Protection & Enforcement of IPRs in Libya
State of Libya | |
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| Anthem: ليبيا ليبيا ليبيا "Libya, Libya, Libya" | |
.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 | |
| Ethnic groups | Arab-Berber 97%[2] Others 3%[2] |
| Religion | 97% Islam (official) 2.7% Christianity 0.3% Others |
| Demonym(s) | Libyan |
| Government | Unitary provisional unity government |
• Chairman of the Presidential Council | Mohamed al-Menfi[3] |
| Musa Al-Koni | |
| Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh[3] | |
| Aguila Saleh Issa | |
| Legislature | House of Representatives |
| Formation | |
| c. 13th century BC | |
• Senussi Order founded | 1837 |
• Independence from Italy | 10 February 1947 |
| 24 December 1951 | |
| 1 September 1969 | |
| 2 March 1977 | |
| 17 February 2011 | |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,759,541 km2 (679,363 sq mi) (16th) |
| Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 6,992,701[4] (104th) |
• 2006 census | 5,670,688 |
• Density | 3.74/km2 (9.7/sq mi) (218th) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2021 estimate |
• Total |  $90.513 billion[5] (92nd) |
• Per capita | $12,344[5] (121st) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2021 estimate |
• Total | $27.300 billion[5] (90th) |
• Per capita | $4,068[5] (146th) |
| 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. It is 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. It has maritime borders with Malta, Greece, and Turkey in the eastern Mediterranean. Libya is made of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 700,000 square miles, it is the fourth-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves 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.