Ten things you need to know about Libya

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We are writing this article to talk about the most important things that you need to know about our lovely Libya:

1. Location: Libya is located in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria. Its southern border is with Chad, Niger, and Sudan.

2. Area: Libya is a large country. It’s almost 1.4 million sq.km.

3. The capital: Tripoli. There are a lot of traffic-jams, and a lot of hotels, restaurants, and most people are friendly.

4. Climate: in the summer it’s hot and sometimes it’s cloudy. In the winter it’s mild and it rains. In the autumn it’s windy and in the spring the temperature is moderate.

5. Population: the population of Libya is about 6.461.000.

6. Ethnic groups: There are four ethnicities in Libya. Most people are Arab, about 95 %. The Amazigh live in the mountains and others (Toubu, and Tuareges) live in the desert.

7. Religion: Sunni Muslim 99%, other 1%.

8. Economy: depends on oil petroleum.

9. Languages: everybody speaks Arabic, but some people also speak English and Italian.

10. Government: As a result of the Libyan revolution, that removed the dictator Gadaffi, now the NTC is governing. Soon we have elections to create a new government.


Written by: Farah, Samer, Huda and Nihad

(Above) Tripoli harbour