Libya March 11, 2020 Africa , Arab Spring , Benghazi , civil war , colony , conflicts , Cyrénaïque , Cyrène , desert , dictatorship , Fezzan , gas , Ghadamès , Golfe de Syrte , groundwater , Guerre de Libye , human rights , hydrocarbons , Italian colony , Italy , Kadhafi , Libya , Maghreb , Mediterranean Sea , Misrata , North Africa , oasis , oil , Sahara , Syrte , Tobruk , Tripoli , Tripolitaine , wars , water Official name State of Libya Name in local language دولة ليبيا (ar) Continent Africa Subcontinent North Africa Population (ranking: 113e ) 6,549,402 inhabitants (2018) Population growth 1.78 % / year Area 1,759,540 km² Density 3.72 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 90e )48.320 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 7,235 $USD (2018) GDP growth 7.80 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 72.70 years (2018) Birth rate 17.80 ‰ (2016) Fertility rate 2.04 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 3.60 ‰ (2016) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 11.10 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 99.95 % (2015) Official languages Arabic, Amazigh Currency Libyan dinar (LYD) HDI (ranking: 145e )0.708 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )49.79 (2018) Government Parliamentary republic Head of State Aguila Salah Issa (government of Tobruk) ; Fayez el-Sarraj (Government of National Accord, in Tripoli) National Day 1st September (coup and revolution of 1969) ISO Codes LY, LBY Demonym Libyan
A State plunged into chaos Libya is a country located in North Africa that is part of the Maghreb. It is bordered to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, to the west by Algeria and Tunisia , to the south by Niger and Chad and to the east by Sudan and Egypt . It is composed largely of desert areas, the country lying north of the Sahara Desert. Populations focus on the northern coastal fringe.
Moving dunes, rocks and mountains in the Tadrart Acacus, Sahara, southwest Libya. Photo: Luca Galuzzi Forzhaga Arch, Tadrart Acacus, Sahara, Libya. Photo: Luca Galuzzi Ancient theater of Sabratha, Libya. Photo: Duimdog Tripoli, capitale of Libya The figures presented here are to be taken with caution, because the country is de facto in civil war.
Urban areas (2016) Urban areas Population Tripoli 2,361,811 inhabitants Benghazi 1,368,807 inhabitants Misrata 451,529 inhabitants El Beïda 310,189 inhabitants Zliten 231,184 inhabitants Khoms 218,131 inhabitants Zaouïa 198,567 inhabitants Zouara 192,159 inhabitants Gharyan 187,854 inhabitants Tobruk 157,747 inhabitants Ajdabiya 153,806 inhabitants Derna 150,000 inhabitants Syrte 146,205 inhabitants Sebha 138,231 inhabitants Sabratah 107,912 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Districts (chabiyat) and Regions Population Area Al Boutnan 164,267 inhabitants 84,996 km² Al Djabal al Akhdar 210,521 inhabitants 11,429 km² Al Djabal al Gharbi 315,685 inhabitants 76,717 km² Al Djfara 462,146 inhabitants 2,666 km² Al Djoufrah 51,240 inhabitants 139,038 km² Al Marj 191,693 inhabitants 13,515 km² Al Mourqoub 448,148 inhabitants 6,796 km² Al Wahat 179,962 inhabitants 108,523 km² Al-Koufrah 46,727 inhabitants 433,611 km² An Nouqat al Khams 294,499 inhabitants 6,089 km² Benghazi 679,726 inhabitants 11,372 km² Cyrénaïque (Région) 1,642,680 inhabitants 855,370 km² Darnah 169,784 inhabitants 31,511 km² Fezzan (Région) 441,318 inhabitants 551,170 km² Ghat 23,304 inhabitants 68,482 km² Misrata 558,978 inhabitants 29,172 km² Mourzouq 79,224 inhabitants 356,308 km² Nalout 95,895 inhabitants 67,191 km² Sebha 130,055 inhabitants 17,066 km² Syrte 143,982 inhabitants 86,399 km² Tripoli 1,089,341 inhabitants 835 km² Tripolitaine (Région) 3,704,483 inhabitants 353,000 km² Wadi ach Chatii 80,239 inhabitants 90,244 km² Wadi al Hayaat 77,256 inhabitants 31,485 km² Zaouïa 295,809 inhabitants 2,753 km²
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