Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Libya borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest, as well as maritime borders with Greece, Italy and Malta to the north. Libya comprises three historical regions: Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. With an area of almost 1.8 million km² (700,000 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest country in Africa and the Arab world, and the 16th-largest in the world. Libya claims 32,000 square kilometers of southeastern Algeria, south of the Libyan town of Ghat. The country's official religion is Islam, with 96.6% of the Libyan population being Sunni Muslims. The official language of Libya is Arabic, with vernacular Libyan Arabic being spoken most widely. The majority of Libya's population is Arab. The largest city and capital, Tripoli, is located in northwestern Libya and contains over a million of Libya's seven million people.

லிபியா வட ஆப்பிரிக்காவில் உள்ள ஒரு நாடு. இதன் வட எல்லையாக மத்திய தரைக்கடலும் கிழக்கில் எகிப்து, தென்கிழக்கில் சூடான், தெற்கில் சாட், நைஜர் ஆகியனவும், மேற்கில் அல்ஜீரியா, துனீசியா ஆகியனவும் எல்லைகளாக அமைந்துள்ளன. இதன் தலைநகர் திரிப்பொலி ஆகும்.