General Information
Area :	1,759,540sq km
Border Countries :	Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Sudan & Tunisia
Natural resources :	petroleum, natural gas, gypsum
Capital :	Tripoli
Administrative Divisions :	25 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah); Ajdabiya, Al 'Aziziyah, Al Fatih, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jufrah, Al Khums, Al Kufrah, An Nuqat al Khams, Ash Shati', Awbari, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghadamis, Gharyan, Misratah, Murzuq, Sabha, Sawfajjin, Surt, Tarabulus, Tarhunah, Tubruq, Yafran, Zlitan; note - the 25 municipalities may have been replaced by 13 regions
Legal System :	based on Italian civil law system and Islamic law; separate religious courts; no constitutional provision for judicial review of legislative acts; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction
International Organization participation :	ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AL, AMF, AMU, CAEU, CCC, ECA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Inmarsat, Intelsat, Interpol, IOC, ISO, ITU, MONUC, NAM, OAPEC, OAU, OIC, OPEC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WToO
GDP :	purchasing power parity - $45.4 billion (2000 est.)
GDP per capita :	purchasing power parity - $8,900 (2000 est.)

	Libya is a major oil exporter, particularly to Europe. With the lifting of U.N. sanctions against Libya in September 2003, oil companies are eager to resume and/or expand operations in Libya.

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