Overview

Libya covers 1,760,000 km², with negligible water surface. Its 7.5 million people belong to 3 major ethnic groups practicing Islam, Christianity, and other faiths, across beaches, Mediterranean scrub, open woodland, pre-desert steppe, desert, wadi vegetation, very sparse vegetation, and date-palm oases, with no permanent river, 4 international airports, 6 ports, no railway, and a good road network. 9 cities range from 100,000 to 630,000, and one exceeds 1,240,000.