Libya
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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About Libya
Libya is a barren land with flat plains and plateaus. More than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert with in the southern depressions many oases and wells. South of Cyrenaica are the Tibesti Mountains, a group of extinct volcanoes which are the largest and highest mountain range in the Sahara.
Libya has a long history of invasions by Romas, Vandals, Byzantines, Arabs, Turks and last the Italians, leaving behind a trail of marvellous monuments dating back to Roman and Greek times.
The capital of Libya is Tripoli which is well worth a visit.
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General information
- Capital: Tripoli
- Language: Arabic, Italian, English
- Climate: Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior
- Timezone: UTC +2
- Currency: 1 Libyan dinar (LYD) = 1,000 dirhams
- Electricity plugs: d (show)
- No. of inhabitants: 5,765,563 (July 2005 est.)
- Interl. accesscode +218
- Toplevel domain .ly
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Good to know
Native Libyans are primarily a mixture of Berbers and Arabs, with small nomadic Tuareg and Tebu tribal groups in south. The people are very friendly and curious.
Religion: Sunni Muslim
National holiday: Revolution Day, 1 September (1969)
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