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This article is about the country. For other uses, see Libya (disambiguation). Libya ليبيا Lībiyā   (Arabic) Capital (and largest city) Tripoli[a] 32°52′N 13°11′E / 32.867°N 13.183°E / 32.867; 13.183 Official language(s) Arabic[b] Demonym Libyan Government Disputed (See below) Independence  -  Relinquished by Italy 10 February 1947   -  From United Kingdom & France under United Nations Trusteeship 24 December 1951  Area  -  Total 1,759,541 km2 (17th) 679,359 sq mi   -  Water (%) Negligible surface water, reservoirs of water underground. Population  -  2010 estimate 6,420,000[1] (105th)  -  2006 census 5,670,688[c]   -  Density 3.6/km2 (218th) 9.4/sq mi GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate  -  Total $90.571 billion[2]   -  Per capita $13,804[2]  GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate  -  Total $74.232 billion[2]   -  Per capita $11,314[2]  HDI (2010) 0.755[3] (high) (53rd) Currency Dinar (LYD) Time zone EET (UTC+2) Drives on the right Internet TLD .ly Calling code 218 a. ^ Though both governments disputing Libya agree that Tripoli is the capital, the headquar

umidia, until the coastal cities asked and obtained its protection.[21] Ptolemy Apion, the last Greek ruler, bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome, which formally annexed the region in 74 BC and joined it to Crete as a Roman province. During the Roman civil wars Tripolitania (still not formally annexed) and Cyrenaica s

The financier of an eclectic array of guerrilla groups around the globe, he was responsible, according to Western intelligence, for many of the deadliest terrorist attacks in the mid-80s, including the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, that killed 270.

In February 2011, rebellion erupted in Libya, the latest and bloodiest so far of the uprisings that have swept across the Arab world with surprising speed since January, toppling autocrats in Egypt and Tunisia, and challenging others in Bahrain and Yemen.

With the government forces closing in on the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, the United Nations Security Council authorized the use of force to protect civilians

the unit, which is led by Khamis and is estimated to have as many as 10,000 troops.

More than 160 Tomahawk cruise missiles have been fired.