Libya
Libya is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa and a part of the Arab world. Although the country is rich in history and culture and has great tourism potential, the country has been in the news for all the wrong reasons since the 1960s.
Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Tripoli and Benghazi.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Surt and Misrata.
Surt
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Surt is a city in Libya, best known as Muammar Gaddhafi's hometown.
Al Jawf
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Al Jawf is a town of 31,000 people in Kufra district, southeastern Libya.
Libya
- Country with about 7,380,000 residents
- …has Tripoli as its capital
- …uses the Dinar (LYD)
- …has the phone code 218
- …uses the internet domain .ly
- …covers 1,759,540 km² (679,362 miles²)
- Description: sovereign state in North Africa
- Also known as“Dawlat Lībiyā”“LBA”“Lībiyā”“ly”“State of Libya”“ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ ليبيا Libya”“阿拉伯利比亚民众国”
- Historically known as“Al Jamāhīrīyah al ‘Arabīyah al Lībīyah ash Sha‘bīyah al Ishtirākīyah”“Al Jumhūrīyah al ‘Arabīyah al Lībīyah”“Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya”“Kingdom of Libya”“Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah”“Libyan Arab Republic”“Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya”
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Latitude of center
27.14° or 27° 8′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
17.62° or 17° 37′ 12″ east
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In Other Languages
From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Libya” goes by many names.
ЛивиаAbkhazian
Ливиа АхәынҭқарраAbkhazian
LibyaAchinese
ЛивиеAdyghe
LibiëAfrikaans
LibyaAkan
LibiAlbanian
LibiaAlbanian
ሊቢያAmharic
LibyaAmis
ΛιβύηAncient Greek (to 1453)
लीबियाAngika
اَلْجَمَاهِيرِيَّة اَلْعَرَبِيَّة اَللِّيبِيَّة اَلشَّعْبِيَّة اَلإِشْتِرَاكِيَّة (historical)Arabic
الجمهورية الليبيةArabic
الليبيArabic
الليبيةArabic
الليبينArabic
دولة ليبياArabic
ليببياArabic
ليبيArabic
ليبياArabic
ليبيةArabic
LibiaAragonese
ԼիբիաArmenian
LibieArpitan
লিবিয়াAssamese
LibiaAsturian
LibyaAtayal
LiviyaAzerbaijani
LibyaBalinese
LibiBambara
LibyaBambara
LibyaBanjar
ЛивияBashkir
LibiaBasque
LibyenBavarian
ЛібіяBelarusian
ЛівіяBelarusian
লিবিয়াBengali
LibiBetawi
लीबियाBhojpuri
লিবিয়াBishnupriya
LibiaBislama
LibijaBosnian
LibiaBreton
LibiaBuginese
LibiyaBuginese
ᨒᨗᨅᨗᨐBuginese
ᨒᨗᨅᨗᨕBuginese
Либийска Арабска Джамахирия (historical)Bulgarian
ЛибияBulgarian
လစ်ဗျားBurmese
လစ်ဗျားနိုင်ငံBurmese
Estat de LíbiaCatalan
LíbiaCatalan
LibiyaCebuano
LibyaCebuano
LibyaCentral Bikol
LibyaCentral Kanuri
لیبیاCentral Kurdish
LibiaChavacano
LibyaChavacano
ЛивиChechen
LìbǐyàChinese
利比亚Chinese
利比亚 / 利比亞Chinese
利比亚国Chinese
利比亞Chinese
利比亞國Chinese
ЛивиChuvash
LibiCornish
LybiCornish
LibiaCorsican
LibiyaCrimean Tatar
Država LibijaCroatian
LibijaCroatian
Libijska Arapska Džamahirija (historical)Croatian
LibyeCzech
LibyaDagbani
Libyan Arab JamahiriyaDanish
LibyenDanish
ލީބިޔާDhivehi
LibyaDimli (individual language)
LibyaDinka
लिबियाDotyali
LibiëDutch
Libische Arabische RepubliekDutch
ལི་བི་ཡDzongkha
ЛивийEastern Mari
ليبياEgyptian Arabic
LibioEsperanto
Ŝtato LibioEsperanto
LiibüaEstonian
Liibüa RiikEstonian
LibiaEwe
LibyaEwe
Libya nutomeEwe
LíbiaExtremaduran
LibyaFarefare
LibyaFaroese
LibyaFiji Hindi
LibyaFinnish
Libyan Arab JamahiriyaFinnish
Libyan valtioFinnish
Jamahiriya arabe libyenne (historical)French
LibiFulah
LibiyaFulah
LibiyaGagauz
LiviyaGagauz
LibiaGalician
LibyaGanda
ლიბიაGeorgian
Libysch-Arabische Dschamahirija (historical)German
LibyaGhanaian Pidgin English
State of LibyaGhanaian Pidgin English
ليبيGilaki
लिबियाGoan Konkani
LibyaGorontalo
ΛιβύηGreek
Λιβυκή Αραβική ΤζαμαχιρίαGreek
LíviaGuarani
LibiGuianese Creole French
લિબિયાGujarati
LibiHaitian
LibyaHakka Chinese
LibiyaHausa
LibyaHausa
לובHebrew
लीबियाHindi
LíbiaHungarian
Líbia ÁllamHungarian
Líbiai Arab JamahiriyaHungarian
LibiaIban
LíbíaIcelandic
LíbýaIcelandic
LibiaIdo
LibiaIgbo
LibyaIgbo
LibyaIloko
LibyaInari Sami
Libya staatâInari Sami
LibyaIndonesian
LibyaInterlingua
LibyaInterlingue
An LibiaIrish
LibiaItalian
Libia, Repubblica ArabaItalian
Repubblica libicaItalian
Stato dell’Africa del NordItalian
LibiaJamaican Creole English
リビアJapanese
リビア国Japanese
社会主義人民リビア・アラブ国Japanese
LibyaJavanese
LibyaJju
LiibiiKabiyè
LibyaKabyle
LibyaKalaallisut
Либудин Аһу Социгализмин Араб Улс ОрнKalmyk
ಲಿಬಿಯಾKannada
LibyaKara-Kalpak
LiviyaKara-Kalpak
ЛивияKarachay-Balkar
لِبیاKashmiri
لیٖبیاKashmiri
LibiôKashubian
ЛивияKazakh
លីប៊ីKhmer
LibyaKikuyu
LibiyaKinaray-A
LibiyaKinyarwanda
ЛивияKirghiz
LibyaKomering
LibiaKongo
리비아Korean
LibiaKotava
LîbyaKurdish
لیبیاKurdish
LibiaLadin
LibyaLadino
ລິເບຍLao
LibyaLatin
LībijaLatvian
LibiaLigurian
LibiëLimburgan
LibíLingala
LibîyaLingala
LibiaLingua Franca Nova
利比亞Literary Chinese
LibijaLithuanian
Libijos Didžioji Liaudies Socialistinė Arabų RespublikaLithuanian
LiviiLivvi
libgu’eLojban
LibiaLombard
LibiëLow German
LibyenLow German
LibyskaLower Sorbian
LibiLuba-Katanga
LibjjaLule Sami
LibyenLuxembourgish
LibiaMacedo-Romanian
ЛибијаMacedonian
LibyaMadurese
लीबियाMaithili
LibiaMalagasy
LibyaMalagasy
LibyaMalay
ലിബിയMalayalam
il-LibjaMaltese
l-Istat tal-LibjaMaltese
LibjaMaltese
ꯂꯤꯕꯤꯌꯥManipuri
LBAManx
LibyaManx
lyManx
Steat y LeebManx
y LeebManx
Yn LeebManx
RīpiaMaori
लीबियाMarathi
لیبیMazanderani
LibyaMin Dong Chinese
Lṳ̄-bī-āMin Dong Chinese
LibyaMin Nan Chinese
LibyaMinangkabau
ლიბიაMingrelian
LíbiaMirandese
Кирдемастор ЛибияMoksha
ЛибияMoksha
ЛивиMongolian
ليبياMoroccan Arabic
ߟߌߓߌ߫N'Ko
LibyaNauru
Haʼaʼaahjí Ghą́ą́ʼaskʼidii Biłikahii BikéyahNavajo
LibbiaNeapolitan
लिबियाNepali
लिब्याNewari
LibhiyaNorth Ndebele
LibyenNorthern Frisian
LiibyenNorthern Frisian
لیبیNorthern Luri
LibyaNorthern Sami
Libya stáhtaNorthern Sami
LibyaNorwegian
Den sosialistiske arabiske folkerepublikken LibyaNorwegian Bokmål
LibyaNorwegian Bokmål
Staten LibyaNorwegian Bokmål
LibyaNorwegian Nynorsk
LibiaNovial
LibyaNupe-Nupe-Tako
LibiaObolo
LibiaOccitan (post 1500)
ܠܘܒܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
ܠܝܒܝܐOfficial Aramaic (700-300 BCE)
LibiaOld English (ca. 450-1100)
ଲିବିଆOriya
ଲିବ୍ୟାOriya
LiibiyaaOromo
ЛивиOssetian
लिबियाPali
LíbiâPampanga
LibyaPampanga
LibiaPangasinan
LibyaPangasinan
ਲੀਬੀਆPanjabi
LibiaPapiamento
LibyaPedi
لیبویهPersian
لیبیPersian
لیبیاPersian
LibyePfaelzisch
LibyenPfaelzisch
LibiaPiemontese
LibiiaPitcairn-Norfolk
LibiaPolish
LibijskaPolish
لیبیاPushto
لېبياPushto
LibiaQuechua
LibyaQuechua
LipyaQuechua
LibiaRomanian
Libia, Jamahiriya ArabăRomanian
LibiaRomansh
LibiyaRundi
ЛивиRussia Buriat
Государство ЛивияRussian
ЛивияRussian
ЛібіяRusyn
LibyaSakizaya
LibyaSamoan
LėbėjėSamogitian
LibïiSango
लिबियाSanskrit
LìbiaSardinian
LibyenSaterfriesisch
LibieScots
LibiaScottish Gaelic
LibijaSerbian
ЛибијаSerbian
LibijaSerbo-Croatian
မိူင်းလိပ်ႉပျႃးShan
LibyaShona
RibhiyaShona
LìbbiaSicilian
LibijoSilesian
لبياSindhi
ලිබියාවSinhala
LibyaSkolt Sami
Libya riikkSkolt Sami
Libya valdiaSkolt Sami
LíbyaSlovak
Lýbijská arabská džamahírijaSlovak
LibijaSlovenian
Libijska arabska JamahiriyaSlovenian
LibiyaSomali
LiibyaSomali
لیبیSouth Azerbaijani
LibyaSouthern Sotho
ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰStandard Moroccan Tamazight
LibyaSundanese
LibyaSwahili
ILibhiyaSwati
LibyenSwedish
Staten LibyenSwedish
LibyeSwiss German
LibyenSwiss German
ꠟꠤꠛꠤꠀSylheti
LibyaTachelhit
LibyaTagalog
ЛибиёTajik
ЛибияTajik
LibijəTalysh
LibyaTalysh
லிபியாTamil
LibyaTaroko
ЛивияTatar
లిబియాTelugu
ประเทศลิเบียThai
ลิเบียThai
ལི་པི་ཡ།Tibetan
ལི་བི་ཡ།Tibetan
ሊቢያTigrinya
ሊብያTigrinya
LīpiaTonga (Tonga Islands)
LibiyaTsonga
LibyaTumbuka
State of LibyaTumbuka
ليبياTunisian Arabic
LibyaTurkish
LiwiýaTurkmen
LibiaTwi
LibyaTwi
Li̱biyaTyap
Si̱tet Li̱biyaTyap
ЛивияUdmurt
لىۋىيەUighur
Держава ЛівіяUkrainian
Лівійська Арабська ДжамахіріяUkrainian
ЛівіяUkrainian
LibyskaUpper Sorbian
لیبیاUrdu
LiviyaUzbek
ŁìbiaVenetian
LiviiVeps
Li-biVietnamese
LibyaVietnamese
Libyan Arab JamahiriyaVietnamese
Nhà nước LibyaVietnamese
LibiëVlaams
LibiyaVlax Romani
LübänVolapük
LiibüäVõro
LibeyeWalloon
LibyaWaray (Philippines)
LibiaWelsh
LibyaWelsh
ԼիպիաWestern Armenian
لیبیاWestern Balochi
LibiëWestern Frisian
LybjeWestern Frisian
ЛивиWestern Mari
لبیاWestern Panjabi
لیبیاWestern Panjabi
LibiWolof
利比亚Wu Chinese
ЛиибийэYakut
ליביעYiddish
LibiyaYoruba
LíbyàYoruba
利比亞Yue Chinese
LibiëZeeuws
LibyaZhuang
i-LibyaZulu
ILibhiyaZulu
ILibiyaZulu
LBY
ma Lipija
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