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The Menas Associates country fact file page is devised to provide our readers with a checklist of information about the history, people, government, economy, geography, military and transnational issues affecting each one of the countries we write about.

Time: UTC+2
Area: 1,759,541 km 2
Population: 6,420,000
Currency: Dinar (LYD)
Capital: Tripoli
Official language: Arabic
Geography: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia
Government: National Transitional Council (NTC)
Head of government: Prime Minister Abdul Raheem Al-Keib
Parliament: unicameral
Military: service compulsory from 17 years of age
Religion: Sunni Muslim (97%), other (3%)
Demographics: 22 states
Exports: crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas, chemicals
Export partners: Italy (37.5%), Germany (11.9%­), France (7.3%), Spain (6.8%), US (6.3%), Switzerland (4.5%)
Imports: machinery, semi-finished goods, food, transport equipment, consumer products
Economy: Libyan economy depends primarily upon revenues from the oil sector, which contribute approximately 95% of export earnings, 25% of GDP, and 60% of public sector wages
Electricity consumption/production/exports/imports: 22.17 billion kWh, 23.98 billion kWh, 104 million kWh, 77 million kWh
Oil consumption/production/exports/imports: 273,000 b/d, 1.55 million b/d, 1.542 million b/d, 575 b/d
Natural gas consumption/production/exports/imports: 5.5 billion m³, 15.9 billion m³, 10.4 billion m³, 0 m³
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum
Agriculture products: wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans, cattle
Concerns: people trafficking, rebel groups, property theft, social protection issues.

* All the above data is selected from statistical review journals, published in the latter part of 2008/9. Therefore, please note that some facts/figures may vary according to source/time of documentation.