Libya
Libya is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa and a part of the Arab world. Although the country is rich in history and culture and has great tourism potential, the country has been in the news for all the wrong reasons since the 1960s.Tap on the map to travel |
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Popular Destinations
Tripoli
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Tripoli is the capital, largest city, principal harbour and biggest commercial and manufacturing centre of the North African country of Libya.
Benghazi
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Benghazi is the second largest city in Libya, with a population of 630,000.
Destinations
Surt
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Surt is a city in Libya, best known as Muammar Gaddhafi's hometown.
Misrata
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Misrata or Misratah, also known by the Italian spelling Misurata, is a city in the Misrata District in northwestern Libya, situated 187 km to the east of Tripoli and 825 km west of Benghazi on the Mediterranean coast near Cape Misrata.
Tobruk
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Tobruk or Tobruck is a port city on Libya's eastern Mediterranean coast, near the border with Egypt.
Leptis Magna
Leptis Magna, also spelled Lepcis Magna, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa in the Tripolitania region of Libya.Sabratha
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Sabratha, in the Zawiya District of Libya, was the westernmost of the ancient "three cities" of Roman Tripolis, alongside Oea and Leptis Magna.
Zuwara
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Zuwara is a port city in northwestern Libya. It is famous for its beaches and seafood.
Sabha
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Sabha is the capital of the municipality by the same name in Libya.
Ubari
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Ubari or Awbari is a Tuareg Berber–speaking oasis town and the capital of the Wadi al Hayaa District, in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya.
Al Jawf
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Al Jawf is a town of 31,000 people in Kufra district, southeastern Libya.
Ghat
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Ghat is the capital of the Ghat District in the Fezzan region of southwestern Libya, located just east of the Algerian border.
Libya
- Type: Country with 5,610,000 residents
- Description: sovereign state in North Africa
- Languages: Arabic, Italian and English
- Neighbors: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Middle East, Niger, Sudan and Tunisia
- Categories: sovereign state, Mediterranean country and locality
- Location: North Africa, Africa
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Latitude of centre
27.14° or 27° 8' 24" northLongitude of centre
17.62° or 17° 37' 12" eastPopulation
5,610,000Area
1,759,540 km² (679,362 miles²)Elevation
512 metres (1,680 feet)Capital
TripoliCurrency
Dinar (LYD)Phone code
.lyInternet domain
218OpenStreetMap ID
node 432425023OpenStreetMap Feature
place=countryGeoNames ID
2215636Wikidata ID
Q1016Libya Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Libya
- Abkhazian: Ливиа
- Abkhazian: Ливиа Ахәынҭқарра
- Achinese: Libya
- Adyghe: Ливие
- Afar: Liviya
- Afrikaans: Libië
- Akan: Libya
- Albanian: Libi
- Albanian: Libia
- Amharic: Libya
- Amharic: ሊቢያ
- Amis: Libya
- Angika: लीबिया
- Arabic (Historic): اَلْجَمَاهِيرِيَّة اَلْعَرَبِيَّة اَللِّيبِيَّة اَلشَّعْبِيَّة اَلإِشْتِرَاكِيَّة
- Arabic: Libya
- Arabic: Lībiyā
- Arabic: الجمهورية الليبية
- Arabic: الليبي
- Arabic: الليبية
- Arabic: الليبين
- Arabic: دولة ليبيا
- Arabic: لوبيا (دولة)
- Arabic: لوبيا (ليبيا)
- Arabic: لوبية (دولة)
- Arabic: لوبية (ليبيا)
- Arabic: ليببيا
- Arabic: ليبي
- Arabic: ليبيا
- Arabic: ليبية
- Aragonese: Libia
- Armenian: Լիբիա
- Armenian: Լիպիա
- Arpitan: Libie
- Assamese: লিবিয়া
- Asturian: Libia
- Atayal: Libya
- Avaric: Libia
- Azerbaijani: Liviya
- Balinese: Libya
- Bambara: Libi
- Bambara: Libya
- Banjar: Libya
- Bashkir: Ливия
- Basque: Libia
- Bavarian: Libyen
- Belarusian: Лібія
- Belarusian: Лівія
- Bengali: লিবিয়া
- Bhojpuri: लिबिया
- Bhojpuri: लिब्या
- Bhojpuri: लीबिया
- Bhojpuri: लीब्या
- Bishnupriya: লিবিয়া
- Bislama: Libia
- Bosnian: Libija
- Breton: Libia
- Buginese: Libya
- Buginese: ᨒᨗᨅᨐ
- Bulgarian (Historic): Либийска Арабска Джамахирия
- Bulgarian: Либия
- Burmese: လစ်ဗျား
- Burmese: လစ်ဗျားနိုင်ငံ
- Catalan: Estat de Líbia
- Catalan: Líbia
- Cebuano: Libya
- Central Bikol: Libya
- Central Kurdish: لیبیا
- Chavacano: Libya
- Chechen: Ливи
- Chinese: Libya
- Chinese: Lìbǐyà
- Chinese: 利比亚 / 利比亞
- Chinese: 利比亚
- Chinese: 利比亚国
- Chinese: 利比亞
- Chinese: 利比亞國
- Chuvash: Ливи
- Cornish: Libi
- Corsican: Libia
- Crimean Tatar: Libiya
- Croatian (Historic): Libijska Arapska Džamahirija
- Croatian: Država Libija
- Croatian: Libija
- Czech: Libye
- Dagbani: Libya
- Danish: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Danish: Libyen
- Dhivehi: ލީބިޔާ
- Dimli (individual language): Libya
- Dinka: Libya
- Dotyali: लिबिया
- Dutch: LBY
- Dutch: LY
- Dutch: Libie
- Dutch: Libische Arabische Republiek
- Dutch: Libië
- Dzongkha: ལི་བི་ཡ
- Eastern Mari: Ливий
- Egyptian Arabic: ليبيا
- English (Historic): Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- English (Historic): Kingdom of Libya
- English (Historic): Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah
- English (Historic): Libyan Arab Republic
- English (Historic): Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- English: LBA
- English: State of Libya
- English: ly
- Esperanto: LY
- Esperanto: Libio
- Esperanto: Ŝtato Libio
- Estonian: Liibüa
- Estonian: Liibüa Riik
- Ewe: Libia
- Ewe: Libya
- Ewe: Libya nutome
- Extremaduran: Líbia
- Farefare: Libya
- Faroese: Libya
- Fiji Hindi: Libya
- Finnish: Libya
- Finnish: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Finnish: Libyan valtio
- French (Historic): Jamahiriya arabe libyenne
- French: LY
- French: Libye
- French: l’État de Libye
- Fulah: Libi
- Fulah: Libiya
- Gagauz: Libiya
- Gagauz: Liviya
- Galician: Libia - ليبيا
- Galician: Libia
- Ganda: Libya
- Georgian: ლიბია
- German (Historic): Libysch-Arabische Dschamahirija
- German: Libyen
- German: Staat Libyen
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: Libya
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: State of Libya
- Goan Konkani: लिबिया
- Gorontalo: Libya
- Greek: Λιβυκή Αραβική Τζαμαχιρία
- Greek: Λιβύη
- Guarani: Livia
- Guarani: Lívia
- Guianese Creole French: Libi
- Gujarati: લિબિયા
- Gujarati: લીબિયા
- Haitian: Libi
- Hakka Chinese: Libya
- Hausa: Libiya
- Hausa: Libya
- Hebrew: לוב
- Hindi: लीबिया
- Hungarian: Líbia
- Hungarian: Líbiai Arab Jamahiriya
- Hungarian: Líbia Állam
- Icelandic: Líbía
- Icelandic: Líbýa
- Ido: Libia
- Igbo: Libia
- Igbo: Libya
- Iloko: Libya
- Inari Sami: Libya
- Inari Sami: Libya staatâ
- Indonesian: Libya
- Interlingua: Libya
- Interlingue: Libya
- Irish: An Libia
- Irish: an Libia
- Italian: Libia, Repubblica Araba
- Italian: Libia
- Italian: Repubblica Libica
- Jamaican Creole English: Libia
- Japanese: リビア
- Japanese: リビア国
- Japanese: 社会主義人民リビア・アラブ国
- Javanese: Libya
- Kabiyè: Liibii
- Kabyle: Libya
- Kalaallisut: Libya
- Kalmyk: Либудин Аһу Социгализмин Араб Улс Орн
- Kannada: ಲಿಬಿಯಾ
- Kannada: ಲಿಬ್ಯಾ
- Kara-Kalpak: Libya
- Kashmiri: لِبیا
- Kashubian: Libiô
- Kazakh: Ливия
- Khmer: លីប៊ី
- Kikuyu: Libya
- Kinyarwanda: Libiya
- Kirghiz: Ливия
- Kongo: Libia
- Korean: 리비아
- Kotava: Libia
- Kurdish: Lîbya
- Kurdish: لیبیا
- Ladin: Libia
- Ladino: Libya
- Lao: Libya
- Lao: ລິເບຍ
- Latin: Libya
- Latvian: Lībija
- Ligurian: Libia
- Limburgan: Libië
- Lingala: Libí
- Lingala: Libîya
- Lingua Franca Nova: Libia
- Literary Chinese: 利比亞
- Lithuanian: Libija
- Lithuanian: Libijos Didžioji Liaudies Socialistinė Arabų Respublika
- Livvi: Livii
- Lojban: libgu'e
- Lombard: Libia
- Low German: Libië
- Low German: Libyen
- Lower Sorbian: Libyska
- Luba-Katanga: Libi
- Luxembourgish: Libyen
- Macedo-Romanian: Libia
- Macedonian: Либија
- Madurese: Libya
- Maithili: लीबिया
- Malagasy: Libia
- Malagasy: Libya
- Malay: Libya
- Malayalam: ലിബിയ
- Maltese: Libja
- Maltese: il-Libja
- Maltese: l-Istat tal-Libja
- Manipuri: ꯂꯤꯕꯤꯌꯥ
- Manx: Yn Leeb
- Maori: Rīpia
- Marathi: लिबिया
- Marathi: लीबिया
- Mazanderani: لیبی
- Min Dong Chinese: Libya
- Min Dong Chinese: Lṳ̄-bī-ā
- Min Nan Chinese: Libya
- Minangkabau: Libya
- Mingrelian: ლიბია
- Mirandese: Líbia
- Moksha: Кирдемастор Либия
- Moksha: Либия
- Mongolian: Ливи
- Mongolian: ꯂꯤꯕꯤꯌꯥ
- Moroccan Arabic: ليبيا
- N'Ko: ߟߌߓߌ߫
- Nauru: Libya
- Navajo: Haʼaʼaahjí Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii Bikéyah
- Neapolitan: Libbia
- Nepali: लिबिया
- Nepali: लिब्या
- Newari: लिब्या
- North Ndebele: Libhiya
- Northern Frisian: Libyen
- Northern Frisian: Liibyen
- Northern Luri: لیبی
- Northern Sami: Libya
- Northern Sami: Libya stáhta
- Norwegian: Libya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Den sosialistiske arabiske folkerepublikken Libya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Libya
- Norwegian Bokmål: Staten Libya
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Libya
- Novial: Libia
- Occitan (post 1500): Libia
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܠܘܒܐ
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܠܝܒܝܐ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Libia
- Oriya: ଲିବିଆ
- Oriya: ଲିବ୍ୟା
- Oromo: Liibiyaa
- Ossetian: Ливи
- Pali: लिबिया
- Pampanga: Libya
- Pangasinan: Libia
- Pangasinan: Libya
- Panjabi: ਲੀਬੀਆ
- Papiamento: Libia
- Pedi: Libya
- Persian: لیبویه
- Persian: لیبی
- Persian: لیبیا
- Pfaelzisch: Libye
- Pfaelzisch: Libyen
- Piemontese: Libia
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: Libiia
- Polish: Libia
- Polish: Libijska
- Portuguese: Líbia
- Portuguese: Líbia Árabe Jamahiriya
- Portuguese: Republica da Líbia
- Portuguese: República da Líbia
- Pushto: لیبیا
- Pushto: لېبيا
- Quechua: Libia
- Quechua: Libya
- Quechua: Lipya
- Romanian: Libia, Jamahiriya Arabă
- Romanian: Libia
- Romansh: Libia
- Rundi: Libiya
- Russia Buriat: Ливи
- Russian: Государство Ливия
- Russian: Ливия
- Rusyn: Лібія
- Sakizaya: Libya
- Samoan: Libya
- Samogitian: Lėbėjė
- Sango: Libïi
- Sanskrit: लिबिया
- Sardinian: Lìbia
- Saterfriesisch: Libyen
- Scots: Libie
- Scottish Gaelic: Libia
- Serbian: Libija
- Serbian: Либија
- Serbo-Croatian: Libija
- Serbo-Croatian: Libya
- Shan: မိူင်းလိပ်ႉပျႃး
- Shona: Libya
- Shona: Ribhiya
- Sicilian: Libbia
- Sicilian: Lìbbia
- Silesian: Libijo
- Sindhi: لبيا
- Sinhala: ලිබියාව
- Skolt Sami: Libya
- Skolt Sami: Libya riikk
- Skolt Sami: Libya valdia
- Slovak: Líbya
- Slovak: Lýbijská arabská džamahírija
- Slovenian: Libija
- Slovenian: Libijska arabska Jamahiriya
- Somali: Libiya
- Somali: Liibya
- South Azerbaijani: لیبی
- Southern Sotho: Libya
- Spanish: Estado de Libia
- Spanish: Libia
- Spanish: Libia, República Árabe
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ
- Sundanese: Libya
- Swahili: Libya
- Swati: ILibhiya
- Swedish: Libyen
- Swedish: Staten Libyen
- Swiss German: Libye
- Tachelhit: Libya
- Tagalog: Libya
- Tajik: Либия
- Tajik: Либиё
- Talysh: Libijə
- Talysh: Libya
- Tamil: லிபியா
- Taroko: Libya
- Tatar: Ливия
- Telugu: లిబియా
- Thai: ประเทศลิเบีย
- Thai: ลิเบีย
- Tibetan: ལི་པི་ཡ།
- Tibetan: ལི་བི་ཡ།
- Tigrinya: ሊቢያ
- Tonga (Tonga Islands): Līpia
- Tosk Albanian: Libyen
- Tsonga: Libiya
- Tumbuka: Libya
- Tumbuka: State of Libya
- Tunisian Arabic: ليبيا
- Turkish: Libya
- Turkmen: Liwiýa
- Twi: Libya
- Tyap: Li̱biya
- Tyap: Si̱tet Li̱biya
- Udmurt: Ливия
- Uighur: لىۋىيە
- Ukrainian: Держава Лівія
- Ukrainian: Лівійська Арабська Джамахірія
- Ukrainian: Лівія
- Upper Sorbian: Libyska
- Urdu: لیبیا
- Uzbek: Liviya
- Venetian: Lìbia
- Venetian: Łìbia
- Veps: Livii
- Vietnamese: Li-bi
- Vietnamese: Libya
- Vietnamese: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
- Vlaams: Libië
- Vlax Romani: Libiya
- Volapük: Lübän
- Võro: Liibüä
- Walloon: Libeye
- Waray (Philippines): Libya
- Welsh: Libia
- Welsh: Libya
- Western Armenian: Լիպիա
- Western Balochi: لیبیا
- Western Frisian: Libië
- Western Frisian: Lybje
- Western Mari: Ливи
- Western Panjabi: لبیا
- Western Panjabi: لیبیا
- Wolof: Libi
- Wu Chinese: 利比亚
- Yakut: Лиибийэ
- Yiddish: ליביע
- Yoruba: Libiya
- Yoruba: Líbyà
- Yue Chinese: 利比亞
- Zeeuws: Libië
- Zhuang: Libya
- Zulu: ILibhiya
- Zulu: ILibiya
- Zulu: i-Libya
- Historic: Al Jamāhīrīyah al ‘Arabīyah al Lībīyah ash Sha‘bīyah al Ishtirākīyah
- Historic: Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Arabīyah al Lībīyah
- Dawlat Lībiyā
- ma Lipija
- ሊብያ
- 阿拉伯利比亚民众国
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