GEOGRAPHY THROUGH MAPS

Libya

Libya has a long Mediterranean coast and an extensive arid interior. Benghazi is a major eastern coastal city; the Tibesti reaches the southern frontier region.

Fast Facts

  • More than 90 per cent of the country is desert; most people live along the Mediterranean coast.
  • Libya has Africa’s largest proved oil reserves, and the Great Man-Made River pipes ancient groundwater from Saharan aquifers to the coast.
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Part of Visualize CSE, an interactive geography atlas for UPSC Civil Services (IAS) preparation.