Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa.
It is the 4th-largest country in both Africa and the Arab Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa.
It is the 4th-largest country in both Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves in the world. The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya, and contains over 3 million of Libya's 7 million people.
Libya is bordered by 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.*...more