Libya

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Libya is a North African country on the Mediterranean coast, known for its vast desert landscapes, significant oil reserves, and history spanning from ancient civilizations to modern political upheavals.


Statements (69)
Predicate Object
instanceOf sovereign state
borderCountry Algeria
Chad
Egypt
Niger
Sudan
Tunisia
borderFeature Mediterranean Sea
callingCode +218
capital Tripoli
climate arid
coastalClimate Mediterranean climate
coastlineOn Mediterranean Sea
continent Africa
currency Libyan dinar
demonym Libyan
desertRegion Sahara Desert
drivesOn right
economicSector hydrocarbon industry
formerColonyOf Italy
formerName Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Kingdom of Libya
Libyan Arab Republic
governmentType provisional government
hasMajorResource crude oil
natural gas
hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite Cyrene
Leptis Magna
Old Town of Ghadamès
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Sabratha
historicalLeader Muammar Gaddafi
historicalRegion Cyrenaica
Fezzan
Tripolitania
independenceFrom Italy
independenceYear 1951
ISO3166-1Alpha2 LY
ISO3166-1Alpha3 LBY
largestCity Tripoli
locatedOn Mediterranean Sea
majorCity Benghazi
Misrata
Sabha
majorPort Benghazi
Tripoli
majorUprising 2011 Libyan Civil War
nationalFlagColor black
green
red
nationalFlagSymbol crescent
star
officialLanguage Arabic
OPECMember true
partOf African Union
Arab world
League of Arab States
Maghreb
Organization of Islamic Cooperation
recognizedLanguage Tamazight
Tebu
Tuareg
religionDominantBranch Sunni Islam
religionMajority Islam
subregion North Africa
subsequentConflict Second Libyan Civil War
terrain desert
timeZone UTC+2
UNMemberState true

Referenced by (376)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
1969 Libyan coup d'état
2011 Libyan Civil War
Ajdabiya
Al Bayda
Al-Ahly SC (Benghazi)
Al-Ahly Tripoli
Al-Ittihad Tripoli
Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)
Apollonia (port of Cyrene)
Battle of Bir Hakeim
Battle of Derna
Battle of Gazala
Battle of Misrata
Battle of Tripoli
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020)
Belhamed
Benghazi
Benina International Airport
Bir el Gubi
Brega
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution
Central Bank of Libya
Central Sahara
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaican Desert
Cyrene
Daza
Derna
EUBAM Libya
Fezzan
Ghadamès
Ghat
Government of National Accord
HLLS
Hadrianic baths
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Jabal al Akhdar
Jebel Nafusa
Kel Ajjer
Khoms District
Leptis Magna
Libyan Coastal Plain
Libyan International Medical University
Libyan National Army
Libyan Political Agreement
Libyan Political Dialogue Forum
Libyan dinar
Libyan government
Martyrs of February Stadium
Martyrs' Square
Misrata
Misrata International Airport
Misrata militias
Mitiga International Airport
National Transitional Council
Necropolis of Cyrene
Old Town of Ghadamès
Petroleum Facilities Guard
Port of Misrata
Red Castle Museum
Rock-Art Sites of Tadrart Acacus
Royal Military Academy, Benghazi
Sabha
Sabha
Sabha
Sabha Airport
Sabha Airport
Sabha Airport
Sabha District
Sabratha
Sabratha Roman theater
Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene
Second Libyan Civil War
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya
Severan basilica
Sidi Rezegh
Sirte
Tarabulus al-Gharb
Tebu
Teda
Temple of Zeus at Cyrene
Tibesti Mountains
Tobruk
Tripoli
Tripoli Cathedral (former)
Tripoli International Airport
Tripolitania
Tuareg
University of Benghazi
University of Tripoli
Vandal Kingdom
Western Desert
Zawiya
Zintan militias
agora of Cyrene
Ṭarābulus
country
Battle of Benghazi
Battle of Sirte (2011)
Battle of Tripoli
Belhamed
Fezzan ("southwestern Libya")
Libyan International Medical University
Mitiga International Airport
Necropolis of Cyrene
Sabratha
Sabratha Roman theater
Sahara Desert
Sanctuary of Apollo at Cyrene
Severan basilica
Sirte
Temple of Zeus at Cyrene
Tobruk
University of Benghazi
University of Tripoli
agora of Cyrene
Ṭarābulus
locatedIn
1969 Libyan coup d'état
Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)
Battle of Bardia
Battle of Bir Hakeim
Battle of Tobruk (1942)
Battle of Tripoli (2019–2020)
Chadian–Libyan conflict
Fezzan campaign
German-Italian Panzer Army
Italian XX Motorised Corps
Italian invasion of Egypt
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
North African campaign
Operation Agreement
Operation Battleaxe
Operation Compass
Operation Crusader
Operation Sonnenblume
Rats of Tobruk
Siege of Tobruk
location
Abdul Fatah Younis
Ayesha Gaddafi
Fayez al-Sarraj
Hannibal Gaddafi
Khalifa Haftar
Khamis Gaddafi
Mahmoud Jibril
Muammar Gaddafi
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
Mutassim Gaddafi
Saadi Gaddafi
Safia Farkash
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
countryOfCitizenship
Arab Labor Organization
Arab League
Arab Monetary Fund
Arab Organization for Agricultural Development
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
Economic and Social Council of the Arab League
Islamic Development Bank
hasMember
Ayesha Gaddafi
Hannibal Gaddafi
Khalifa Haftar
Khamis Gaddafi
Mahmoud Jibril
Saadi Gaddafi
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
placeOfBirth
Borkou-Ennedi-Tibesti
Chad
Chadians
Egypt
Niger
Tunisia
borderCountry
Berber languages
Italian language
Maghrebi Arabic
Nilo-Saharan phylum
Tamazight (generic)
Zenati languages
spokenIn
EET
Eastern European Time
Fus’ha
Salam
West Africa Time ("Libya (historically)")
bin Abdullah
usedInCountry
Arab Maghreb Union
Arab Maghreb Union
CEN-SAD
ECCAS
OPEC
memberState
Al Bayda
Cyrenaica
Cyrenaican Desert
Fezzan
Tripolitania
partOf
Khamis Gaddafi ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
Muammar Gaddafi
Mutassim Gaddafi
allegiance
Antaeus
Safia Farkash ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
Third International Theory ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
associatedWith
Tarabulus al-Gharb
Tripoli
Ṭarābulus
capitalOf
Mizrahi Jews
The Green Book
Third International Theory
countryOfOrigin
Libya ("Kingdom of Libya")
Libya ("Libyan Arab Republic")
Libya ("Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
formerName
Gas Exporting Countries Forum
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia
hasMemberState
Greater Middle East
Mediterranean Basin
Middle East and North Africa
includesCountry
Central Bank of Libya
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya ("territory of the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
jurisdiction
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb
DAK
German Afrika Korps
operationalArea
Tarabulus al-Gharb ("Kingdom of Libya")
Tarabulus al-Gharb ("Libyan Arab Republic")
Tarabulus al-Gharb ("Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
wasCapitalOf
Coptic Christmas
Eastern European Summer Time
countryObservedIn
Hellenic Trench
Mediterranean Ridge region
countryOffshoreFrom
Fezzan
Sabha District
countrySubdivisionOf
Kel Ajjer
Teda
ethnicMinorityIn
Al Bayda ("State of Libya")
Ghat ("State of Libya")
governingCountry
Tarabulus al-Gharb
Tripoli
largestCityOf
Arch of Septimius Severus (Leptis Magna)
Hadrianic baths
locatedInCountry
Apollonia (port of Cyrene)
Bornu Empire
locatedInPresentDay
Libyan Sea
Malta
locatedNorthOf
Ariete Armoured Division
Italian 1st Army
operatedIn
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Petroleum Facilities Guard
operatesIn
Misrata militias ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
National Transitional Council ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
opposed
Central Bank of Libya ("State of Libya")
Royal Military Academy, Benghazi
regionServed
Antaeus
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
residence
1969 Libyan coup d'état ("Libyan Arab Republic")
Ottoman Empire
successor
Polisario Front ("Libya (historically)")
Yom Kippur War
supportedBy
Scud missile
T-72M1
usedBy
Amazigh flag
Central European Summer Time
usedIn
Women of the Arab Spring
activeInCountry
Islamic crescent
appearsOnFlagOf
Arab Winter
appliesToCountry
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya
appliesToJurisdiction
Islamization of North Africa
appliesToTerritory
Desert Fox
associatedWithCountry
Blue People
associatedWithRegion
Donations of Alexandria
awardedTerritory
2011 Libyan Civil War ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
belligerent
Aristaeus
birthplace
Libyan Sea
borderedBy
Mediterranean Sea
borderedByCountry
Algeria
borderingCountry
Tibesti Mountains
borderRegionOf
University of Tripoli
capitalCityOfCountry
Tuareg cross
circulatesIn
Fascist Italy ("Italian Libya")
colonialPossession
Italian Empire
colonialPowerOf
Pan Am Flight 103
compensationPaidBy
Chadian–Libyan conflict
conflictBetween
Italo-Turkish War
conflictForControlOf
Royal Military Academy, Benghazi ("Libyan Arab Republic")
continuedUnder
Hellenic Arc
countryBorder
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1970
countryConcerned
Western Desert ("Kingdom of Libya")
countryDuringWWII
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
countryGovernedDuringConflict
Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis
countryInvolved
LBY
countryName
Italo Balbo
countryOfDeath
Al-Ahly Tripoli
countryOfGround
Council of Arab Ministers of Information
countryOfMembership
Ansar al-Sharia in Libya
countryOfOperation
ECA Subregional Office for North Africa
countryServed
Sidi Rezegh ("State of Libya")
currentCountry
LBY ("State of Libya")
denotesCountry
15th Panzer Division
deployment
Daza
ethnicGroupIn
R-17
exportedTo
Libyan Coastal Plain ("Libya’s Mediterranean coast")
extendsAlong
Saadi Gaddafi
extraditedTo
EUNAVFOR MED IRINI
focusCountry
Red Castle Museum
focusesOnRegion
Lebanese Civil War
foreignIntervention
National Transitional Council
formedInCountry
Muammar Gaddafi ("Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
founded
CEN-SAD
founder
10th Army (Italy)
garrison
Maliki
geographicalDistribution
Old Town of Ghadamès ("State of Libya")
governedBy
Temple of Zeus at Cyrene ("State of Libya")
governingBody
Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
governmentalContext
1969 Libyan coup d'état ("Kingdom of Libya")
governmentOverthrown
Libyan government
governs
Sudan
hasBorderWith
Libyan Sea
hasCoastlineIn
Arab world
hasCountry
Member States of the United Nations ("Kingdom of Libya")
hasFormerMember
Libyan Sea
hasHistoricalRegionOnSouthernBoundary
OPEC+
hasKeyMember
North Africa
hasPart
Saint George and the Dragon ("Libya (legendary setting)")
hasSetting
Muammar Gaddafi
headOfGovernment
Mahmoud Jibril
heldOfficeIn
Cyrenaica ("Kingdom of Libya")
historicalEra
Tripolitania
historicalRegionOf
Erasmus+ Programme Countries
includes
Northwest Africa
includesPartOf
Mediterranean Theater of Operations
involvesCountry
Tarabulus al-Gharb ("State of Libya")
isCapitalOf
Ṭarābulus
isLargestCityOf
Libyan Coastal Plain
isPopulationCenterOf
Benghazi
isSecondLargestCityOf
Benina International Airport
isTransportInfrastructureOf
Ploiești raid
launchSite
Lake Chad Basin
LCBCMembers
Libyan dinar
legalTenderIn
House of Representatives (Tobruk-based)
legislativeBranchOf
Kyrenaikē
locatedInModernCountry
Lockerbie bombing diplomatic crisis
locationOfEvent
Panzer Army Africa
locationOfOperation
Chadian–Libyan conflict
mainBelligerent
Maliki school
mainRegion
Kanuri
majorCountry
Union for the Mediterranean ("Libya (observer)")
memberIncludes
Tripolitania ("Libya (unified state)")
mergedInto
Sahure
militaryCampaignsIn
Tebu
minorityStatusIn
Libyan Sea
namedAfter
Sabha ("State of Libya")
nationalAffiliation
Arab Spring
notableCountry
Libyan dinar
officialCurrencyOf
Arabic
officialLanguageOf
Modern Standard Arabic
officialStatusIn
Battle of Tripoli ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
opposedBy
Lake Chad Basin
partlyIn
Tropic of Cancer
passesThrough
Khamis Gaddafi
placeOfDeath
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya ("Libyan Arab Jamahiriya")
politicalSystemContext
Haredi Jews
populationCenter
1969 Libyan coup d'état ("Kingdom of Libya")
predecessor
Berbers
presentInCountry
Toubou
primaryCountry
Blue Men of the Sahara
region
Third International Theory
regionOfInfluence
LBY
represents
Secretary-General of the General People's Congress of Libya
residenceCountry
WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean
servesCountry
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
settingCountry
Copts
significantPopulationIn
Cyrenaican Desert ("State of Libya")
sovereignState
Pan Am Flight 103
stateResponsibilityAcknowledgedBy
Sudan Defence Force
theatreOfOperations
Italian Libya ("State of Libya")
todayPartOf
Atlas
transformationLocation
Eastern Mediterranean ("Libya (eastern coast)")
typicalCountryIncluded
Cyrenaica ("Kingdom of Libya")
wasAutonomousProvinceOf
Tripolitania ("Kingdom of Libya")
wasProvinceOf
Mustafa Abdul Jalil
workLocation
Amun
worshipExtendedTo

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