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Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest. With an area of almost 1.8 million km2 (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. The country claims 32,000 square kilometres of southeastern Algeria, south of the Libyan town of Ghat. The capital and largest city is Tripoli, located in the northwest and containing over a million of Libya's seven million people. Libya has been inhabited by Berbers since the late Bronze Age as descendants from Iberomaurusian and Capsian cultures. In classical antiquity, the Phoenicians established city-states and trading posts in western Libya, while several Greek cities were…

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Libya

FCDO travel advice for Libya. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.

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Official source: UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Facts & statistics

Libya

Capital: Tripoli
Language: Arabic
Currency: Libyan dinar
Time zone: UTC+02:00
Calling code: +218
Internet domain: .ly
Driving side: right
Plug type: Europlug
Voltage: 127

Source: Wikidata.

Events

Libya

يوم ثورة 17 فبرايرRevolution Day2026-02-17

عيد العمالLabour Day2026-05-01

يوم الشهيدMartyrs' Day2026-09-16

يوم التحريرLiberation Day2026-10-23

عيد الاستقلالIndependence Day2026-12-24

Source: Nager.Date.

CapitalTripoli

Population6,678,567

CurrencyLYD

Languagesar-LY,it,en

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Cities

◎Tripoli1,302,947 residents ◎Benghazi757,490 residents ◎Misratah355,657 residents ◎Zliten203,790 residents ◎Al Khums201,943 residents ◎Az Zāwīyah200,000 residents ◎Zawiya186,123 residents ◎Janzūr154,389 residents ◎Sabha149,329 residents ◎Tobruk141,499 residents ◎Ajdabiya131,773 residents ◎Al Ajaylat130,546 residents ◎Al Bayḑā’129,439 residents ◎Al Jadīd126,386 residents ◎Sirte106,705 residents ◎Darnah102,581 residents ◎Al Jumayl102,000 residents ◎Qaşr Bin Ghashīr100,069 residents ◎Tājūrā’100,000 residents ◎Al Marj85,315 residents ◎Şabrātah83,398 residents ◎Al Ḩurshah81,119 residents ◎Şurmān77,114 residents ◎Msalātah73,907 residents ◎As Sawānī57,069 residents ◎Tarhuna52,420 residents ◎Al ‘Azīzīyah52,404 residents ◎Qaşr al Qarabūllī49,610 residents ◎At Tāj46,050 residents ◎Bani Walid45,734 residents ◎Al Jawf42,079 residents ◎Gharyan36,110 residents ◎Zuwarah33,887 residents ◎Ubari33,569 residents ◎Zintan33,000 residents ◎Al Abyār32,563 residents ◎Sīdī Bin Zīnah31,607 residents ◎Al Burayqah31,300 residents ◎Murzuk30,491 residents ◎Shahhat29,206 residents ◎Nālūt28,431 residents ◎Al Aşābi‘ah27,713 residents ◎Az Zahrā’25,684 residents ◎Al Qubbah24,631 residents ◎Hūn24,431 residents ◎Al Ghurayfah23,449 residents ◎Yafran22,680 residents ◎Az Zuwaytīnah21,015 residents ◎An Nāşirīyah20,687 residents ◎Qaryat Sulūq19,918 residents ◎Qarqūzah17,350 residents ◎Al-'Alūaṣ17,122 residents ◎Wādī 'Utbah16,746 residents ◎Mizdah16,735 residents ◎Qaşr Khiyār16,708 residents ◎Brak16,200 residents ◎Bin Jawwād15,509 residents ◎Al Qawāsim15,134 residents ◎Ar Rayāyinah15,031 residents ◎Ghat14,630 residents ◎Abū Zayyān14,332 residents ◎Al Māyah14,203 residents ◎Zalţan14,131 residents ◎Jālū13,401 residents ◎Tūkrah12,593 residents ◎Jādū12,507 residents ◎Ghadames12,096 residents ◎Sūknah12,077 residents ◎Kiklah11,776 residents ◎Wardāmah11,058 residents ◎Umm al Arānib10,493 residents ◎Waddān10,150 residents ◎Zillah10,030 residents ◎Ar-Raḥaībāt9,989 residents ◎Al Barakāt9,908 residents ◎Sīdī aş Şayd9,821 residents ◎Al Khaḑrā’9,521 residents ◎Martūbah9,357 residents ◎Al Bardīyah9,149 residents ◎Umm ar Rizam8,742 residents ◎Qamīnis8,688 residents ◎Umm Sā'ad8,614 residents ◎Al Abraq8,276 residents ◎Tarāghin8,167 residents ◎Tāzirbū8,085 residents ◎Qaryat ‘Umar al Mukhtār8,031 residents ◎Massah7,831 residents ◎Qandūlah7,760 residents ◎Kābāw7,686 residents ◎Daryānah7,558 residents ◎Tamzāwah7,410 residents ◎Sūsah7,285 residents ◎Al Qaţrūn7,243 residents ◎Qīrah6,997 residents ◎Kambūt6,973 residents ◎Tījī6,905 residents ◎Jardas al ‘Abīd6,744 residents ◎Ar Rujbān6,419 residents ◎Daraj6,051 residents ◎Qaşr Lībiyā5,975 residents

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Airports

Al Abraq International AirportAl AlbraqLAQ Benina International AirportBeninaBEN Mitiga International AirportTripoliMJI Sirt International Airport / Ghardabiya AirbaseSirtSRX Brak AirportBrakBCQ Ghadames AirportGhadamesLTD Ghat AirportGhatGHT Kufra AirportKufraAKF Marsa al Brega AirportMarsa al BregaLMQ Sabha AirportSabhaSEB Alzintan AirportZintanZIS Hon AirportHUQ