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ARTICLES RELATED TO Libya - Geography | | | |  Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - GeographyMain article: Geography of Libya
Libya extends over 1,759,540 km², making it the 16th largest nation in the world. It is bound to the west by Tunisia and Algeria, the southwest by Niger, the south by Chad and Sudan and to the east by Egypt. The country is also bound to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The climate is a mostly dry, desert climate. The North however enjoys a milder Mediterranean climate.
Geographic regions: Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan.
The chief cities are the capital Tripoli in northwest Libya and Benghazi, the country's second city. Other significant cities ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Geography Libya extends over 1,759,540 km², making it the 16th largest nation in the world. It is bound to the west by Tunisia and Algeria, the southwest by Niger, the south by Chad and Sudan and to the east by Egypt. The country is also bound to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The climate is a mostly dry, desert climate. The North however enjoys a milder Mediterranean climate.
Geographic regions: Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan.
The chief cities are the capital Tripoli in northwest Libya and B ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Geography Main article: Geography of Libya
Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia
Climate: Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum
Geographic regions: Cyrenaica, Tripolitania, and Fezzan.
Natural hazards: hot, dry, dust-laden sirocco (known in Libya as the ghibli) is a southern wind lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms.
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - History The land we now know as modern Libya has been, throughout the ages, subjected to varying degrees of foreign control. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals, and Byzantines ruled all or parts of Libya. Although the Greeks and Romans left impressive ruins at Cyrene, Leptis Magna, and Sabratha, little else remains today to testify to the presence of these ancient cultures.
The Arabs conquered Libya in the seventh century A.D. In the following centuries, most of the indigenous peoples adopted Islam and the Arabic language ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - History Main article: History of Libya
The land we now know as modern Libya has been, throughout the ages, subjected to varying degrees of foreign control. The Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals, and Byzantines ruled all or parts of Libya. Although the Greeks and Romans left impressive ruins at Cyrene, Leptis Magna, and Sabratha, little else remains today to testify to the pr ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Politics There is a dual government structure in Libya. The "revolutionary sector" comprises Revolutionary Leader Qadhafi, the Revolutionary Committees, and the remaining members of the 12-person Revolutionary Command Council, which was established in 1969. The historical revolutionary leadership is not elected and cannot be voted out of office, as they are in power by virtue of their involvement in the revolution. The revolutionary sector dictates the decision-making power of the second sector, the "Jamahiriya Sector". Making up the legislative bran ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Religion Before the 1930's The Sanusi Movement was the main Islamic movement in Libya. The movement was a religious revival adapted to desert life. Its zawaayaa could be found in Tripolitania and Fezzan, but Sanusi influence was strongest in Cyrenaica. Rescuing the region from unrest and anarchy, the Sanusi movement gave the Cyrenaican tribal people a religious attachment and feelings of unity and purpose. The Sanusi Islamic movement, which was later destroyed by both Italian invasion and later the Gadaffi government, was a very conservative one some ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Culture Libyan culture is, to a certain extent, similar to that of its other Arab North African neighbours and the Libyan people very much consider themselves Arabs. The primary language is a colloquial form of Arabic that is unique to the area around Libya. There seems to be two distinct dialects and a couple of village and tribal dialects. True Libyan Arabs have a heritage in the traditions of the nomadic Bedouin and associate themselves with a particular Bedouin tribe. Family life is a strong value for Libyan families. Most Libyans live in apartm ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Demographics Libya has a small population within its large territory, with a population density of about 50 persons per km² (80/sq. mi.) in the two northern regions of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, and less than one person per km² (1.6/sq. mi.) elsewhere. Ninety percent of the people live in less than 10% of the area, primarily along the coast. More than half the population is urban, mostly concentrated in the two largest cities, Tripoli and Benghazi. 50% of the population is estimated to be under age 15. Native Libyans are primarily a mixture of Arabs a ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Economy The Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the oil sector, which contribute practically all export earnings and about one-quarter of GDP. These oil revenues and a small population give Libya one of the highest per capita GDPs in Africa, but little of this income flows down to the lower orders of society. Libyan officials in the past three years have made progress on economic reforms as part of a broader campaign to reintegrate the country into the international fold. This effort picked up steam after UN sanctions were lifted in ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Demographics Main article: Demographics of Libya
Libya has a small population within its large territory, with a population density of about 50 persons per km² (80/sq. mi.) in the two northern regions of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, and less than one person per km² (1.6/sq. mi.) elsewhere. Ninety percent of the people live in less than 10% of the area, primarily along the coast. More than half the population is urban, mostly concentrated in the two largest cities, Tripoli and Benghazi. 50% of the population is estimated to be under the age ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Politics Main article: Politics of Libya
The Libyan system of government is quite unusual. Qaddafi claims that Libya is a "pure socialist state", and as such the formal institutions of government are purposely quite vague. Qaddafi himself is not even technically the "President" or "Prime Minister" of the country, and instead describes himself as a sort of "guide" or a "leader" to help the Libyan people in socialism. To most people around the world, he is simply referred to as "Colonel Qaddafi". Qaddafi assumes full dictatorial po ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Demographics Main article: Demographics of Libya
Libya has a small population within its large territory, with population density of about 50 persons per km² (80/sq. mi.) in the two northern regions of Tripolitania and Cyrenaica, and less than one person per km² (1.6/sq. mi.) elsewhere. Ninety percent of the people live in less than 10% of the area, primarily along the coast. More than half the population is urban, mostly concentrated in the two largest cities, Tripoli and Benghazi. 50% of the popul ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Politics Main article: Politics of Libya
There is a dual government structure in Libya. The “revolutionary sector” comprises Revolutionary Leader Qadhafi, the Revolutionary Committees, and the remaining members of the 12-person Revolutionary Command Council, which was established in 1969. The historical revolutionary leadership is not elected and cannot be voted out of office, as they are in power by virtue of their involvement in the revolution. The revolutionary sector dictates the decision-making power of the second sector, the ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Culture Main article: Culture of Libya
Libyan culture is, to a certain extent, similar to that of its other Arab North African neighbours and the Libyan people very much consider themselves Arabs. The primary language is a colloquial form of Arabic that is unique to the area around Libya. There seems to be two distinct dialects and a couple of village and tribal dialects. True Libyan Arabs have a heritage in the traditions of the nomadic Bedouin and associate themselves with a particular Bedouin tribe. Family life is a strong value for ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Economy Main article: Economy of Libya
The Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the oil sector, which contribute practically all export earnings and about one-quarter of GDP. These oil revenues and a small population give Libya one of the highest per capita GDPs in Africa, but little of this income flows down to the lower orders of society. Libyan officials in the past three years have made progress on economic reforms as part of a broader campaign to reintegrate the country into the international fold. This effort picke ...
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| | | | Libya - Geography: Encyclopedia II - Libya - Religion Main article: Islam in Libya
Before the 1930's The Sanusi Movement was the main Islamic movement in Libya. The movement was a religious revival adapted to desert life. Its zawaayaa could be found in Tripolitania and Fezzan, but Sanusi influence was strongest in Cyrenaica. Rescuing the region from unrest and anarchy, the Sanusi movement gave the Cyrenaican tribal people a religious attachment and feelings of unity and purpose. The Sanusi Islamic movement, which was later destroyed by both Italian invasion and later the Gadaffi g ...
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