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Libya lies between latitudes 19° and 34°N, and longitudes 9° and 26°E . At 1,770 kilometres (1,100 mi), Libya's coastline is the longest of any African country bordering the Mediterranean. [144] [145] The portion of the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya is often called the Libyan Sea.
Libya's location. Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa and the sixteenth largest country in the world. It is on the Mediterranean with Egypt to the east, Tunisia to the northwest, Algeria to the west, Niger and Chad to the south, and Sudan to the southeast.
From 1912 to 1927, the territory of Libya was known as Italian North Africa. From 1927 to 1934, the territory was split into two colonies, Italian Cyrenaica and Italian Tripolitania, run by Italian governors. Some 150,000 Italians settled in Libya, constituting roughly 20% of the total population.
Perpetrators. Ansar al-Sharia. Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Alleged) The 2012 Benghazi attack was a coordinated attack against two United States government facilities in Benghazi, Libya, by members of the Islamic militant group Ansar al-Sharia . On September 11, 2012, at 9:40 p.m. local time, members of Ansar al-Sharia attacked the American ...
The official language of Libya is Arabic, with vernacular Libyan Arabic being spoken most widely. The majority of Libya's population is Arab. The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in northwestern Libya and contains over a million of Libya's seven million people.
Martyrs' Square, located near the waterfront is scattered with palm trees, the most abundant plant used for landscaping in the city. The Tripoli Zoo, located south of the city center, is a large reserve of plants, trees and open green spaces and was the country's biggest zoo.
The name Libya (in use since 1934 for the modern country formerly known as Tripolitania and Barca) was the Latin designation for the region of the Maghreb, from the Ancient Greek ( Attic Greek: Λιβύη Libúē, Doric Greek: Λιβύᾱ Libúā ). In Classical Greece, the term had a broader meaning, encompassing the continent that later ...
The area of North Africa which has been known as Libya since 1911 was under Roman domination between 146 BC and 672 AD (even if in the meantime it was taken by the Vandals in 430 AD, and then recaptured by the Byzantines). The Latin name Libya at the time referred to the continent of Africa in general. [1]