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Wikipedia: Libya, officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Lībiyyah aš-Šaʿbiyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-ʿUẓmā, also translated as Socialist People's Libyan Arab Great Jamahiriya), is a country located 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 1,800,000 square kilometres (694,984 sq mi), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world.
![[The Siege of Tripoli in 1551 allowed the Ottomans to capture the city from the Knights of St]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Capture_of_Tripoli_by_the_Ottomans_1551_s.jpg "The Siege of Tripoli in 1551 allowed the Ottomans to capture the city from the Knights of St")
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![[Snow in Al Bayda' , Libya's third largest city .]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bayda_Snow_s.jpg "Snow in Al Bayda' , Libya's third largest city .")
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![[An elevation of the city of Ottoman Tripoli in 1675.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/John_Seller_Elevation_of_Tripoli_1675_s.jpg "An elevation of the city of Ottoman Tripoli in 1675.")
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![[Thousands of Libyans were killed during Italian rule, particularly in Cyrenaica]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/El_Agheila_Concentration_Camp_s.jpg "Thousands of Libyans were killed during Italian rule, particularly in Cyrenaica")
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![[1890 portrayal of a Berber family crossing a ford – H. B. Scammel]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/ST_berberfamily_s.jpg "1890 portrayal of a Berber family crossing a ford – H. B. Scammel")
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![[The Libyan flag decorates a street in the Tripoli Medina]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tripoli_September_1st_Flags_s.jpg "The Libyan flag decorates a street in the Tripoli Medina")
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![[Arch of Roman emperor Lucius Septimius Severus (AD 146–211) in Leptis Magna.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Libya_5458_Leptis_Magna_Luca_Galuzzi_2007_s.jpg "Arch of Roman emperor Lucius Septimius Severus (AD 146–211) in Leptis Magna.")
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![[The General People's Committee building in Benghazi]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/General_Peoples_Congress_Benghazi_s.jpg "The General People's Committee building in Benghazi")
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![[Australian infantry at Tobruk]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/9_Div_Tobruk_28AWM_020779_29_s.jpg "Australian infantry at Tobruk")
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![[A picture of Libya]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Mutassim_Gadaffi_Hilary_Clinton_s.jpg "A picture of Libya")
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![[The infrastructure of Libya's capital Tripoli has benefited from the country's oil wealth]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Tripoli_CBD_s.jpg "The infrastructure of Libya's capital Tripoli has benefited from the country's oil wealth")
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![[Moving sand dunes in Tadrart Acacus]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Libya_4983_Tadrart_Acacus_Luca_Galuzzi_2007_2_s.jpg "Moving sand dunes in Tadrart Acacus")
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![[Omar Mukhtar was the leader of the Libyan uprising against Italian occupation]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Omar_Mukhtar_13_s.jpg "Omar Mukhtar was the leader of the Libyan uprising against Italian occupation")
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![[Dust plumes off Libya]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Libya_A2010271_0930_250m_s.jpg "Dust plumes off Libya")
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![[King Idris I announced Libya's independence on the 24th of December 1951, and became King until the 1969 coup that...]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/IdrisI3_s.jpg "King Idris I announced Libya's independence on the 24th of December 1951, and became King until the 1969 coup that...")
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![[16th century Women's dress in Tripoli, when Libya was part of the Ottoman Empire.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Ottoman_Tripoli_Womens_Dress_s.jpg "16th century Women's dress in Tripoli, when Libya was part of the Ottoman Empire.")
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