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	___ Libya (ليبيا) A virtual guide to Libya, a country in North Africa's Maghreb region. 90% of the country is covered by the Libyan desert (part of he Sahara) where agriculture and therfore live is possible only in a few scattered oases. Libya's main population centers are spread along the more fertile strip at the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. The fourth largest country in Africa is about the size of Spain, Portugal, France, Germany and the UK combined.	Sahara desert © GPCT Libya

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya		Country Profile
Kingdom of Libya Flag in use between 1951-69, now used by the Libyans as the flag of the revolution.	Former Flag of Libya	Official Name: Libya Formerly: Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uzma short form: Lībiyā int'l long form: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya int'l short form: Libya ISO Country Code: ly Time: Local Time = UTC +2h Actual Time: Thu-Feb-9 00:42 Country Calling Code: +218 Capital City: Tripoli (pop. est. 1.68 million) Other Cities: Benghazi (pop. est. 640 000) Government: Provisional government. The National Transitional Council of Libya was formed by anti-Gaddafi forces to represent Libya in the 2011 Libyan uprising. Independence: 24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship). Revolution: 1 September 1969. Constitution: 11 December 1969, amended 2 March 1977--established popular congresses and people's committees. Geography: Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia. Area: 1 759 540 sq. km. (679,362 sq. mi., more than three times the size of France) Terrain: Mediterranean coastline, highlands and deserts (90% of Libya) in interior. Climate: Mediterranean along the coast; dry and extreme hot in desert interior. People: Nationality: Libyan(s). Population: 5.6 million (includes 0.5 million non-nationals of sub-Saharan Africans living in Libya). Ethnic groups: Berber and Arab 97%; Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians. Religion: Sunni Muslim 97%. Languages: Arabic is the primary language. English, French, and Italian are understood in major cities. Literacy: 82.6%. Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, gypsum. Agriculture products: Wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans; cattle. Industries: Petroleum, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement. Currency: Libyan Dinar (LYD) Source: GPCT Libya and others. Libya in Figures Libya key statistical data.
Background: Since he took power in a 1969 military coup, Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al-QADHAFI has espoused his own political system - a combination of socialism and Islam - which he calls the Third International Theory. Viewing himself as a revolutionary leader, he used oil funds during the 1970s and 1980s to promote his ideology outside Libya, even supporting subversives and terrorists abroad to hasten the end of Marxism and capitalism. Libyan military adventures failed, e.g., the prolonged foray of Libyan troops into the Aozou Strip in northern Chad was finally repulsed in 1987. Libyan support for terrorism decreased after UN sanctions were imposed in 1992. Those sanctions were suspended in April 1999. (Source: CIA - The World Factbook) Libya is a member state of the League of Arab States border countries: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia, it shares maritime borders with Greece, Italy, and Malta.
Note: External links will open in a new browser window. Official Sites of Libya Al Gathafi Official Site of Muammar Gadafi. General People's Committee Libya's Cabinet (in Arabic). The People's Committee of Foreign Affairs Official website of the committee (in Arabic). Statistics Libya in Figures Libya key statistical data. Diplomatic Missions Libyan Embassy U.S. Libyan Embassy Washington D.C., USA. Libyan Embassy Canada Libyan Embassy in Ottawa, Canada. Maps Map of Libya Political Map of Libya. Administrative Map of Libya Map showing the administrative divisions (districts) of Libya. Google Earth Libya Zoomable satellite view of Libya. Google Earth Tripoli Searchable map/satellite view of Libya's capital city. Google Earth Benghazi Searchable map/satellite view of Libya's second city. Google Earth Sahara Zoomable satellite view of irrigation in Al Khufrah Oasis in the Libyan Sahara. Map of Northern Africa and the Middle East Political Map of of North Africa, the Arabian Peninsula and the Middle East. Map of Africa Political Map of Africa. 90% of the country is desert land. © GPCT Libya


	News News Agency Jamahiria News Agency (Jana) Libya's Official News Provider Libya news in Arabic Al Fajr al Jadeed One of the main dailies in Libya. Al Jamahiria Daily newspaper. Al Shames Libyan daily (in Arabic and partly in French) Libya: News and Views Current News from Libya. International Al Jazeera Radio/TV LJBC Libyan Jamahiriyah Broadcasting Corporation.


	Arts & Culture Libya: Libyan Arts, Music and Literature Stories, Books, Poems, Photography, Paintings, Music. (English and Arabic). The Libyan Cartoon Gallery A selection from The Work of the Gifted Libyan Artist Mohamed Zwawi. Libyana Dedicated to Libyan Culture. The desert is not silent A virtual art gallery devoted to art lover's, Libyan arts and artists. Libda Cafe Libya from a rebel view (in Arabic - Google translation into English). National Library of Libya (in Arabic)


	Business & Economy Central Bank of Libya The monetary authority in Libya (offline). libyaninvestment.com Directory Of Libyan Companies. The .ly Domain Registry The official international registry for the top level domain of Libya. Libyan Yellow Pages Part of Libyaonline.com Network. Transportation Afriqiyah Airways Tripoli based airline which operated domestic services between Tripoli and Benghazi and international scheduled services to countries in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East (Afriqiyah Airways is offline by now). Libyan Arab Airlines Libyan Airways, the national flag carrier airline of Libya is based in Tripoli (temporarily unavailable - its hard to get airborne in a no-fly zone).

Destination Libya - Travel and Tour Guides

Discover Libya with its antique vestiges and cultural heritage like Oea ( Tripoli ), Sebratha, Leptis Magna, Shahat (Gorina), Tolmitha (Ptolemias), Sussa (Apolonia), Tukra and Benghazi (Berink), its landscapes like the green mountain series, the Mediterranean beaches and sea, and the Sahara desert.
Find accommodation, hotels, attractions, festivals, events, tourist boards, tours and much more by following the links below.

General People's committee of Tourism
The official tourism portal of Libya.

Discover Libya
Tourism information about Libya by Libya's Broadcasting Corporation.

UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Libya:
Archaeological Site of Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna was one of the most beautiful cities of the Roman Empire, with imposing public monuments, harbour, market-place, storehouses, shops and residential districts.

Archaeological Site of Cyrene
Cyrene, an ancient Greek colony, was one of the principal cities in the Hellenic world. It was Romanized and remained a great capital until the earthquake of 365.

Archaeological Site of Sabratha
was the westernmost of the "three cities" of Tripolis, a Phoenician trading-post that served as an outlet for the products of the African hinterland, Sabratha was part of the short-lived Numidian Kingdom of Masinissa (Masinissa, first King of Numidia, c. 240 or 238 BC - c. 148 BC).

Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Tadrart Acacus has thousands of cave paintings dating from 12,000 BC to AD 100.

Travel and Tour Consumer Information

Oasis

Leptis Magna © GPCT


	Education Al-Fateh University Site of the Faculty of Engineering, Tripoli (in Arabic; offline). Garyounis University Founded in Benghazi in 1955 under the name of the Libyan University. The Green Book Studies Center Multi Language Homepage related to Libya and Mu`ammar al-Qadhafi's revolutionary Green Book (no longer online). Science National Center for Research and Scientific Studies Libyan Scientific Organization established in 1995, Tripoli (site is not online).


	Environment & Nature The Great Man Made River Project (Under Updating) Official website of the GMMR authority, Libya's water supply using the world's largest underground network of pipes, well-fed of fossil water that has remained in an aquifer under the Sahara desert.


	History Chronology of Libyan History by Miftah Shamali. History of Libya Wikipedia: History of Libya.	Relief at Leptis Magna © GPCT

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Libyan Yellow Pages
Part Of Libyaonline.com Network.

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BBC News Country Profile: Libya

Open Directory Project: Libya

Wikipedia: Libya

The World Factbook -- Libya

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