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| Map of Libya |
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Type of government |
Dictature |
Member of Nations Joined since December 14th, 1955 |
Country member of the League Arab |
Country member of the OPEC (Organization of the Exporter countries of Oil) |
Official language: Arab |
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Agricultural workforce (2004) |
4,65 % |
 Part of the agricultural GDP in the GDP total (2004) |
7,6 % |
Production of cereals in thousand tons (2004) |
213 |
Production of meat in thousand tons (2004) |
142 |
 Arable lands (% appeared area) |
1,0 % |
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| Main cities (population 1990) |
| Tripoli (2004) |
1 600 000 h. |
| Benghazi |
800 000 h. |
| Misurata |
360 000 h. |
| Zuwarah |
280 000 h. |
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| History of Libya |
| 1551 |
Annexation of Libya by Ottoman empire |
| 1932 |
Occupation of Libya by Italy |
| 1945 |
Occupation of Libya by France and United Kingdom |
| 1951 |
Independence of Libya |
| 1955 |
Membership of Libya in the UNO |
| 1959 |
Catch of power by Mouammar Kadhafi |
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| Mouammar Kadhafi, Libyan dictator since 1970 |
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Capital |
Tripoli - 1 600 000 inhabitants (2004) |
Area
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1 759 540 km2 |
 Altitude |
- 47 à 2 267 meters |
Coasts
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1 770 kilometers |
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 Population
(2008) |
6 173 579 |
 Population
(1950) |
1 000 000 |
 Population of less than 15 years (2008) |
33,2 % |
Population of more than 64 years (2008) |
4,2 % |
Life expectancy in birth (2008) |
77,07 years |
Density of population (2008) |
3,5 h./km2 |
Urban population (2005) |
84,8 % |
Median age (2008) |
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23,5 years |
Rate of fecundity (2008) |
3,15 |
Birthrate (2008) |
25,62 ‰ |
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Birthrate (1970) |
49,0 ‰ |
Mortality rate (2008) |
3,46 ‰ |
 Rate of natural increase (2008) |
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2,22 % |
Rate of migration (2008) |
21,94 ‰ |
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GDP in million dollars common US (2006) |
50 320 |
GDP per head in dollars US stocks PPA (2007) |
13 100 $ |
Growth rate (2006) |
5,6 % |
Growth rate industrial production (2007) |
5,6 % |
Part in the worldwide importation (2006)
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0,06 % |
Part in worldwide export (2006)
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0,33 % |
Consumption of energy 2002 (TOE / Hab.) |
3,43 |
Consumption of electricity (Kwh per head) (2004) |
2 519 |
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Internet Domain |
.ly |
Telephone indicative |
+218 |
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CO2's programmes in tons per head (2000)
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10,91 |
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Unemployment rate (2004)
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30 % |
Indication of Human Development - IDH (2004) |
0,798 |
Indication of civil liberty (2005)
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7 |
Indication of freedom of the press (2006)
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62,5 |
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Currency |
Dinar libyen |
LYD |
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Expenses of health per head (2001) |
143 $ |
Number of doctors for 1000 inhabitants (1997) |
1,3 |
 Proportion 15/49 years infected by the virus of the AIDS (2005) |
0,1 % |
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Number of lines of fixed telephones for 1000 inhabitants (2006)
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82 |
Number of mobile phones for 1000 inhabitants (2006)
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650 |
Number of television sets for 1000 inhabitants (2000)
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137 |
Number of place of cinema for 1000 inhabitants (2004)
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2,77 |
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Number of French recorded in Libya (2007) |
470 |
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| The big artificial river |
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Big Libyan plan aiming at extracting some
water in big quantity in Libyan Sahara and at bringing it in the coastal
region by 3500 kilometres of underground pipes of 4 metres in diameters. Six
millions of m3 of water should be made available. |
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