Libya

Africa 
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia.

		28.6905877N 17.6660156E

Capital
Tripoli

Government
Jamahiriya

Religion
Sunni Muslim 97%, other 3% 

Population
6,324,357


Ethnic group
Berber and Arab 97%, other 3% (includes Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, and Tunisians)

National Language
Arabic

National Day
24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship)
  
Currency
Dinar (LYD)

Anthem
Allahu Akbar (God is the Greatest)

Attractions
Cyrene,  Ghadames Old Town,  Leptis Magna,  Red Castle,  Sabratha Greek Ruins,  Tadrart Acacus Rock Art Sites,  Tripoli Medina

Website
www.libyaonline.com

Art & Cultural

About ICON

Leptis Magna Leptis Magna, also known as Lectis Magna (or Lepcis Magna as it is sometimes spelled), also called Lpqy, Neapolis, Lebida or Lebda to modern-day residents of Libya, was a prominent city of the Roman Empire. Its ruins are located in Al Khums, Libya, 130 km east of Tripoli, on the coast where the Wadi Lebda meets the sea. The site is one of the most spectacular and unspoiled Roman ruins in the Mediterranean. The city appears to have been founded by Phoenician colonists sometime around 1100 BC, who gave it the Lybico-Berber name Lpqy. The town did not achieve prominence until Carthage became a major power in the Mediterranean Sea in the 4th century BC. It nominally remained part of Carthage's dominions until the end of the Third Punic War in 146 BC and then became part of the Roman Republic, although from about 200 BC onward, it was for all intents and purposes an independent city.

Leptis Magna

Sabratha