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Libya (Arabic: ليبيا Lībiyā; Libyan vernacular: Lībya; ), officially the
Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ( الجماهيرية العربية الليبية
الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-`Arabiyyah al-Lībiyyah
aš-Ša`biyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-`Udhmā), is a country in North Africa.
Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to
the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria
and Tunisia to the west. With an area of almost 1.8 million square
kilometres (700,000 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth
largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world. The
capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 5.7 million people. The
three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and
Cyrenaica.
The name "Libya" is an indigenous (i.e. Berber) one, which is attested in
ancient Egyptian texts as , R'bw (= Libu), which refers to one the tribes of
Berber peoples living west of the Nile. In Greek the tribesmen were called
Libyes and their country became "Libya", although in ancient Greece the term
had a broader meaning, encompassing all of North Africa west of Egypt. Later
on, at the time of Ibn Khaldun, the same big tribe was known as Lawata.
Libya has the ninth highest GDP (PPP) per capita of Africa, behind
Seychelles and South Africa. This is largely due to its large petroleum
reserves and low population.
The Flag of Libya is the only national flag in the world with just one color
and with no design, insignia, or other details.
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