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World Gazetteer Results for Bangāzī:
NameBangāzī
Original Namesبنغازي
Geographical TypeShaabiyah
Population667175
CountryLibya
3rd Administrative DivisionBukidnon
Dictionary Results for Libya:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
Libya
    n 1: a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the
         Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major
         exporter of petroleum [syn: Libya, Socialist People's
         Libyan Arab Jamahiriya]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Libya \Libya\ prop. n.
   A country in Northern Africa, between Egypt and Tunisia,
   bordering the Mediterranean Sea. It also borders on Algeria,
   Chad, Niger, and Sudan. It is an Arabic-speaking country with
   over 97% of the population Sunni Moslem. The population in
   1995 was about 5,248,000. The capital is Tripoli.
   [WordNet 1.5]

   Note: Until the formation of the modern nation of Libya in
         1952, the name had been applied to the same territory
         that had been ruled by Italy, and after World War II,
         by Britain and France. In ancient times, Libya was the
         name given to all of that part of Africa between Egypt
         and the Atlantic Ocean, and sometimes to Africa as a
         whole.
         [1913 Webster +PJC]

3. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Libya
   the country of the Ludim (Gen. 10:13), Northern Africa, a large
   tract lying along the Mediterranean, to the west of Egypt (Acts
   2:10). Cyrene was one of its five cities.
   

4. Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's)
Libya, the heart of the sea; fat


5. CIA World Factbook 2002
Libya

   Introduction Libya
   ------------------
                            Background: Since he took power in a 1969
                                        military coup, Col. Muammar Abu
                                        Minyar al-QADHAFI has espoused his
                                        own political system - a combination
                                        of socialism and Islam - which he
                                        calls the Third International
                                        Theory. Viewing himself as a
                                        revolutionary leader, he used oil
                                        funds during the 1970s and 1980s to
                                        promote his ideology outside Libya,
                                        even supporting subversives and
                                        terrorists abroad to hasten the end
                                        of Marxism and capitalism. Libyan
                                        military adventures failed, e.g.,
                                        the prolonged foray of Libyan troops
                                        into the Aozou Strip in northern
                                        Chad was finally repulsed in 1987.
                                        Libyan support for terrorism
                                        decreased after UN sanctions were
                                        imposed in 1992. Those sanctions
                                        were suspended in April 1999.
  
   Geography Libya
   ---------------
                              Location: Northern Africa, bordering the
                                        Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and
                                        Tunisia
                Geographic coordinates: 25 00 N, 17 00 E
                        Map references: Africa
                                  Area: total: 1,759,540 sq km
                                        water: 0 sq km
                                        land: 1,759,540 sq km
                    Area - comparative: slightly larger than Alaska
                       Land boundaries: total: 4,348 km
                                        border countries: Algeria 982 km,
                                        Chad 1,055 km, Egypt 1,115 km, Niger
                                        354 km, Sudan 383 km, Tunisia 459 km
                             Coastline: 1,770 km
                       Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 NM
                                        note: Gulf of Sidra closing line -
                                        32 degrees, 30 minutes north
                               Climate: Mediterranean along coast; dry,
                                        extreme desert interior
                               Terrain: mostly barren, flat to undulating
                                        plains, plateaus, depressions
                    Elevation extremes: lowest point: Sabkhat Ghuzayyil -47
                                        m
                                        highest point: Bikku Bitti 2,267 m
                     Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum
                              Land use: arable land: 1.03%
                                        permanent crops: 0.17%
                                        other: 98.8% (1998 est.)
                        Irrigated land: 4,700 sq km (1998 est.)
                       Natural hazards: hot, dry, dust-laden ghibli is a
                                        southern wind lasting one to four
                                        days in spring and fall; dust
                                        storms, sandstorms
          Environment - current issues: desertification; very limited
                                        natural fresh water resources; the
                                        Great Manmade River Project, the
                                        largest water development scheme in
                                        the world, is being built to bring
                                        water from large aquifers under the
                                        Sahara to coastal cities
            Environment - international party to: Biodiversity, Climate
                            agreements: Change, Desertification, Hazardous
                                        Wastes, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer
                                        Protection, Wetlands
                                        signed, but not ratified: Law of the
                                        Sea, Nuclear Test Ban
                      Geography - note: more than 90% of the country is
                                        desert or semidesert
  
   People Libya
   ------------
                            Population: 5,368,585
                                        note: includes 662,669 non-
                                        nationals, of which an estimated
                                        500,000 or more are Africans living
                                        in Libya (July 2002 est.)
                         Age structure: 0-14 years: 35% (male 958,243;
                                        female 917,940)
                                        15-64 years: 61% (male 1,694,986;
                                        female 1,581,400)
                                        65 years and over: 4% (male 105,500;
                                        female 110,516) (2002 est.)
                Population growth rate: 2.41% (2002 est.)
                            Birth rate: 27.59 births/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                            Death rate: 3.5 deaths/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                    Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2002
                                        est.)
                             Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
                                        under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
                                        15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
                                        65 years and over: 0.95 male(s)/
                                        female
                                        total population: 1.06 male(s)/
                                        female (2002 est.)
                 Infant mortality rate: 27.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2002
                                        est.)
              Life expectancy at birth: total population: 75.86 years
                                        female: 78.11 years (2002 est.)
                                        male: 73.71 years
                  Total fertility rate: 3.57 children born/woman (2002 est.)
      HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 0.05% (1999 est.)
     HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/ NA
                                  AIDS:
                     HIV/AIDS - deaths: NA
                           Nationality: noun: Libyan(s)
                                        adjective: Libyan
                         Ethnic groups: Berber and Arab 97%, Greeks,
                                        Maltese, Italians, Egyptians,
                                        Pakistanis, Turks, Indians,
                                        Tunisians
                             Religions: Sunni Muslim 97%
                             Languages: Arabic, Italian, English, all are
                                        widely understood in the major
                                        cities
                              Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read
                                        and write
                                        total population: 76.2%
                                        male: 87.9%
                                        female: 63% (1995 est.)
  
   Government Libya
   ----------------
                          Country name: conventional long form: Great
                                        Socialist People's Libyan Arab
                                        Jamahiriya
                                        conventional short form: Libya
                                        local short form: none
                                        local long form: Al Jumahiriyah al
                                        Arabiyah al Libiyah ash Shabiyah al
                                        Ishtirakiyah al Uzma
                       Government type: Jamahiriya (a state of the masses)
                                        in theory, governed by the populace
                                        through local councils; in fact, a
                                        military dictatorship
                               Capital: Tripoli
              Administrative divisions: 25 municipalities (baladiyat,
                                        singular - baladiyah); Ajdabiya, Al
                                        'Aziziyah, Al Fatih, Al Jabal al
                                        Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al
                                        Kufrah, An Nuqat al Khams, Ash
                                        Shati', Awbari, Az Zawiyah,
                                        Banghazi, Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan,
                                        Misratah, Murzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin,
                                        Surt, Tarabulus, Tarhunah, Tubruq,
                                        Yafran, Zlitan; note - the 25
                                        municipalities may have been
                                        replaced by 13 regions
                          Independence: 24 December 1951 (from Italy)
                      National holiday: Revolution Day, 1 September (1969)
                          Constitution: 11 December 1969, amended 2 March
                                        1977
                          Legal system: based on Italian civil law system
                                        and Islamic law; separate religious
                                        courts; no constitutional provision
                                        for judicial review of legislative
                                        acts; has not accepted compulsory
                                        ICJ jurisdiction
                              Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal and
                                        compulsory
                      Executive branch: chief of state: Revolutionary Leader
                                        Col. Muammar Abu Minyar al-QADHAFI
                                        (since 1 September 1969); note -
                                        holds no official title, but is de
                                        facto chief of state
                                        elections: national elections are
                                        indirect through a hierarchy of
                                        people's committees; head of
                                        government elected by the General
                                        People's Congress; election last
                                        held 2 March 2000 (next to be held
                                        NA)
                                        election results: Mubarak al-SHAMEKH
                                        elected premier; percent of General
                                        People's Congress vote - NA%
                                        cabinet: General People's Committee
                                        established by the General People's
                                        Congress
                                        head of government: Secretary of the
                                        General People's Committee (Premier)
                                        Mubarak al-SHAMEKH (since 2 March
                                        2000)
                    Legislative branch: unicameral General People's Congress
                                        (NA seats; members elected
                                        indirectly through a hierarchy of
                                        people's committees)
                       Judicial branch: Supreme Court
         Political parties and leaders: none
          Political pressure groups and various Arab nationalist movements
                               leaders: with almost negligible memberships
                                        may be functioning clandestinely, as
                                        well as some Islamic elements
             International organization ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU,
                         participation: CAEU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA,
                                        IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD,
                                        IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
                                        IOC, ISO, ITU, NAM, OAPEC, OAU, OIC,
                                        OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO,
                                        UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO,
                                        WToO
   Diplomatic representation in the US: Libya does not have an embassy in
                                        the US
     Diplomatic representation from the the US suspended all embassy
                                    US: activities in Tripoli on 2 May 1980
                      Flag description: plain green; green is the
                                        traditional color of Islam (the
                                        state religion)
  
   Economy Libya
   -------------
                    Economy - overview: The socialist-oriented economy
                                        depends primarily upon revenues from
                                        the oil sector, which contributes
                                        practically all export earnings and
                                        about one-quarter of GDP. These oil
                                        revenues and a small population give
                                        Libya one of the highest per capita
                                        GDPs in Africa, but little of this
                                        income flows down to the lower
                                        orders of society. Import
                                        restrictions and inefficient
                                        resource allocations have led to
                                        periodic shortages of basic goods
                                        and foodstuffs. The nonoil
                                        manufacturing and construction
                                        sectors, which account for about 20%
                                        of GDP, have expanded from
                                        processing mostly agricultural
                                        products to include the production
                                        of petrochemicals, iron, steel, and
                                        aluminum. Climatic conditions and
                                        poor soils severely limit
                                        agricultural output, and Libya
                                        imports about 75% of its food.
                                        Higher oil prices in 1999 and 2000
                                        led to an increase in export
                                        revenues, which improved
                                        macroeconomic balances and helped to
                                        stimulate the economy. The
                                        suspension of UN sanctions in 1999
                                        also boosted growth. Libya's January
                                        2002 51% devaluation of the official
                                        exchange rate of the dinar is
                                        another fiscal plus, although it
                                        will also bring higher inflation.
                                   GDP: purchasing power parity - $40
                                        billion (2001 est.)
                GDP - real growth rate: 3% (2001 est.)
                      GDP - per capita: purchasing power parity - $7,600
                                        (2001 est.)
           GDP - composition by sector: agriculture: 7%
                                        industry: 47%
                                        services: 46% (1997 est.)
         Population below poverty line: NA%
     Household income or consumption by lowest 10%: NA%
                      percentage share: highest 10%: NA%
      Inflation rate (consumer prices): 13.6% (2001 est.)
                           Labor force: 1.5 million (2000 est.)
           Labor force - by occupation: services 54%, industry 29%,
                                        agriculture 17% (1997 est.)
                     Unemployment rate: 30% (2000 est.)
                                Budget: revenues: $9.3 billion
                                        expenditures: $9.2 billion,
                                        including capital expenditures of
                                        $NA (2001 est.)
                            Industries: petroleum, food processing,
                                        textiles, handicrafts, cement
     Industrial production growth rate: NA%
              Electricity - production: 19.4 billion kWh (2000)
    Electricity - production by source: fossil fuel: 100%
                                        hydro: 0%
                                        other: 0% (2000)
                                        nuclear: 0%
             Electricity - consumption: 18.042 billion kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - exports: 0 kWh (2000)
                 Electricity - imports: 0 kWh (2000)
                Agriculture - products: wheat, barley, olives, dates,
                                        citrus, vegetables, peanuts,
                                        soybeans; cattle
                               Exports: $13.1 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Exports - commodities: crude oil, refined petroleum
                                        products
                    Exports - partners: Italy 42%, Germany 19%, Spain 13%,
                                        Turkey 6%, France 4%, Switzerland
                                        3%, Tunisia 2% (2000)
                               Imports: $8.7 billion (f.o.b., 2001 est.)
                 Imports - commodities: machinery, transport equipment,
                                        food, manufactured goods
                    Imports - partners: Italy 25%, Germany 10%, UK 8%,
                                        France 7%, Tunisia 7%, South Korea
                                        4% (2000)
                       Debt - external: $4.7 billion (2001 est.)
              Economic aid - recipient: $7 million (1999 est.)
                              Currency: Libyan dinar (LYD)
                         Currency code: LYD
                        Exchange rates: Libyan dinars per US dollar - 0.6501
                                        (December 2001), 0.6501 (2001),
                                        0.5403 (2000), 0.5403 (1999), 0.3785
                                        (1998), 0.3891 (1997); market rate
                                        for Libyan dinars per US dollar -
                                        1.55 (January 2002)
                                        note: Libya devalued its official
                                        rate for foreign trade on 1 January
                                        2002 to 21.30 dinars per US dollar;
                                        the previous official rate was 0.63
                                        dinar per US dollar (Dec 2001)
                           Fiscal year: calendar year
  
   Communications Libya
   --------------------
        Telephones - main lines in use: 380,000 (1996)
          Telephones - mobile cellular: NA
                      Telephone system: general assessment:
                                        telecommunications system is being
                                        modernized; mobile cellular
                                        telephone system became operational
                                        in 1996
                                        domestic: microwave radio relay,
                                        coaxial cable, cellular,
                                        tropospheric scatter, and a domestic
                                        satellite system with 14 earth
                                        stations
                                        international: satellite earth
                                        stations - 4 Intelsat, NA Arabsat,
                                        and NA Intersputnik; submarine
                                        cables to France and Italy;
                                        microwave radio relay to Tunisia and
                                        Egypt; tropospheric scatter to
                                        Greece; participant in Medarabtel
                                        (1999)
              Radio broadcast stations: AM 17, FM 4, shortwave 3 (1998)
                                Radios: 1.35 million (1997)
         Television broadcast stations: 12 (plus one low-power repeater)
                                        (1998)
                           Televisions: 730,000 (1997)
                 Internet country code: .ly
     Internet Service Providers (ISPs): 1 (2000)
                        Internet users: 20,000 (2001)
  
   Transportation Libya
   --------------------
                              Railways: note: Libya has had no railroad in
                                        operation since 1965, all previous
                                        systems having been dismantled;
                                        current plans are to construct a
                                        1.435-m standard-gauge line from the
                                        Tunisian frontier to Tripoli and
                                        Misratah, then inland to Sabha,
                                        center of a mineral-rich area, but
                                        there has been little progress;
                                        other plans made jointly with Egypt
                                        would establish a rail line from As
                                        Sallum, Egypt, to Tobruk with
                                        completion originally set for mid-
                                        1994; Libya signed contracts with
                                        two private companies - Bahne of
                                        Egypt and Jez Sistemas Ferroviarios
                                        of Spain - in 1998 for the supply of
                                        crossings and pointwork (2001)
                              Highways: total: 24,484 km
                                        paved: 6,798 km
                                        unpaved: 17,686 km
                                        note: data for the length of unpaved
                                        roads include the assumption that
                                        because they were listed as
                                        secondary roads, they are unpaved;
                                        some may be paved and some part of
                                        the primary roads may not be paved
                                        (1996)
                             Waterways: none
                             Pipelines: crude oil 4,383 km; petroleum
                                        products 443 km (includes liquefied
                                        petroleum gas or LPG 256 km);
                                        natural gas 1,947 km
                     Ports and harbors: Al Khums, Banghazi, Darnah, Marsa al
                                        Burayqah, Misratah, Ra's Lanuf,
                                        Tobruk, Tripoli, Zuwarah
                       Merchant marine: total: 23 ships (1,000 GRT or over)
                                        totaling 209,000 GRT/278,277 DWT
                                        ships by type: cargo 9, chemical
                                        tanker 1, liquefied gas 3, petroleum
                                        tanker 2, roll on/roll off 4, short-
                                        sea passenger 4
                                        note: includes some foreign-owned
                                        ships registered here as a flag of
                                        convenience: Algeria 1, Kuwait 1,
                                        United Arab Emirates 1 (2002 est.)
                              Airports: 136 (2001)
         Airports - with paved runways: total: 58
                                        over 3,047 m: 23
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 6
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 5
                                        under 914 m: 2 (2001)
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 22
       Airports - with unpaved runways: total: 78
                                        under 914 m: 18 (2001)
                                        over 3,047 m: 4
                                        2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
                                        914 to 1,523 m: 40
                                        1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
                             Heliports: 1 (2001)
  
   Military Libya
   --------------
                     Military branches: Armed Peoples on Duty (Army), Navy,
                                        Air and Air Defense Command
                                        (includes Air Force)
      Military manpower - military age: 17 years of age (2002 est.)
      Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 1,503,647 (2002
                                        est.)
   Military manpower - fit for military males age 15-49: 890,783 (2002 est.)
                               service:
           Military manpower - reaching males: 61,694 (2002 est.)
                 military age annually:
         Military expenditures - dollar $1.3 billion (FY99/00)
                                figure:
     Military expenditures - percent of 3.9% (FY99/00)
                                   GDP:
  
   Transnational Issues Libya
   --------------------------
              Disputes - international: Chadian rebels from Aozou region
                                        reside in Libya; Libya claims about
                                        19,400 sq km in Niger as well as
                                        part of southeastern Algeria in
                                        currently dormant disputes
  
                                       



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