Libya is situated at the central north of Africa, between 90 50’E Longitude and 180’N-330 N latitude. In the north is the Mediterranean Sea coastline of about 1900 km in length. It is surrounded by Algeria and Tunisia to the west, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south. It has an area of about 1.778,500 sq.km. which makes it the fourth largest country in Africa and it is mostly desert.

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