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Definition: Libya from The Macquarie Dictionary
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a republic in northern Africa, on the Mediterranean Sea, bordered by Tunisia, Algeria, Niger, Chad, Egypt and Sudan; an Italian colony before occupation by Britain and France in 1942; gained independence as a kingdom in 1951; a republic since 1969.

1~775~500 km2 Arabic, also English and Italian Libyan dinar Tripoli

Official name Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya


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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(lĭb'ēӘ), republic (2015 est. pop. 6,235,000), 679,358 sq mi (1,759,540 sq km), N Africa. It borders on Algeria in the west, on Tunisia in the northwest, on the Mediterranean Sea in the north, on Egypt in the east, on Sudan in the southeast, and on Chad and Niger in the south. Tripoli is the capital of Libya and its largest city. Other cities include Ajdabiyah, Al Bayda, Al Marj, Benghazi, Darnah, Misratah , and Tobruk . Libya falls into three main geographical regions— Tripolitania in the west, Fazzan in the southwest, and Cyrenaica in the east. Tripolitania in turn can be divided into three zones. In the north is a low-lying coastal plain called the Jifarah, which, although mainly arid, has several irrigated areas. It also includes the city of Tripoli. South of the Jifarah is a mountainous zone (highest altitude: c.2,500 ft/760 m) known as the Jabal; it is mostly arid and barren but has scattered areas of cultivation. South of the Jabal is an upland plateau, largely desert, but…
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From Philip's Encyclopedia
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Libya, officially named the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, is located in N Africa. The majority live on the Mediterranean coastal plains in the NE and NW. The Sahara , the world's largest desert, occupies 95% of Libya, reaching the Mediterranean coast along the Gulf of Sidra…
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Situated on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Algeria, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa. It has been part of the Roman, Byzantine, Arab, and Ottoman empires, and from 1911 to 1943 was an Italian colony. The Sahara covers about 90 per cent of the country, so farming is only…
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From Encyclopedia of Intelligence & Counterintelligence
Since he took power in a 1969 military coup, Colonel Muammar Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi has espoused a combination of socialism and Islam that he calls the Third International Theory. Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Qadhafi used oil money to promote his ideology outside Libya, including supporting…
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From Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable
A supplier of arms and money to the Provisional IRA in the 1970s and 1980s. The most spectacular evidence of this was the cargo of the Cypriot-registered Claudia , which on 28 March 1973 was seized in Waterford harbour by the authorities. Arms were conf scated, but a safe supposed to be carrying a…
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From The Columbia Encyclopedia
(lĭb'ēӘ), republic (2015 est. pop. 6,235,000), 679,358 sq mi (1,759,540 sq km), N Africa. It borders on Algeria in the west, on Tunisia in the northwest, on the Mediterranean Sea in the north, on Egypt in the east, on Sudan in the southeast, and on Chad and Niger in the south. Tripoli is the capital…
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Also known as: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Peoples’ Republic) Following the defeat of the Libyan forces led by Omar Mukhtar in the 1930s, Italy consolidated its imperial control over the three main provinces of Libya: Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan. During World War II…
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From Worldmark Encyclopedia of Religious Practices
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POPULATION 6,469,000 MUSLIM 96.1 percent CHRISTIAN 2.7 percent OTHER 1.2 percent Introduction Libya (officially the Libyan Republic) is a predominantly Muslim nation that extends from the Mediterranean Sea well into the Sahara Desert. More than 90 percent of the terrain is desert or semi desert. …
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From Political Handbook of the World 2018-2019
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Republic of Libya Political Status: Independent state since December 24, 1951; revolutionary republic declared September 1, 1969; name changed from Libyan Arab Republic to Libyan Arab People’s Republic in 1976; present name adopted March 2, 1977; interim draft constitution promulgated on August 3, …
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From Encyclopedia of Islam and the Muslim World
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Libya, a country located on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, has a population of about 6.2 million people, of which at least 97 percent are Sunni Muslims, mainly belonging to the Maliki school of Islamic jurisprudence. Small numbers of adherents of Ibadism (or Ibadiyya), a strict puritanical…
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From Political Handbook of the World 2016-2017
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Republic of Libya al-Jumhuriyyah al-Libiyah Political Status: Independent state since December 24, 1951; revolutionary republic declared September 1, 1969; name changed from Libyan Arab Republic to Libyan Arab People’s Republic in 1976; present name adopted March 2, 1977; interim draft constitution…
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