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Official country name
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Short name
Libya
Local names
Al Jamahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al Ishtirakiyah al Uthma (long)
Nationality
Libyan(s) (noun) 0 (adjective)
Languages spoken
Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities
Capital
Tripoli (Tarabulus)
Government type
Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils; in practice, an authoritarian state
Population
6,173,579 ranked 107, (data 2008)
Geography
more than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert. The lowest point is Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m.
Coastline
Coastline 1,770 km.
Land borders
4,348km, Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km.
Administrative divisions
25 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ajdabiya, Al 'Aziziyah, Al Fatih, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al Kufrah, An Nuqat al Khams, Ash Shati', Awbari, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan, Misratah, Murzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin, Surt, Tarabulus, Tarhunah, Tubruq, Yafran, Zlitan; note - the 25 municipalities may have been replaced by 13 regions
Independence
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)