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Libya (Arabic: ليبيا ‎ Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; Amazigh: ), officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ( الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى ‎ Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-`Arabiyyah al-Lībiyyah aš-Ša`biyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-`Uhmā), is a country in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world. The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 5.7 million people. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and Cyrenaica.

Trivia about libya

  • Oil-producing nations belonging to OPEC include Algeria, Nigeria & this one led by Muammar Al-Qaddafi
  • This north African country is widely suspected in the Pan Am 103 bombing
  • On the night of April 14, 1986, U.S. warplanes bombed Tripoli & Benghazi in this African country
  • Muammar al-Qaddafi, from King Idris
  • Accusing this nation of backing terrorism, the U.S. ordered its embassy in D.C. closed May 6, 1981
  • At 136 degrees F., the hottest place ever recorded on Earth was near Tripoli in this country in 1922
  • Until a 1969 coup by Muammar al-Qaddafi, King Idris had ruled this country for 18 years
  • Muammar Al-Qaddafi is this country's head of state but has no official title
  • In 1911 Italy took control of this country; today it's under Qaddafi's control
  • Italy invaded this north African country in 1911 & took control in 1912
  • It's the country immediately to the west of Egypt
  • Egypt
  • In 1950 delegates from the Italian colonies Fezzan, Cyrenaica & Tripolitania met to discuss union as this nation
  • Benghazi is the second-largest city of this country; only Tripoli, the capital, has more people
  • Ramses fought to keep this people, now in the nation just west of Egypt, from settling in the Nile Delta
  • Libya,Egypt,Tunisia
  • At its mouth, the Gulf of Sidra stretches 280 miles from Misratah to Benghazi in this African country
  • In March 2011 world oil prices rose due to fighting in this OPEC member's oil cities, like Ras Lanuf
  • One of the driest & most parched regions on earth is found in this country of North Africa
  • A large part of what is now this country was once Tripolitania
  • This north African Mediterranean nation was granted its independence from Italy December 24, 1951
  • The flag seen here is the national banner of this north African nation
  • The man known as the Lockerbie Bomber stirred emotions when he returned to this, his native country, in 2009
  • Egypt & Algeria
  • It's the country directly north of Chad
  • In the 16th century, the Ottoman Empire controlled what is today this country
  • Tripolitania is now the northwestern part of this country
  • This country's acceptance of responsibility for the Pan Am 103 bombing helped it lose its rogue status
  • This North African nation's flag features a green... has a green... well, it's just all green
  • Tobruk,Benghazi,As-Sidrah
  • In 1977 its ruling colonel changed it from a republic into a Socialist People's Arab Jamahiriyah

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