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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:---------------- 5,690,727
- 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)
- President:--------------
Revolutinary Leader Col. Muammar Gadhafi
- Head of Government:------------ Secretary of the General
People's Committee (Premier) Ahmad Muhammad al-Manqush
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.
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