Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1977–1986) الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الاشتراكية al-Jamāhīrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Lībīyah ash-Sha'bīyah al-Ishtirākīyah Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (1986–2011) الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى al-Jamāhīrīyah al-'Arabīyah al-Lībīyah ash-Sha'bīyah al-Ishtirākīyah al-'Uẓmá | |||||||||
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| 1977–2011 | |||||||||
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| Motto: وحدة ، حرية ، اشتراكية Waḥdah, Ḥurrīyah, Ishtirākīyah ("Unity, Freedom, Socialism") | |||||||||
| Anthem: الله أكبر Allahu Akbar ("God is Great") | |||||||||
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| Capital | Tripoli (1977–2011) Sirte (2011)[1] 32°52′N 13°11′E / 32.867°N 13.183°E | ||||||||
| Largest city | Tripoli | ||||||||
| Official languages | Arabic[b] | ||||||||
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| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Unitary Islamic socialist Jamahiriya | ||||||||
| Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution | |||||||||
• 1977–2011 | Muammar al-Gaddafi | ||||||||
| Secretary-General of the General People's Committee | |||||||||
• 1977–1979 (first) | Abdul Ati al-Obeidi | ||||||||
• 2006–2011 (last) | Baghdadi Mahmudi | ||||||||
| Legislature | General People's Congress | ||||||||
| Historical era | Cold War · War on Terror · Arab Spring | ||||||||
| 2 March 1977 | |||||||||
| 15 February 2011 | |||||||||
| 28 August 2011 | |||||||||
| 20 October 2011 | |||||||||
| Area | |||||||||
• Total | 1,759,541 km2 (679,363 sq mi) (16th) | ||||||||
| Population | |||||||||
• 2010 | 6,355,100 | ||||||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2007 estimate | ||||||||
• Total |  $58.3 billion | ||||||||
• Per capita | $14,364 [3] | ||||||||
| HDI (2009) | 0.847[4] very high | ||||||||
| Currency | Libyan dinar (LYD) | ||||||||
| Calling code | 218 | ||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | LY | ||||||||
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In 1977 Libya became "Al-Jamahiriya al-`Arabiyah al-Libiyah ash-Sha`biyah al-Ishtirakiyah al-Uzma" . In English, the name means the "Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya".
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "Libya crisis: Col Gaddafi vows to fight a 'long war'". BBC News. 1 September 2020. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
- ↑ "L'Aménagement Linguistique dans le Monde - Libye". Archived from the original on 26 April 2009. Retrieved 28 February 2019.
- ↑ http://hdr.undp.org/sites/default/files/reports/269/hdr_2009_en_complete.pdf[bare URL PDF]
- ↑ "Human Development Report 2009" (PDF). hdr.undp.org.
