State of Libya
Libya (/ˈlɪbiə/ (
listen); Arabic: ليبيا, romanized: Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya,[dubious ][6][7][8][9] 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.[10] Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world.[11] The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over one million of Libya's six million people.[12] The second-largest city is Benghazi, which is located in eastern Libya.
listen); Arabic: ليبيا, romanized: Lībiyā), officially the State of Libya,[dubious ][6][7][8][9] 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.[10] Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world.[11] The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over one million of Libya's six million people.[12] The second-largest city is Benghazi, which is located in eastern Libya. - Capital
- Tripoli
- Square
- 1 759 540.0
- Population
- 6 678 567
- Languages
- Arabic, Italian, English
- Currency
- LYD
- Continent
- Africa
- Minister of Agriculture
- Dr. Aboubakr Almansuriu
- Link to the Website of the Ministry
- www.agriculture.gov.ly