Portal:Libya

Topics Culture Geography Health History Mathematics Nature People Philosophy Religion Society Technology Location of Germany within Europe  Libya (Arabic: ‏ليبيا‎‎ Lībyā) 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 (700,000 sq mi), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world. The largest city, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 6.4 million people. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. In 2009 Libya had the highest HDI in Africa and the fourth highest GDP (PPP) per capita in Africa, behind Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world and the 17th-highest petroleum production. Since the 2011 civil war and the collapse of the Gaddafi regime which had been in power for more than 40 years, Libya has experienced instability and political violence which has severely affected both commerce and oil production. The Toyota War is the name commonly given to the last phase of the Chadian-Libyan conflict, which took place in 1987 in Northern Chad and on the Libyan-Chadian border. It takes its name from the Toyota pickup trucks used as technicals to provide mobility for the Chadian troops as they fought against the Libyans. The 1987 war resulted in a heavy defeat for Libya, which, according to American sources, lost one tenth of its army, with 7,500 troops killed and 1.5 billion dollars worth of military equipment destroyed or captured. Chadian losses were 1,000 troops killed. The war began with the Libyan occupation of northern Chad in 1983, when Libya's leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, refusing to recognize the legitimacy of the Chadian President Hissène Habré, militarily supported the attempt by the opposition Transitional Government of National Unity (GUNT) to overthrow Habré. The plan was foiled by the intervention of France that, first with Operation Manta and later with Operation Epervier, limited Libyan expansion to north of the 16th parallel, in the most desertic and sparsely inhabited part of Chad. (Read more...) Credit: Robert Bamler The ancient marketplace of Leptis Magna, Libya. You are invited to participate in WikiProject Libya, a WikiProject dedicated to developing and improving articles about Libya. WikiProject Libya WikiProject Africa Edit Libya-geo-stub pages. Add Libya-related portal pages and articles to your watchlist. Template:/box-header ... that the US first attacked Libya in 1815, then again in 1981, 1986, 1989 and now in 2011? ... that in 1963 the women of Libya were given the right to vote? ... that Libya became a member of the League of Arab States in 1953? ... that Tripoli is Libya's largest city? Template:/box-footer What are portals? List of portals Featured portals