Libya
The population of Libya is about six and a half million people, and it represents a very small percentage if we measure the population density on the entire Libyan territory, because the total of those lands is approximately one million and eight hundred thousand square kilometers.
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Libya is located in North Africa on the southern coast of the Mediterranean Sea. Libya is a country with a very large area and is the seventeenth in the world and the fourth in Africa in terms of area. Libya is bordered by Egypt to the east, Chad and Niger to the south, Sudan to the southeast, Algeria to the northwest, and Tunisia to the northwest. From the north, the Mediterranean Sea separates it from the European south, as it is the closest country to the Italian coast.
Geography of Libya
Libya's natural geography is divided into several regions, the first of which is the Libyan coast, which is the longest coastline overlooking the Mediterranean, with a length of 1770 km. for cold currents. However, this does not mean that the effects of the desert areas often extend to the areas adjacent to the Libyan coast.
The Libyan Desert covers most of the land in Libya, and it is part of the Great Desert in North Africa that includes all the countries located in that region, with exceptions in the highlands, oases, and the course of the Nile River in Egypt. This desert is one of the most arid and dry places on Earth, and in the middle of that desert there are many natural hazards such as areas of shifting sands, sandstorms, and monsoons of extreme heat. In Libya, there are many oases inhabited by different tribes of Arab, Amazigh, and Berber tribes. And this vast desert is characterized by the presence of underground water reservoirs that can suffice the life of the population for hundreds of years, in addition to the presence of a strategic stock of unextracted oil on which the state relied in its economy for many years.
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The modern Libyan borders were formed at the beginning of the twentieth century after several agreements were concluded between the colonial countries of North Africa at the time, which were agreements between Italy and France, and Italy and Britain. In addition to the agreement demarcating the eastern borders of Libya with the Egyptian state, which was monarchy at the time.
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