Official name: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Location: Libya is situated on the Southern Mediterranean coast of North Africa. It has borders with Chad and Niger in the South, Egypt and Sudan in the East, and Algeria and Tunisia in the West. Meadows and forests make up a small area of the land.
Total Land Area: 1,759,540 km2
Land boundaries: 4,383 km
Capital: Tripoli
Official Language: Arabic
Population: 5,740,148 (2004)