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1) True or false: according to 2018 data from UNESCO's Institute for Statistics, LESOTHO's youth literacy rate is 95.2%.
There is a town named Bratsberg near the center of ____________________.
A — NORWAY
B — GERMANY
C — LATVIA
3) Which of the following is not a city in Lebanon?
A — Beirut
B — Tyre
C — Riyadh
D — Tripoli
4) Being home to an interesting red-and-white 1800s lighthouse (↗) and having a namesake current, Cape Agulhas is located southeast of Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA. The southernmost point of Africa, this cape is known as a separation point between the Atlantic Ocean and __________ Ocean.
ANSWERS
Question 1:
True
Question 2:
A . . . . . Norway
Question 3:
C . . . . . Riyadh which is in Saudi Arabia (↗); Tripoli (D) is a city in Lebanon and also in Libya (↗)
Question 4:
Indian
People all across LIBYA are celebrating their country's Independence Day on Thursday, December 24th. Libya achieved independence from Italy in 1947 then was freed in December 1951 from a joint British and French condominium — which held some control over the North African country for the several years between '47 and '51. Happy Independence Day!
● Ancient cities listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites
● Ancient rock art
● Bustling souqs (marketplaces)
● Civil unrest, unfortunately
● Former Colonel Gaddafi
● Idyllic palm-fringed lakes/oases amid sand dunes
● Sahara Desert
Most items were listed in The Africa Book; the MLA citation is below. What are other "trademarks" of this African country? Feel free to share your thoughts with a comment!
Phillips et al. The Africa Book: A Journey through Every
Country in the Continent. Lonely Planet, 2007.
— #AfricaWeek —
According to National Geographic MapMaker (mapmaker.nationalgeographic.org), the following items are major exports of LIBYA: aluminum, barley, chemicals, citrus fruit, date fruit, gypsum, handicrafts, natural gas, olives, peanuts, petroleum, processed food, refine petroleum products, soybeans, textiles, and wheat. According to the International Monetary Fund (data.imf.org), countries and territories buying and importing most of those exports (February 2017 statistics) include Egypt (top importer), Italy, China, France, Germany, Spain, Singapore, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Greece, South Korea, Croatia, Canada, the United States, Tunisia, Czech Republic, Belgium, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates, and Morocco.
Described by UNESCO and the Hammond World Atlas (6th edition, 2010) as a "Pearl of the [Sahara] Desert," the historic city of Ghadamès in western LIBYA features gleaming and plastered walls, towers, and residential and commercial buildings. These structures helped form the setting for trade and travel along a vital trans-Saharan caravan route. Designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site (↗) in 1986, Ghadamès is situated near the tri-state border between southeastern Algeria, Tunisia's southern point, and northwestern Libya. Ghademès is one of five Libyan UNESCO Heritage Sites threatened due to armed conflicts throughout Libya and in the vicinity of these significant places, according to UNESCO.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ for LIBYA in North Africa lists 9 critically endangered species, 19 endangered species, and one extinct-in-the-wild species (Scimitar-horned Oryx). Libya's nine critically endangered species are the Addax, Addra Gazelle, Balearic Shearwater bird, Callitriche pulchra aquatic plant, European Eel, Leith's Tortoise, Maltese Ray, Monkfish, and Slender-billed Curlew bird. Endangered species include the Dusky Grouper, Lappet-faced Vulture, Rhim Gazelle, Rough Ray, Violinfish, Philochortus zolii lizard, and White-headed Duck. The aforementioned lizards might be found in isolated locations in several North African countries, including Algeria, Egypt, Mali, and Niger. In Libya, these lizards might live near the city of Al 'Uqaylah, which is located beside the Mediterranean Sea.
LIBYA in North Africa is typically known for its deserts, oil export industry, and recent political turmoil, but the country also boasts a large area of land with lave flows. The largest lava flow region - Central Libya's Al Harūjal al Aswad basaltic plateau (also spelled Al-Harūj al-Aswad) - is about 300 kilometers from north to south and about 200 kilometers from east to west. It stretches across the lava flow region from northwest to southeast.
Another large area with lava flows is about 100 kilometers northwest in Jabal as Sawdā', another basaltic plateau. Above and below the Tropic of Cancer line through Southern Libya are lava flows located north of the Tibesti mountain range and east of the Sarīr Tibasti desert. Finally, there are lava flows in the Libyan Desert of Eastern Libya; they extend eastward across the border with Egypt.
Three African countries are located where ITALY established colonies centuries ago. The three countries are LIBYA, ERITREA, and SOMALIA. Libya is located in Northern Africa along the Mediterranean Sea coast, while Eritrea and Somalia are located in the Horn of Africa. Meanwhile, ETHIOPIA was occupied and annexed by Italy for approximately five years and was not technically considered a colony.
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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.
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