Country

Libya

Also Known As State of Libya

Northern Africa

Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa, bordered by the Mediterranean Sea and six nations including Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia. It became independent on 24 December 1951 as the United Kingdom of Libya, later experiencing four decades of rule under Muammar Gaddafi (1969-2011) and subsequent civil conflict. Its capital is Tripoli. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts

Capital

Tripoli 2

Population

7,361,263 2

2024 estimate.

Population Estimate Year

2024 2

Area (sq km)

1,759,541 2

Independence or Founding Year

1951 2

Libya became independent on 24 December 1951 as the United Kingdom of Libya, a constitutional monarchy under King Idris I, following Allied occupation after World War II.

Classification

Sovereignty Status

UN Member State 1

Libya

Connections

Associated With

North Africa

The Maghreb

Source Maghreb (Wikipedia)

The Sahara

Source Sahara (Wikipedia)

Tripoli

Source Tripoli (Wikipedia)

Bordered By Water

Gulf of Sidra

Has Capital

Tripoli

Tripoli is the capital of Libya.

Source Tripoli (Wikipedia)

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Nationals Include

Ahmed K. Elmagarmid

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Ali ibn Ziyad

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Salwa El-Deghali

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Source Wikidata: Salwa El-Deghali

Origin Of

Mustafa Sanalla

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The Message

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Bazin

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Couscous

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Source Couscous (Wikidata)

Taguella

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Source Wikidata: Taguella

Usban

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Source Usban (Wikipedia)

Aristippus

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Nagib El-Hassadi

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Tuareg

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Source Wikipedia: Tuareg peopleLead

Quote, Lead

They are traditionally nomadic pastoralists who principally inhabit the Sahara in an area stretching from southwestern Libya to southern Algeria, Niger, Mali, Burkina Faso, and as far as northern Nigeria, with smaller communities in Chad and Sudan known as the Kinnin.

Site Of

Karamanly House Museum

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Source Karamanly House Museum (Wikipedia)

Leptis Magna

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Source Leptis Magna (Wikipedia)Lead paragraph of the cited Wikipedia article

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Leptis or Lepcis Magna, (Arabic: لبدة الكبرى, romanized: Libda al-Kubrā) also known by other names in antiquity, was a prominent city of the Carthaginian Empire and Roman Libya at the mouth of the Wadi Lebda in the Mediterranean.

Jamahiriya News Agency

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Mathaba News Agency

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Central Bank of Libya

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Libyan Investment Authority

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Libyan Center for Remote Sensing and Space Science

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