Libya

Libya

sovereign state, Mediterranean country, country

Part of	North Africa
Inception	15 August 1551, 2 March 1977, 1 September 1969, 24 December 1951
Official name	Stato della Libia, l’État de Libye
Native label	دولة ليبيا
Short name	🇱🇾
Official language	Arabic
Anthem	Libya, Libya, Libya
Culture	culture of Libya
Continent	Africa
Country	Libya
Capital	Tripoli
Located in or next to body of water	Mediterranean Sea
Located in/on physical feature	North Africa
Coordinate location	27°0′0″N 17°0′0″E
Coordinates of easternmost point	31°39′26″N 25°8′57″E
Coordinates of northernmost point	33°9′0″N 11°34′12″E
Coordinates of southernmost point	19°30′0″N 24°0′0″E
Coordinates of westernmost point	30°10′5″N 9°23′30″E
Highest point	Bikku Bitti
Lowest point	Sabkhat Ghuzayyil
Government hin basic form	republic
Office held by head of state	Chairman of the Presidential Council
State hin head	Mohamed al-Menfi
Office held by head of government	Prime Minister of Libya
Government hin head	Abdulhamid Dbeibeh
Legislative body	House of Representatives, High Council of State
Central bank	Central Bank of Libya
Located in time zone	UTC+02:00, Eastern European Time, Africa/Tripoli
Currency	Libyan dinar
Studied by	Libyan studies
Driving side	right
Electrical plug type	Europlug, AC power plugs and sockets: British and related types, Schuko, Type L
Dey follow	Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Replaces	Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Hashtag	Libya
Top-level Internet domain	.ly
Flag	flag of Libya
Coat of arms	coat of arms of Libya
Has characteristic	not-free country
Geography of topic	geography of Libya
History of topic	history of Libya
Economy of topic	economy of Libya
Demographics of topic	demographics of Libya
Madhhab	Malikism
Mobile country code	606
Country calling code	+218
Emergency phone number	190, 191, 193
GS1 country code	624
Licence plate code	LAR
Maritime identification digits	642
Unicode character	🇱🇾
Category for maps	Category:Maps of Libya

Libya (/ˈlɪbiə/ (listen); Arabic: ليبيا, romanized: Lībiyā, pronounced [liː.bi.jæː]), officially de State of Libya (Arabic: دولة ليبيا, romanized: Dawlat Lībiyā), be country for de Maghreb region wey dey North Africa. De Mediterranean Sea dey border am go de north, Egypt go de east, Sudan go de southeast, Chad go de south, Niger go de southwest, Algeria go de west, den Tunisia go de northwest. Libya get three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan, den Cyrenaica. Plus area of almost 1.8 million km² (700,000 sq mi), ebe de fourth-largest country for Africa den de Arab world insyd, den de 16th-largest for de world insyd. De country ein official religion be Islam, plus 96.6% of de Libyan population be Sunni Muslims. De official language for Libya be Arabic, plus vernacular Libyan Arabic be de one dem dey speak waa, wey de majority of Libya ein population be Arab. De largest city den capital, Tripoli, dey locate for north-western Libya wey edey contain ova million of Libya ein seven million people.

Berbers inhabit Libya since de late Bronze Age as descendants from Iberomaurusian den Capsian dema cultures. For classical antiquity insyd, de Phoenicians establish city-states den postd dem dey trade for western Libya insyd, while na dem establish chaw Greek cities for de East insyd. Carthaginians, Persians, den Greeks rule parts of Libya before de entire region cam turn part of de Roman Empire. Na Libya be early center of Christianity. After de fall of de Western Roman Empire, de Vandals mstly occupy de area of Libya til de 7th century wen invasions take Islam cam de region. From then dey go, centuries of Arab migration go de Maghreb shift de demographic scope of Libya wey favor de Arabs. For de 16th century insyd, de Spanish Empire den de Knights of St John occupy Tripoli til Ottoman rule begin for 1551 insyd. Na Libya be involve for de Barbary Wars of de 18th den 19th centuries. Ottoman rule continue til de Italo-Turkish War, wey result for de Italian occupation of Libya den de establishment of two colonies, Italian Tripolitania den Italian Cyrenaica (1911–1934), later dem unify for de Italian Libya colony insyd from 1934 go 1943.

During de Second World War, na Libya be area of warfare for de North African Campaign insyd. De Italian population then go into decline. Libya cam turn independent as kingdom for 1951 insyd. Bloodless military coup for 1969 insyd, coalition wey Colonel Muammar Gaddafi initiate, ovathrow King Idris I wey he create republic. Na critics often dey describe Gaddafi as dictator, wey na he be one of de world ein longest serving non-royal leaders, wey rule for 42 years. He rule til dem ovathrow den kill am during de 2011 Libyan Civil War, wey na ebe part of de wider Arab Spring, plus dem transfer authority give de National Transitional Council then give de General National Congress dem elect. By 2014 two rival authorities claim dem dey govern Libya, wey lead to second civil war, plus dem split parts of Libya between de Tobruk den Tripoli-based governments as well as various tribal den Islamist militias. De two main warring sides sign permanent ceasefire for 2020 insyd, wey a unity government take authority make e plan give democratic elections, though political rivalries dey continue dey delay dis. Libya get de 10th-largest proven oil reserves for de world insyd. Libya be member of de United Nations, de Non-Aligned Movement, de African Union, de Arab League, de Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) den Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).