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- CAPITAL
- Tripoli
- POPULATION
- 5,900,754
note: includes 166,510 non-nationals (July 2006 est.) - AREA
- total: 1,759,540 sq km
land: 1,759,540 sq km
water: 0 sq km
slightly larger than Alaska
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- GOVERNMENT
- Jamahiriya (a state of the masses) in theory, governed by the
populace through local councils; in fact, a military dictatorship - MONEY
- Piastres, Dinar
- CLIMATE
- Mediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior
- LANGUAGES
- Arabic, Italian, English, all are widely understood in the
major cities
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