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.

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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 Libya self-linksurface differs
surface form: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Libya self-linksurface differs
surface form: Kingdom of Libya

Libya self-linksurface differs
surface form: 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
Arab League
surface form: League of Arab States

North Africa
surface form: Maghreb

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
surface form: Organization of Islamic Cooperation
recognizedLanguage Berber languages
surface form: Tamazight

Tebu
Tuareg
religionDominantBranch Sunni Islam
religionMajority Islam
subregion North Africa
subsequentConflict Second Libyan Civil War
terrain desert
timeZone UTC+2
UNMemberState true

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Aouzou Strip wasClaimedBy Libya
Aouzou Strip wasAnnexedBy Libya
Free Officers Movement (Libya) overthrewGovernmentOf Libya
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Libya
Free Officers Movement (Libya) precededBy Libya
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Libya
Al-Fateh Revolution overthrewGovernment Libya
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Libya
Al-Fateh Revolution successorState Libya
this entity surface form: Libyan Arab Republic
Zawiya District country Libya
Faculty of Medicine country Libya
subject surface form: Faculty of Medicine, Libyan International Medical University
Faculty of Medicine regionServed Libya
subject surface form: Faculty of Medicine, Libyan International Medical University
Al-Nasr country Libya
subject surface form: Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)
Al-Nasr countryOfAssociation Libya
subject surface form: Al-Nasr SC (Benghazi)
Saif al-Islam countryOfCitizenship Libya
subject surface form: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Saif al-Islam placeOfBirth Libya
subject surface form: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Saif al-Islam residence Libya
subject surface form: Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation politicallyConnectedTo Libya
this entity surface form: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader) allegiance Libya
subject surface form: Muammar Gaddafi
this entity surface form: Libyan Arab Republic
Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader) headOfGovernment Libya
subject surface form: Muammar Gaddafi
this entity surface form: Libya (de facto)
Muammar Gaddafi (loyalist side, political and military leader) headOfState Libya
subject surface form: Muammar Gaddafi
this entity surface form: Libya (de facto)
Jibril countryOfCitizenship Libya
subject surface form: Mahmoud Jibril
Jibril country Libya
subject surface form: National Forces Alliance