ليبيا

**Libya**
	sovereign state in north Africa
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Instance of	sovereign state,; Mediterranean country,; country
Part of	North Africa
Culture	culture of Libya;
Location	North Africa, Libya
Located in or next to body of water	Mediterranean Sea
Located on terrain feature	North Africa
Capital	Tripoli;
Legislative body	House of Representatives; High Council of State;
Official language	Arabic; Modern Standard Arabic (de facto, languages of Libya);
Anthem	Libya, Libya, Libya;
Currency	Libyan dinar;
Head of state	Mohamed al-Menfi;
Head of government	Abdulhamid Dbeibeh (2021–);
Inception	24 December 1951 (Kingdom of Libya); 2 March 1977 (Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya); 1 September 1969 (Libyan Arab Republic);
Highest point	Bikku Bitti;
Population	6,678,567 (2018);
Area	1,759,541 ±1 km²;
Follows	Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya;
Top-level Internet domain	.ly;
	27° 00′ 00″ N, 17° 00′ 00″ E
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national symbol[edit]

map[edit]

Selected maps are included in the Wikimedia Atlas of Libya.

geographic location
Libya Map
Carte anglophone de Libye

city[edit]

landscape[edit]

Al Bayda
Benghazi
Libyan Desert
Desert Mountains
Um El Maa Oasis
Jabal Al Akdhar
Dunes of Erg Awbari (Idehan Ubari)
Moving sand dunes, rocks and mountains in Tadrart Acacus
Rock formations in Tadrart Acacus
Forzhaga Arch in Tadrart Acacus
Sand dunes of Wan Caza
Ubari lakes, an oasis in Erg Awbari (Idehan Ubari)

Cyrene[edit]

Temple of Zeus, Cyrene
Temple of Apollo, Cyrene
Temple of Traiano, Cyrene
A Monument in Cyrene

Leptis Magna[edit]

Market place
Gorgon head sculpture
Theater of Leptis Magna
Arch of Roman emperor Lucius Septimius Severus

Apollonia[edit]

Remains of mole (background) and bath house (foreground) of the ancient harbour town of Apollonia, Libya
The theatre at Appolonia, the ancient port of Cyrene, Libya.

Sabratha[edit]

Theatre
Mausoleum of Bes

Acacus Mountains[edit]

Rock paintings in Tadrart Acacus
Rock paintings in Tadrart Acacus
Rock carving of elephants in Tadrart Acacus
Rock carving known as "Meercatze" (named by archaeologist Leo Frobenius) in Wadi Methkandoush