General Geography:

Formal Name: Grate Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
Short Form: Libya.
Government type: Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the populace through local councils
Term for Nationals: Libyans.
Capital: Tripoli.
Data code: LY

Location:

Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia. Libya is fourth in size among the countries of Africa and fifteenth among the countries of the world.

Geographic coordinates: 25 00 N, 17 00 E
Map references: Africa
Area Total: 1,759,540 sq km Land: 1,759,540 sq km, 679,358 sq mi, Water: 0 sq km
Area-comparative: slightly larger than Alaska
Land boundaries total: 4,383 km
Border countries: Algeria 982 km, Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,150 km, Niger 354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km
Coastline: 1,770 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
Note: Gulf of Sirt closing line-32 degrees 30 minutes north
Total land boundaries: 4383 km
Border countries: Algeria 982 km, Tunisia 459 km, Egypt 1150 km, Niger 354 km, Chad 1055 km, Sudan 383 km