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English
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Libya
- Libya
Libya
is a country in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between
? Egypt
to the east,
? Sudan
to the southeast,
? Chad
and
? Niger
to the south, and
? Algeria
and
? Tunisia
to the west. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world. The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 5.7 million people. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and Cyrenaica.
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Other languages
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Italian: Libia a o semplicemente Libia, e uno Stato del Nordafrica confinante con il Mar Mediterraneo e compreso tra l'Egitto ad est, il Sudan a sudest, il Ciad e il Niger a sud e l'Algeria e la Tunisia ad ovest. La sua capitale e Tripoli.
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Short name
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Libya
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Official name
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Libya
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Status
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Independent country since 1951
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Location
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North Africa
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Capital
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Population
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5,670,688 inhabitants
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Area
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1,759,540 square kilometres (679,360 sq mi)
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Major languages
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Arabic (official), Berber, Teda
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Major religions
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Islam
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More information
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Libya
,
Geography of Libya
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History of Libya
and
Politics of Libya
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More images
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Libya
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Libya (Category)
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General maps
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Map of Libya
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History maps
This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Libya, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Libya.
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Location of Carthage and Carthaginian influence sphere before the First Punic War (264 BC)
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Territorial development of the
Roman Empire
264 BC-192, including the conquest of present Libya
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The extent of the
Roman Republic
and
Roman Empire
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44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
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The division of the Empire after the death of
Theodosius I
, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
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Expansion of the
Caliphate
: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman
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Caliphate around 750
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Growth of the Ottoman Empire
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Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
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Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801
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Libya in the Italian colonial empire in 1940
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Other maps
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Ethnic map of Libya
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Satellite maps
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Satellite map
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Notes and references
General remarks:
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and
cartography
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- Historical maps are included in the continent, country and dependency entries.
- The status of various entities is disputed. See the content for the entities concerned.
- The maps of former countries that are more or less continued by a present-day country or had a territory included in only one or two countries are included in the atlas of the present-day country. For example the Ottoman Empire can be found in the
Atlas of Turkey
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- ↑
Romanization:
al-L?biyya - L?by?
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- ↑
Romanization:
?ar?bulus
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