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Atlas of Libya

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Libya

	ليبيا

العربية	^[1]ليبيا -ليبيا ليبيا هي دولة عربية تقع في شمال أفريقيا على الساحل الجنوبي للبحر الأبيض المتوسط. يحدها من الشرق مصر، من الجنوب الشرقي السودان، من الجنوب تشاد و النيجر، من الغرب الجزائر و من الشمال الغربي تونس. عدد سكان ليبيا ضئيل مقارنة مع مساحة البلاد، حيث تعد السادسة عشرة على مستوى العالم من حيث المساحة، كما أنها تملك أعرض ساحل من بين الدول المطلة على البحر المتوسط، يبلغ طوله حوالي 2000 كم.
English	Libya - Libya Libya is a country in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between► 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 (700,000 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world. The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 5.7 million people. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and Cyrenaica.
Other languages	Italian: Libia a o semplicemente Libia, è uno Stato del Nordafrica confinante con il Mar Mediterraneo e compreso tra l'Egitto ad est, il Sudan a sudest, il Ciad e il Niger a sud e l'Algeria e la Tunisia ad ovest. La sua capitale è Tripoli.

Short name	Libya
Official name	Libya
Status	Independent country since 1951
Location	North Africa
Capital	^[2] طرابلس (Tripoli)
Population	5,670,688 inhabitants
Area	1,759,540 square kilometres (679,360 sq mi)
Major languages	Arabic (official), Berber, Teda
Major religions	Islam
More information	Libya,Geography of Libya,History of Libya andPolitics of Libya
More images	Libya -Libya (Category).

General maps

Map of Libya

Regions of Libya

Municipalities of Libya

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Libya, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Libya.

Location of Carthage and Carthaginian influence sphere before the First Punic War (264 BC)

Territorial development of theRoman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present Libya

TheRoman Republic andCarthago in 218, just prior to theSecond Punic War

Hannibals invasion in thePunic Wars

The extent of theRoman Republic andRoman Empire;

133 BC

44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)

AD 14 (death of Augustus)

117 (maximum extension)

Map of theRoman Empire in 116

Roman Empire in 117

Roman Empire divided 395

The division of the Empire after the death ofTheodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.

Western Roman Empire

Eastern Roman Empire

Libya under the rule of theByzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire under emperor Justinianus

Byzantine Empire 550

Expansion of theCaliphate: I: Muhammad; II: Abu Bakr; III: Omar and IV: Othman

Age of theCaliphs

Caliphate around 750

Conquest by theOttoman Empire

Growth of the Ottoman Empire

Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683

Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801

Libya in the Italian colonial empire in 1940

Federation of Arab Republics (Egypt, Libya andSyria)

Libya claimed and occupied theAozou Strip (blue) inTchad from 1976 to 1987

Other maps

Ethnic map of Libya

Satellite maps

Satellite map

Notes and references

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