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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

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North Africa, Regions
The Maghreb, Regions
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The Sahara, Landforms
Source Sahara (Wikipedia)
Tripoli, Cities
Source Tripoli (Wikipedia)

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Has Capital

Tripoli, Cities

Tripoli is the capital of Libya.

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Source Wikipedia: Tuareg peopleLead
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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.

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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.

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The Tuareg, a seminomadic, Islamic people who speak a Berber language, Tamacheq, live in the contemporary nation-states of Niger, Mali, Algeria, and Libya.

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Source Law No. 6 of 1982 on reorganising the Supreme Court, DCAF Libya legal databaseArticle 4, sessions in Tripoli in Libya
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The Supreme Court shall hold its sessions in the city of Tripoli in the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

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"locality": "Libya", "source": "Catalogue of Life"

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Sources
1. Member States of the United Nations (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationIntroduction
Quote, Introduction
The United Nations comprise 193 sovereign states and the world's largest intergovernmental organization.
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2. Libya (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Infobox
    State of Libya
  • Infobox, capital
    Tripoli
  • Infobox, area
    1,759,541 km2 (679,363 sq mi)
  • Demographics section, 2024
    7,361,263 (103rd)
  • Article text
    The Italian population then went into decline and Libya became independent as a kingdom in 1951. A bloodless military coup in 1969, initiated by a coalition led by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, overthrew King Idris I and created a republic.
  • Lead section
    Libya, officially the State of Libya, 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.
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Wikidata: Libya
Wikidata Q1016, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Maghreb (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Maghreb, Lead section, second sentence
Quote, Associated With: The Maghreb, Lead section, second sentence
The Maghreb region comprises western and central North Africa, including Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and the disputed territory of Western Sahara.
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Sahara (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: The Sahara, Geography section
Quote, Associated With: The Sahara, Geography section
The Sahara covers large parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Western Sahara and Sudan, and parts of southern Morocco and Tunisia.
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Tripoli (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Associated With: Tripoli, Infobox, Country
    Libya
  • Has Capital: Tripoli, Lead section, capital fact
    Tripoli, historically known as Tripoli-of-the-West, is the capital and largest city of Libya, with a population of about 1.317 million people in 2021.
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