Libya Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
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About Libya
Libya is officially known as theState of Libya(Arabic: دولة ليبيا;Dawlat Libiya). Until 2011, the country was known as theGreat Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya(Arabic: الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى;al-Jamāhīrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Lībīyah ash-Sha'bīyah al-Ishtirākīyah al-'Uẓmá). Libya is a large desert nation, covering nearly1,800,000 square kilometres (690,000sqmi)of land. This makes it the world's 16th-largest country and Africa's 4th-largest country. Libya is slightly larger thanAlaska, the largest state of theUnited States of Americaand nearly 160 times larger thanGambia, the smallest country in Africa. Libya has a population of nearly 7 million people, making it one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world. The country's northern parts are d
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