Area: 1.757.512 Km˛
Population: 5.241.000 (2001 est.)
Density: 3 pop/Km˛

System of government: Arabic Islamic Socialist Republic
Capital: Tripoli (1.681.000 pop.)
Major cities: Banghazi 650.000 pop.
Ethnic majority: Arab and Berber 90%, Bedouins 4%, others 6%
Border countries: Tunisia NORTH-WEST, Algeria WEST, Niger and Chad SOUTH, Sudan SOUTH-EAST, Egypt EAST

Principal mountains: Bette 2286 m
Principal rivers: There aren't perennial rivers
Principal lakes: Sabkhat Tawargha, Sabkhat Ghuzayyil, Sabkhat al Qunayyin
Principal islands: -
Climate: Arid - mediterranean

Language: Arabic (official), English, French, Italian
Religion: Sunni Muslim 97%
Currency: Libyan Dinar (LYD)

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