libya facts

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Social Sciences Course

LIBYA.J Carlos.J Carlos

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G re a t S o cia list Pe o p le 's Lib ya n A ra b Ja m a h iriy a :hief of State .Col- ( )Muammar al Qaddafi 1969:rime Minister - ( )Mubarak Abdallah al Shamikh 2000:otal area , ( , , )679 358 sq mi 1 759 540 sq km( .):opulation 2008 est , , ( : . %); :6 173 579 growth rate 2 2 birth rate

. / ; : . / ; : . ;25 6 1000 infant mortality rate 21 9 1000 life expectancy 77 0:density per sq km 3 ( .):apital and largest city 2003 est , , , ( .Tripoli 2 357 800 metro), , , ( )area 1 269 700 city proper:ther large city , ,Benghazi 734 900:onetary unit Libyan dinar

:ational name Al Jumahiriyah al Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyahal Ishtirakiyah al Uzmaurrent government officials:anguages , ,Arabic Italian and English widely understood in majorcities / :thnicity race %, , , ,Berber and Arab 97 Greeks Maltese Italians

, , , ,Egyptians Pakistanis Turks Indians Tunisians:eligion ( ) %Islam Sunni 97:ational Holida Revolution Da Se tember 1

Flag Coat of arms
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Libyas GeographyLibyas Geography

, , ,Libya is one of the largest countries in Africa encompassing 1 757 000 sq km( , ) .678 400 sq mi of territory The land is barren and receives little

.precipitation Camels serve as a valuable means of transportation in the.region because of their ability to subsist without water for several days


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Libyas GeographyLibyas Geography

,In southwestern Libya rock towers rise from an unforgiving Saharan

. ( ).terrain Temperatures in the Sahara can reach 54 C 130 F


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Ancient LibyaAncient Libya

, ,In Cyrenaica a region in northeastern Libya ruins of the ancientGreek occupation include this ,acropolisor fortified natural

. .stronghold The Greeks founded the first city here about 630 BC


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Ancient LibyaAncient Libya

,Spectacular Roman ruins are located at Lepcis Magna on the.Mediterranean coast of Libya The dry desert climate of North Africa

,has helped preserve the remains of the city of Lepcis Magna including.this theater Roman colonies in North Africa once provided olive oil

.and grain for the Roman Empire


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Great Manmade RiverGreat Manmade River

The Libyan government began construction on an ambitious underground. - -water pipeline network in 1984 The so called Great Man Made River is

designed to convey water from underground aquifers beneath the Sahara

- - ( - -)through hundreds of miles of 4 m 13 ft wide pipes to the farms and.cities of northern Libya


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Libyas LandscapeLibyas Landscape

Two volcanic peaksin the Libyan

,Desert Jabal(Arkanu Mount

)Arkanu and Jabal(Uweinat Mount),Uweinat areclearly visible in

this imagetransmitted to

Earth from the.shuttle Discovery


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Tripoli the capitalTripoli the capital

,Tripoli a city located along the Mediterranean Sea in northwestern, , ,Libya serves as the country s capital chief seaport and economic

. ,center It probably was founded in the 7th century BC and has both.old and new quarters


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Tripoli by nightTripoli by night

Theinfrastructur

e of Libya'scapitalTripoli has

benefitedfrom the

country's oil.wealth
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Libya citiesLibya cities

, ,Banghz the second largest city in Libya is a port on the Gulf of. .Sidra It has a modern appearance despite its long history The ancient

.Greeks called it Hesperides In the 1500s Ottoman rulers named Banghazi

, .for a religious leader Ibn Ghazi


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Lib ELib E


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Libyas EconomyLibyas Economy Economic summary:GDP/PPP (2008 est.): $90.251 billion; per capita $

$14,533.

Real growth rate: 6.8%.

Inflation: 6.7%.

Unemployment: 30% (2004 est.).

Arable land: 1%.

Agriculture: wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans;cattle.

Labor force: 1.64 million; agriculture 17%, industry 23%, services 60% (2004est.).

Industries: petroleum, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts,cement.

Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum.

Exports: $30.79 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): crude oil, refined petroleum products,

natural gas. Imports: $10.82 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.): machinery, transportequipment, semi-finished goods, food, consumer products.

Major trading partners: Italy, Germany, Spain, Turkey, France, South Korea,UK, Tunisia (2004).

Communications: Telephones: main lines in use: 500,000 (1998); mobile

cellular: 20,000 (1998). Radio broadcast stations: AM 16, FM 3, shortwave3 (2002). Radios: 1.35 million (1997). Television broadcast stations: 12


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New Foreign RelationsNew Foreign Relations

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International rankingsInternational rankings

Organization Survey Ranking

Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal

Index of Economic Freedom 154 out of 157

The Economist Quality-of-Life Index 70 out of 111

Energy Information Administration Greatest Oil Reserves by Country, 20069 out of 20

Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index 160 out of 173

Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 131 out of 179

United Nations Development ProgrammeHuman Development Index 52 out of 179
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