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LIBYASocialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

GEOGRAPHY:
• Location:----------------- Northern Africa
• Area:
     Total area:--- 1,759,540 sq. km
     Land area:--- 1,759,540 sq. km
• Capital city:------------- Tripoli
• Natural Resources:---------------- Petroleum, natural gas, gypsum
  
  PEOPLE:
• Population:---------------- 6,310,434
• Literacy rate:-------------- 76.2% of total population, (Males:87.9%, Females:63%)
• Languages:------------------ Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the major cities.
• Religious:----------------- 97%- Sunni Muslim
  
  VITAL STATISTICS:
• Birth rate:------------- 43.94 (per 1,000 population)(1997)
• Death rate:------------- 7.49 (per 1,000 population)
• Infant Mortality rate:------------ 57.7 (deaths per 1,000 live births)
• Fertility rate:--------------- 6.19 (per woman)
• Life Expectancy at birth:
     Total population:--- 65.05 (Males:62.84, Females:67.37)
  
  GOVERNMENT:
• Type of Government:-------------- Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, goverment by the populace through local councils; in fact, a military dictatorship.
• Independence:-------------- December 24, 1951 (from Italy)
• Head of State and Govt:-------------- Transitional National Council (Moammar Gaddafi was outsted in August 2011)The military head of Libya's former rebels, Abdel Hakim Belhaj is in charge.
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  ECONOMY:
• GDP:--------------- purchasing power parity - $34.5 billion (1995)
     GDP real growth rate:--- 2.2%
     GDP per capita:--- $6,570
• Inflation rate (consumer prices):------------- 25% (1996)
• National budget:
     Revenues:--- $13 billion
     Expenditures:--- $14.9 billion
• External Debt:-------------- $2.6 billion
• Currency:--------------- 1 Libyan dinar = 100 dirhams
• Labor force:--------------- 1 million (1997)
• Unemployment rate:---------------- NA
• Agriculture:---------------- Wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts; meat, eggs
• Industries:--------------- Petroleum, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement.
• Exports:---------------- $8.4 billion
     Commodities:--- Crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas.
• Imports:---------------- $7.3 billion
     Commodities:--- Machinery, transport equipment, food, manufactured goods.
  
  DEFENCE:
• Defence Expenditures:--------------- Exchange rate conversion - $4.1 billion, 6.1% of GDP

Geography:Libya is located along the northeastern coast of Africa.