State of Libya | |
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.svg) Location of Libya (dark green) in northern Africa | |
| Capital and largest city | Tripoli[1]
32°52′N 13°11′E / 32.867°N 13.183°E |
| Official languages | Arabic[b] |
| Spoken languages | |
| Foreign languages | |
| Ethnic groups |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Demonym(s) | Libyan |
| Government | Unitary provisional government |
| Mohamed al-Menfi[3] | |
| Abdul Hamid Al-Dabaib[3] | |
• President of the House of Representatives | Aguila Saleh Issa |
| Legislature | House of Representatives |
| Formation | |
• Independence from Italy | 10 February 1947 |
| 1 March 1949 | |
| 24 December 1951 | |
| 1 September 1969 | |
| 2 March 1977 | |
| 17 February 2011 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,759,541 km2 (679,363 sq mi) (16th) |
| Population | |
• 2018 estimate | 6,871,287[4] (108th) |
• 2006 census | 5,670,688 |
• Density | 3.74/km2 (9.7/sq mi) (218th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $31.531 billion[5] |
• Per capita | $4,746[5] |
| GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $21.805 billion[5] (98) |
• Per capita | $3,282[5] |
| HDI (2019) |  0.724[6]high · 105th |
| Currency | Libyan dinar (LYD) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| Driving side | right |
| Calling code | +218 |
| ISO 3166 code | LY |
| Internet TLD | .ly ليبيا. |
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Libya
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west and Tunisia to the northwest. The sovereign state is made of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa and is the 16th largest country in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world. The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over three million of Libya's seven million people.