Place details
Place nameLibya
Other namesal-Jamahiriyah al-Arabiyah al-Libiyah ash-Shabiyah al-Ishtirakiyah, Libia, Libiya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Socialist Peoples' Libyan Arab Republic, The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Libye, Libie, Libyenne, Jamahiriya Arabe, Jamahiriya arabe libyenne populaire et socialiste, Libië, Libyen, Líbia, LBY, LY, ISO434, LY00, Kingdom of Libya, United Kingdom of Libya, Libyan
Latitude25
Longitude17
SourceThesaurus of Geographic Names
Overview
Region of modern Libya comprises ancient Tripoli, Cyrenaica, and Fezzan; successively under control of Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Vandals, and Byzantines; Arabs ruled from the 7th century, Turks 16th-20th centuries; named for tribe living in Cyrenaica in 2nd millenium BCE; official language is Arabic, though Italian and English are also widely understood in most cities.