Outline of Libya

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Libya:

Libya – country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.

1 General reference
2 Geography of Libya
3 Government and politics of Libya
4 History of Libya
- 4.1 History of Libya by period
- 4.2 History of Libya by subject
5 Culture of Libya
- 5.1 Art in Libya
- 5.2 Sports in Libya
6 Economy and infrastructure of Libya
7 Education in Libya
8 Health in Libya
9 See also
10 References
11 External links

General reference

An enlargeable basic map of Libya

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪbiə/
Common English country name: Libya
Official English country name: Libya, or Libyan Republic^[1]
Common endonym(s):
Official endonym(s):
Adjectival(s): Libyan
Demonym(s):
Etymology: Name of Libya
International rankings of Libya
ISO country codes: LY, LBY, 434
ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:LY
Internet country code top-level domain: .ly

Geography of Libya

An enlargeable topographic map of Libya

Libya is: a country
Location
- Libya is situated within the following regions:
- Time zone: Central Africa Time (UTC+02)
- Extreme points of Libya
  - High: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m (7,438 ft)
  - Low: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil −47 m (−154 ft)
- Land boundaries: 4,348 km

Egypt 1,115 km

Chad 1,055 km

Algeria 982 km

Tunisia 459 km

Sudan 383 km

Niger 354 km

Coastline: Mediterranean Sea 1,770 km

Population of Libya: 6,160,000 - 102nd most populous country
Area of Libya: 1,759,541 km²
Atlas of Libya

Environment of Libya

An enlargeable satellite image of Libya

Natural geographic features of Libya

Regions of Libya

Ecoregions of Libya

Administrative divisions of Libya

Districts of Libya

Districts of Libya

Capital of Libya: Tripoli
Cities of Libya

Demography of Libya

Government and politics of Libya

Main article: Government of Libya and Politics of Libya

Form of government:
Capital of Libya: Tripoli

Branches of the government of Libya

Executive branch of the government of Libya

Legislative branch of the government of Libya

Parliament of Libya (bicameral)
- Upper house: Senate of Libya
- Lower house: House of Commons of Libya

Judicial branch of the government of Libya

Supreme Court of Libya

Foreign relations of Libya

International organization membership

Libya is a member of:^[3]

African Development Bank Group (AfDB)
African Union (AU)
African Union/United Nations Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID)
Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (ABEDA)
Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD)
Arab Maghreb Union (AMU)
Arab Monetary Fund (AMF)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Council of Arab Economic Unity (CAEU)
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
Group of 77 (G77)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol)
International Development Association (IDA)
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
International Finance Corporation (IFC)
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Maritime Organization (IMO)
International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO)
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
International Olympic Committee (IOC)
International Organization for Migration (IOM)
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
League of Arab States (LAS)
Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA)
United Nations (UN)
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
Universal Postal Union (UPU)
World Confederation of Labour (WCL)
World Customs Organization (WCO)
World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
World Health Organization (WHO)
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)

Law and order in Libya

Military of Libya

Command
- Commander-in-chief:
  - Ministry of Defence of Libya
Forces
Military history of Libya
Military ranks of Libya

Local government in Libya

History of Libya

Main article: History of Libya, Timeline of the history of Libya, and Current events of Libya

History of Libya by period

Prehistory of Libya
Ancient Libya (before 146 BC)
Roman Libya (146 BC – 640 AD)
History of Islamic Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (Arab rule) (640–1551)
Ottoman Tripolitania (1551–1911)
History of Libya as Italian colony (1911–1934)
Italian Libya (1934–1943)
Allied occupation of Libya (1943–1951)
Kingdom of Libya (1951–1969)
History of Libya under Muammar Gaddafi (1969–2011)
Libyan civil war (2011)
Libya in transition (2011–)
- National Transitional Council

History of Libya by subject

Culture of Libya

Art in Libya

Sports in Libya

Economy and infrastructure of Libya

Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 62nd (sixty-second)

Education in Libya

Health in Libya

References

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External links

Wikimedia Atlas of Libya

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