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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Maliki school mainRegion Libya
EET usedInCountry Libya
ECCAS memberState Libya
AMU memberState Libya
subject surface form: Arab Maghreb Union
CEN-SAD founder Libya
CEN-SAD memberState Libya
Tripolitania country Libya
Tripolitania partOf Libya
Tripolitania wasProvinceOf Libya
this entity surface form: Kingdom of Libya
Tripolitania mergedInto Libya
this entity surface form: Libya (unified state)
Zenati languages spokenIn Libya
West Africa Time (WAT) usedInCountry Libya
subject surface form: West Africa Time
this entity surface form: Libya (historically)
Tuareg cross circulatesIn Libya
National Transitional Council opposed Libya
this entity surface form: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Central Sahara country Libya
Ghadamès country Libya
Tibesti Mountains country Libya
EUBAM Libya country Libya
Kel Ajjer country Libya
Toubou primaryCountry Libya
Teda country Libya
Teda ethnicMinorityIn Libya