Libya is located 25 degrees west and 17 degrees east
Libya is located north of Niger, and chad, west of Egypt and Sudan and west of Algeria.
Libya is located in northern Africa, and is in both the eastern and northern hemispheres. The Tropic of Cancer runs through the bottom half of the country. Libya is bordered by the the Gulf of Sidra and Mediterranean Sea.
This video shows beautiful and well known places in Libya,
Libya's natural resource is mainly petroleum, but also is natural gas, oil , gas, and gypsum.
The main cultural groups are, Greeks, romans, and carthaginians.
The main religions in Libya are Christianity, Islam, and Sunni Islam.
Interesting facts on libyas government:
1.) Agraw Amuran Amatay was the legislative authority of Libya for two years following the end of the Libyan Civil War.
2.)The General National Congress was the legislative authority of Libya.
3.)Libya had only one King in its entire history. Idris was king of the country from 1951- 1969 as well as the head of the Senussi Muslim order. In 1969, his regime was defeated by Gaddafi.
I accidentally put the education system with human-environment interation, but it is meant to be with region.
Primary education:
The first 9 years of school education in Libya are compulsory and free. This basic education program includes lessons in Arabic, Islamic languages, Jamahiriyi society, mathematics, natural sciences, history, geography, art, music, and technical and physical education.The first 6 years of this take place at primary school.
Middle education:
The final 3 years of basic education take place at middle school. Upon completion, a basic education certificate may be awarded, following which pupils have the choice of finding work, or going on to secondary school.
Secondary education:
Grades 10 to 12 at secondary school complete the Libyan schooling cycle at general level, where students may choose between science and arts to prepare to go on to university. Should they prefer to go to technical secondary school instead, then they may spend 4 years studying one of economics, arts and media, biology, engineering or social sciences there, with a view to perhaps spending time at a higher institution later too.
Crops in Libya: The main crops produced in the country are wheat, barley, maize and millet as cereal crops; potatoes as root and tubers; dry beans, broad bean, peas, chickpeas and groundnuts as pulses;
An endangered plant in Libya is Arbutus pavarii.
Yearly Population Growth Rate (%) Country Continent World. The current population of Libya is 6,381,299 as of Saturday, February 25, 2017, based on the latest United Nations estimates. Libya population is equivalent to 0.09% of the total world population.
However, its population density is one of the world's lowest – with only 3.6 people living in every square kilometer of Libyan territory (9.4 people per square mile) Libya is the 185th most densely populated country in the world of 192 countries in tota
According to the latest WHO data published in 2015 life expectancy in Libya is: Male 70.1, female 75.6 and total life expectancy is 72.7 which gives Libya a World Life Expectancy ranking of 93. You can see the top 20 causes of death data and rankings for Libya by clicking on the links below or select the full country health profile at the bottom of the page.
Within Libya as many as five different climatic zones have been recognized, but the dominant climatic influences are Mediterranean and Saharan. In most of the coastal lowland, the climate is Mediterranean, with warm summers and mild winters. Rainfall is scanty, and the dry climate results in a year-round 98-percent visibility. The weather is cooler in the highlands, and frosts occur at maximum elevations. In the desert interior the climate has very hot summers and extreme diurnal temperature ranges.
Exports and imports.
Libya is the 72nd largest export economy in the world and the 126th most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). In 2014, Libya exported $18.4B and imported $16.1B, resulting in a positive trade balance of $2.32B. In 2014 the GDP of Libya was $41.1B and its GDP per capita was $15.6k.
national flag consisting of three unequal horizontal stripes of (top to bottom) red, black, and green, with a white crescent and star centred on the larger black stripe. It has a width-to-length ratio of 1 to 2.
Under Italian colonial rule from 1911 until 1942, Libya had no flag of its own. Subsequently, under British and French administration, only the Union Jack and the French Tricolor were flown. Nevertheless, the Sanūsiyyah (Sennusiya), a powerful Islamic sect, had long displayed flags of black with inscriptions from the Qurʾān. In 1947 the Sanūsī leader became the king of Cyrenaica, which, with Tripolitania and Fezzan, became the United Kingdom of Libya.
When Libya declared its independence on December 24, 1951, it was the first country to achieve independence through the United Nations and one of the first former European possessions in Africa to gain independence. Libya was proclaimed a constitutional and a hereditary monarchy under King Idris.
Imagine your world being taken over and having to fight for what is rightfully yours. This is exactly what people in Libya had to deal with when their homes were taken over by foreigners. The two options for Libya, or a country that has been taken over, is either to just let it be or fight for independence.
234 out of 1000 Libyans have cars, which is the highest rate in Africa. The best roads run along the coast between Tripoli and Tunis in Tunisia; also between Benghazi and Tobruk, connecting with Alexandria in Egypt. A fairly efficient bus service operates along these routes, with two main bus transport companies.
1st current event: Refugee women and children 'beaten, raped and starved in Libyan hellholes'
Women and children making the dangerous journey to Europe to flee poverty and conflicts in Africa are being beaten, raped and starved in “living hellholes” in Libya. Children are being sexually abused, coerced into prostitution and work, and held to ransom for months in squalid, overcrowded detention centres, as they flee war and poverty in Africa to undertake one of the most dangerous journeys in the world to Europe
2nd current event: NGO rescues off Libya encourage traffickers, says EU borders chief
NGOs who rescue people in the sea off Libya are encouraging traffickers who profit from dangerous Mediterranean crossings. 40% of recent rescue operations at sea off the north African country were carried out by non-government organisations, making it impossible to check the origins of the migrants or their smuggling routes if the NGOs did not cooperate.
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Created with images by D-Stanley - "Sahara Tourist Camp"