Generic Information
Libya is a country in the Maghreb region in North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to east, Sudan to south east, Chad to south, Niger to the south west, Algeria to the west, Tunisia to the northwest, and maritime borders with Malta and Turkey. The sovereign state is made of three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 700,000 square miles (1.8 million km2), Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, the fourth largest in the Arab world and Arab League behind Algeria and the 16th largest country in the world. Libya has the 10th-largest proven oil reserves of any country in the world.The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in western Libya and contains over three million of Libya's seven million people.
Generic country information can be located from sources which are regularly maintained and reflect current facts and figures. For a generic country overview, please consult the following sources:
Libya Wikipedia Country Information https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libya
Libya IMF Country Information http://www.imf.org/en/Countries/LBY
Libya Economist Intelligence Unit Information* http://country.eiu.com/libya
(*note - this is a paid service)
Humanitarian Info
Libya World Food Programme Information http://www.wfp.org/countries/libya
Libya UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Information http://www.unocha.org/country/romena/country-profile/libya
Facts and Figures
Libya Wolfram Alpha Information https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=libya
Libya World Bank Information http://www.worldbank.org/en/country/libya
Libya Population Information http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/libya-population