Libya

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The General Knowledge book series, are designed for specific country, are one of the most admired book for the Knowledge improvement and learning purpose.This book contains an information about Background,Geography,Natural resources,Land use,Environment. Population,Sex ratio,flag of the county,Area,Border countries,Maritime claims,Elevation extremes,Land use,Natural hazards,Volcanism,Age structure,Median age,Net migration rate,Country comparison to the world,Religions,Languages,Literacy,School life expectancy ,Government,Time difference,Administrative divisions,Executive branch,Cabinet and almost everthing related with general knowledge.

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• Publié par: Zhimgoora Books
• Date de parution: 01 janvier 0001
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781300292678
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 10 Mo

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Libya

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Libya (Africa)

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Introduction ::Libya

Background:

The Italians supplanted the Ottoman Turks in the area around

Tripoli in 1911 and did not relinquish their hold until 1943 when

defeated in World War II. Libya then passed to UN administration

and achieved independence in 1951. Following a 1969 military

coup, Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al-QADHAFI began to espouse

his own political system, the Third Universal Theory. The system is

a combination of socialism and Islam derived in part from tribal

practices and is supposed to be implemented by the Libyan people

themselves in a unique form of "direct democracy." QADHAFI has

always seen himself as a revolutionary and visionary leader. He

used oil funds during the 1970s and 1980s to promote his ideology

outside Libya, supporting subversives and terrorists abroad to

hasten the end of Marxism and capitalism. In addition, beginning

in 1973, he engaged in military operations in northern Chad's

Aozou Strip - to gain access to minerals and to use as a base of

influence in Chadian politics–but was forced to retreat in 1987.

UN sanctions in 1992 isolated QADHAFI politically following the

downing of Pan AM Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. During

the 1990s, QADHAFI began to rebuild his relationships with

Europe. UN sanctions were suspended in April 1999 and finally

lifted in September 2003 after Libya accepted responsibility for the

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Lockerbie bombing. In December 2003, Libya announced that it

had agreed to reveal and end its programs to develop weapons of

mass destruction and to renounce terrorism. QADHAFI has made

significant strides in normalizing relations with Western nations

since then. He has received various Western European leaders as

well as many working-level and commercial delegations, and made

his first trip to Western Europe in 15 years when he traveled to

Brussels in April 2004. The US rescinded Libya's designation as a

state sponsor of terrorism in June 2006. In January 2008, Libya

assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the

2008-09 term. In August 2008, the US and Libya signed a bilateral

comprehensive claims settlement agreement to compensate

claimants in both countries who allege injury or death at the hands

of the other country, including the Lockerbie bombing, the LaBelle

disco bombing, and the UTA 772 bombing. In October 2008, the

US Government received $1.5 billion pursuant to the agreement to

distribute to US national claimants, and as a result effectively

normalized its bilateral relationship with Libya. The two countries

then exchanged ambassadors for the first time since 1973 in

January 2009. Libya in May 2010 was elected to its first three-year

seat on the UN Human Rights Council, prompting protests from

international non-governmental organizations and human rights

campaigners.

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Geography ::Libya

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea,

between Egypt and Tunisia

Geographic coordinates: 25 00 N, 17 00 E

Map references: Africa

Area:

Total: 1,759,540 sq km

Country comparison to the world: 17

Land: 1,759,540 sq km

Water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative: Slightly larger than Alaska

Land boundaries:

Total: 4,348 km

Border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km,

Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km

Coastline: 1,770 km

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Maritime claims:

Territorial sea: 12 nm

Note: Gulf of Sidra closing line - 32 degrees, 30 minutes north

Exclusive fishing zone: 62 nm

Climate: Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior

Terrain: Mostly barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus,

depressions

Elevation extremes:

Lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47 m

Highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m

Natural resources: Petroleum, natural gas, gypsum

Land use:

Arable land: 1.03%

Permanent crops: 0.19%

Other: 98.78% (2005)

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Irrigated land: 4,700 sq km (2003)

Total renewable water resources: 0.6 cu km (1997)

Freshwater withdrawal (domestic/industrial/agricultural):

Total: 4.27 cu km/yr (14%/3%/83%)

Per capita: 730 cu m/yr (2000)

Natural hazards: Hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a southern wind

lasting one to four days in spring and fall; dust storms, sandstorms

Environment - current issues: Desertification; limited natural fresh

water resources; the Great Manmade River Project, the largest

water development scheme in the world, is being built to bring

water from large aquifers under the Sahara to coastal cities

Environment - international agreements:

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto

Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Hazardous Wastes,

Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

signed, but not ratified: Law of the Sea

Geography - note: More than 90% of the country is desert or semidesert

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People ::Libya

Population: 6,461,454

Country comparison to the world: 101

Note: Includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2010 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 33% (male 1,065,606/female 1,020,102)

15-64 years: 62.6% (male 2,036,780/female 1,923,566)

65 years and over: 4.4% (male 136,224/female 142,079) (2010 est.)

Median age:

Total: 24.2 years

Male: 24.3 years

Female: 24.2 years (2010 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.117% (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 45

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Birth rate: 24.58 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 66

Death rate: 3.4 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)

Country comparison to the world: 216

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Country comparison to the world: 93

Urbanization:

Urban population: 78% of total population (2008)

Rate of urbanization: 2.2% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio:

At birth: 1.05 male(s)/female

Under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female

15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female

65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female

Total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2010 est.)

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