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Socialist People's Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الاشتراكية العظمى Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Lībiyyah aš-Šaʿbiyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-ʿUẓmā
Flag Coat of Arms
Anthem: الله أكبر‎ Allahu Akbar God is Great
Capital	Tripoli
Official languages	Arabic
Demonym	Libyan
Government
- Type	Jamahiriya
- Guide of the Revolution	Muammar al-Gaddafi
- Secretary General	Miftah Muhammed K'eba
- Prime Minister	Baghdadi Mahmudi
Independence	Relinquished by Italy
United Nations Trusteeship	February 10, 194710 February 1947 20 Shevat 5707 He 19 Shevat 5950 AM
Independence	December 24, 195124 December 1951 25 Kislev 5712 He 25 Teveth 5955 AM
Area
- Total	1,759,541 km²1,759,541,000 dunams 679,362.578 mi² (17th)
- Water	0.001 %1.0e-3 %
Population
- 20082008 5768 He 6011 AM estimate	6,173,579
- 20062006 5766 He 6009 AM census	5,670,688
- Density	3.2 km⁻²8.288 mi⁻² (218th)
GDP (PPP)	20072007 5767 He 6010 AM estimate
- Total	$82,769,000,000
- Per capita	$13593
GDP (nominal)	20072007 5767 He 6010 AM estimate
- Total	$69,929,000,000
- Per capita	$11,484
Currency	Dinar (ل.د) (LYD)
Time zone	EET (UTC+2)
Internet TLD	.ly
Calling code	+218
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Libya (Arabic: ليبيا, ‎Lībiyā; Amazigh: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ) officially the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya (Arabic: الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى, Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Lībiyyah aš-Šaʿbiyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-ʿUẓmā) is a North African country on the Mediterranean Sea, situated between Egypt on the east, Sudan on the southeast, Chad and Niger on the south and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. Its capital city is Tripoli.

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