Everything you need to know about Libya
Discover Libya from Tripoli and the Roman cities of the Mediterranean coast to Ghadames, Fezzanโs oases and the Acacus rock art. Learn twenty-two reference districts, place twenty-four cities and sixteen sights, explore ten illustrated topics and begin Arabic.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Libya
Tripolitania, Cyrenaica and Fezzan connect a long Mediterranean coast with an immense Saharan interior.
Know the shape of the country
Start with twenty-two districts from a 2018 humanitarian reference map, then place twenty-four cities and oasis towns. These districts differ from smaller municipalities. Explore the whole Mediterranean basin, the gulfs of Sidra and Gabes and three desert lake groups. Zoom in closely for Gaberoun and Mafo. Libya has no permanent natural rivers; the Great Man-Made River is a pipeline network. Districts: UNITAR-UNOSAT and partners via geoBoundaries, CC BY 3.0 IGO. Seas: Natural Earth, public domain. Lakes: OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Water shapes continue to their geographic limits beyond Libyaโs borders.
Heritage and landscapes
Essential ยท Archaeology
Leptis Magna
Monumental streets, a theatre, baths and the Severan forum belong to a city with Phoenician roots and a major Roman history. The emperor Septimius Severus was born here. Leptis Magna is a UNESCO World Heritage property.
Locate sixteen places across Libyaโs Mediterranean coast, western mountains and Saharan interior. Ancient cities, oasis architecture, communal granaries and desert lakes connect the maps with different periods and communities. Pins introduce places and their histories; they do not establish present access or conditions. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Arabic with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
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