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Essential Information
Area: 1,775,000 sq km
Population: 6.2
million
Capital: Tripoli
Administrative Capital:
Hon
Principal Towns: Benghazi,
Zawaia, Misurata, Khoms, Gharian, Jebel, Akhdar, Derna, Subha.
Languages: Arabic is
the only official language. English and Italian is spoken in
commerce.
Gross Domestic Product
(official exchange rate): $57.06 billion (2007 est.)
GDP per capita (PPP):
$12,300 (2007)
International Reserves:
$79.6 billion (31 December 2007 est.)
Climate: Desert Mediterranean, temperate in the coastal zone
with extremely hot, dry summers in the interior.
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