• Libya is a country located in Northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea. Its official name is Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Libya occupies a huge area, most of which is part of the Sahara Desert. Nonetheless, in terms of area it is the 4th largest country of the African continent, and the 17th largest in the world.

  
  

  1. Capital: Tripoli (2,006,000)
  2. Total Area: 1,759,540 Sq.Km (679,362 Miles)
  3. Government: Jamahiriya (a state of the masses or people's republic)
  4. Leader: Moammar Gadhafi
  5. Official Language: Arabic
  6. Religion: Sunni Islam
  7. Currency: Libyan Dinar
  8. Exchange Rate: 1.23

• Relations with the U.S.

  Relations between Liyba and the United States have gone through many changes since Libya gained its sovereignty in 1951. Though it was initially headed by a pro-western government, that changed in 1969 when Moammar Gadhafi led a coup against the country's King Idris. Since then he has led the Libyan government, yet he holds no official title. Gadhafi closed all American and British military bases in Libya; later Libyan agents were found to be involved in various anti-western Terrorist activities. By 2003 Libya would begin a round of foreign relations policy changes, thus improving its ties to the U.S.

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