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Libya ( ; Libyan vernacular: Lībya ; Amazigh: ), officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (  ), 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... full article at wikipedia

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  • 29.95693
  • 15.74609
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  • 1,759,540.0km²
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  • LIBYA
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  • Feb 10, 1947
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  • 6,036,914
  • Jul 2007
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Created by Metaweb Oct 22, 2006
Last edited by geocode_bot Aug 25, 2008

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