Region: Africa
Capital: Tripoli
Population: 6,597,960
Area: 1,759,540 km²
Currency: Libyan Dinar (LYD)
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres, Libya is the 17th largest country in the world. Wikipedia
