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Libya
Location marker · geographic overview
25° N / 17° ETHE WORLD, ONE COUNTRY AT A TIME
- Capital
- Tripoli
- Population
- 7,381,023 2024
- Area
- 1,759,540 km² (year unavailable)
- Languages source-listed
- Arabic
- Currency
- Libyan dinar (LYD)
- Geography
- Coastal country
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Sources & limitations.
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FROM THE TRAVEL GUIDE · Libya
Libya (Arabic: ليبيا, Libiya) is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa and a part of the Arab world.
Landscape & landmarks
Libya's colourful capital Tripoli makes for a great start to explore the country, as it still has its traditional walled medina to explore, as well as the interesting Red Castle Museum, with expositions on all parts of the region's history.Read the see section ↗
Excerpts from Wikivoyage contributors, revision 2026-08-06. CC BY-SA 4.0. Selected excerpts; wiki formatting removed; omissions marked […]. Guide wording and any figures belong to this dated source; they do not replace the atlas statistics above. Food descriptions are not official national-dish designations.
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- National flower
- Not yet verified
- Official national dish
- Not yet verified
- Representative food
- Not yet verified
- Subregion
- Northern Africa
- Calling code
- +218
- Internet domain
- .ly
- Land border codes
- DZA, TCD, EGY, NER, SDN, TUN
Quick facts
- Traffic keeps to the right side of the road. Source ↗
- The country-code web domain is .ly. Source ↗
- The source lists sunday as the start of the week. Source ↗
Population: World Bank 2024. Other facts: REST Countries snapshot. Source-matched September 26, 2026; not live data. Sources & limitations.