo-Turkish War wey unite dem insyd a single political unit.

Since 2007, dem divide Libya into 22 districts (Shabiyat):

1. Nuqat al Khams
2. Zawiya
3. Jafara
4. Tripoli
5. Murqub
6. Misrata
7. Sirte
8. Benghazi
9. Marj
10. Jabal al Akhdar
11. Derna
12. Tobruk
13. Nalut
14. Jabal al Gharbi
15. Wadi al Shatii
16. Jufra
17. Al Wahat
18. Ghat
19. Wadi al Hayaa
20. Sabha
21. Murzuq
22. Kufra

Insyd 2022, na dem declare 18 provinces by de Libyan Government of National Unity (Libyan Observer): de eastern coast, Jabal Al-Akhdar, Al-Hizam, Benghazi, Al-Wahat, Al-Kufra, Al-Khaleej, Al-Margab, Tripoli, Al-Jafara, Al-Zawiya, West Coast, Gheryan, Zintan, Nalut, Sabha, Al-Wadi, den Murzuq Basin.

## Demographics

### Largest cities

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| Largest cities anaa towns insyd Libya

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|  | Rank | Name | District | Pop. |  |
| Tripoli
Benghazi | 1 | Tripoli | Tripoli | 1,250,000 | Misrata
Beida |
| 2 | Benghazi | Benghazi | 700,000 |
| 3 | Misrata | Misurata | 350,000 |
| 4 | Beida | Jebel el-Akhdar | 250,000 |
| 5 | Khoms | Murqub | 201,000 |
| 6 | Zawiya | Zawiya | 200,000 |
| 7 | Ajdabiya | Al Wahat | 134,000 |
| 8 | Sebha | Sebha | 130,000 |
| 9 | Sirte | Sirte | 128,000 |
| 10 | Tobruk | Butnan | 120,000 |

* Key Development Forecasts for Libya from International Futures

### Government

* Information Portal – Official Libya Information Portal
* Government – official website of Government of National Unity of Libya
* Statistics and Census – official website of Bureau of Statistics and Census

### History

* Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress, (1987), "Early History of Libya" 22 September 2012 at archive.today, *U.S. Library of Congress*.

### Maps

* Wikimedia Atlas of Libya
* Geographic data related to Libya at OpenStreetMap