Libya Country Info - Africa

Description and Basic Information

Libya with its capital Tripolis is located in Africa (Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea). It covers some 1,759,541 square kilometres (slightly larger than Alaska) with 6,173,000 citizens. Arabic, Italian and English are the languages used by people in Libya (consider regional differences). Chad, Niger, Algeria, Sudan, Tunisia and Egypt are bordering countries.

Libya is a country in North Africa. In the north it has a Mediterranean Sea coast, with Egypt to the east and Tunisia to the west. More than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert.

Pictures from Capital (Tripolis)

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About Libya

The topography features mostly barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus, depressions. The average density of population is about 3 per km². The climate in Libya can be described as Mediterranean along coast with dry, extreme desert interior. Potential natural disasters are hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli being a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall or dust storms, sandstorms.

To reach someone in Libya dial +218 prior to a number. There are 1,101,000 installed telephones. And there are 5,004,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900 Mhz. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".ly". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 127/230V - 50Hz. The following list are the 22 regions/states in Libya we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Libyan population grew at a rate of 2.12% (or by 136,854 citizens). With 21,969 deaths and 158,823 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 2.12%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in Libya: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.