Libya

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LIBYA (ليبيا) is an oil-producing country in Northern Africa and located south of the Mediterranean Sea. There are 6 bordering countries: Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia. The capital is Tripoli, known as Ṭarābulus in the Arabic language. Other cities in Libya include Benghazi, Darnah, Misratah, Sabratah, and Tobruk. Most of Libya's cities are found along the Mediterranean coastline. Libya's historic regions and provinces are Tripolitania in the northwest, Cyrenaica in the east and southeast, and Fezzan in the southwest. Sirtica is another historic region in between Cyrenaica and Tripolitania. It is also a major oil-producing center.

The Sahara desert extends across central and southern Libya. From north to south, the Libyan Plateau, the Great Sand Sea and Libyan Desert all straddle the border between eastern Libya and western Egypt. North of north-central Libya lies the Mediterranean Sea's Gulf of Sidra. Libyans use the Libyan Dinar as their currency, and the ISO 4217 currency code is LYD.