Libya is a country in Africa. Its is on the western border of Egypt. It is officially called the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Its official language is Arabic. It has about 5,670,688 people.
2007-07-07 04:14:08
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answered by Lady Geologist 7
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Libya, officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 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.
2007-07-07 13:08:24
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answered by - 4
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Libya extends over 1,759,540 square kilometres (679,182 sq. mi), making it the 17th largest nation in the world by size. Libya is somewhat smaller than Indonesia, and roughly the size of the US state of Alaska. It is bound to the north by the Mediterranean Sea, the west by Tunisia and Algeria, the southwest by Niger, the south by Chad and Sudan and to the east by Egypt. At 1770 kilometres (1100 miles), Libya's coastline is the longest of any African country bordering the Mediterranean.[29][30] The climate is mostly dry and desert-like in nature. However, the northern regions enjoy a milder Mediterranean climate.
Natural hazards come in the form of hot, dry, dust-laden sirocco (known in Libya as the gibli). This is a southern wind blowing from one to four days in spring and autumn. There are also dust storms and sandstorms. Oases can also be found scattered throughout Libya, the most important of which are Ghadames and Kufra as well as others.
2007-07-10 01:15:10
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answered by catzpaw 6
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Libya 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.
I dont know the EXACT location of the country
2007-07-08 01:30:55
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answered by Fonso Rocks 1
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Libya (Arabic: ÙÙبÙا LÄ«biyÄ; Libyan vernacular: LÄ«bya; Amazigh: ), officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ( اÙجÙ
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Ù Al-JamÄhÄ«riyyah al-`Arabiyyah al-LÄ«biyyah aÅ¡-Å a`biyyah al-IÅ¡tirÄkiyyah al-`UdhmÄ), 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.[1] 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.
The name "Libya" is an indigenous (i.e. Berber) one, which is already attested in Egyptian texts as , R'bw (= Libu), which refers to one of the tribes of Berber peoples living west of the Nile. In Greek the tribesmen were called Libyes and their country became "Libya", although in ancient Greece the term had a broader meaning, encompassing all of North Africa west of Egypt, and sometimes referring to the entire continent of Africa. Later on, at the time of Ibn Khaldun, the same, big tribe was known as Lawata[citation needed].
Libya has one of the highest Gross Domestic Products per person in Africa, largely because of its large petroleum reserves.[2][3]
The country is led by Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi, whose foreign policy has often brought him into conflict with the West and governments of other African countries. However, Libya publicly gave up any nuclear aspirations after the US invasion of Iraq, and Libya's foreign relations today are less contentious.
2007-07-07 13:38:57
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answered by shipdada 3
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In North Africa on the Mediterranean coast, between Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Sudan, Chad and Niger. Its capital is Tripoli. It was a Roman province known as Cyrrenica.
2007-07-07 11:22:51
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answered by Anonymous
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North Africa, with Egypt to the east, Tunisia and Algeria to the west, the Mediterranean to the north, and Chad and Niger to the south.
2007-07-07 14:19:52
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answered by SAMUEL ELI 7
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North Africa
--- http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=libya&ie=UTF8&z=5&om=1
2007-07-07 13:17:52
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answered by DanE 7
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it,s in the middle of the north coast of africa
2007-07-07 11:17:13
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answered by atlantismeditation@sbcglobal.net 6
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In Africa
2007-07-09 23:59:24
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answered by Anonymous
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