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LibyaBy:

Monika Olesen

Geography

Physical Map

Political Map

Geography ContinuedLocation:

Northern Africa, bordering Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt and Tunisia

Coordinates-2500N, 1700E

Area-1,759,540 sq km

-Land is 1,795,540 sq km-Water 0 sq km

Bordering Countries

Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, Tunisia

Climate (terrain)

Mostly Barren, flat to undulating plains, plateaus, depressions

ClimateMediterranean along coast; dry, extreme desert interior

90% desert

General InformationNationality. . . .Libyan(s)

Ethic Groups

Languages

Religion

-Berber & Arab 97%-Other 3%Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks

-Arabic, Italian, English

-Sunni Muslim 97%-Other 3%

Population & LifespanPopulation

Age Structure

Median Age

-6,597,960

0-14years: 32.3% (1,104,590m/1,057,359f)15-64years: 62.7% (2,124,053m/2,011,226f)

65years & >: 4.6% (146,956m/153,776f)

-24.5years (total)-24.5years (male)

-24.4years (female)

Population Growth Rate

-2.064%

Sex Ratio-at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female-under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female-15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female-65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female-total population: 1.05 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

HealthBirthrate

Death Rate

Infant Mortality Rate

Maternal Mortality Rate

-24.04 births/1,000 Population

-3.4 deaths/1,000 Population

-20.09 deaths/1,000 live births

-64 deaths/100,000 live births

Health Continued!

Life expectancy at birth

Total fertility rate

Health expenditures

HIV & AIDS

77.65 yearsMale: 75. 34 years

Female: 80.08 years

-2.96 Children born

-6.6% of GDP

10,000 people

Underweight Children-5.6%

Education

Education Expenditures

Literacy

School Life Expectancy

-NA

Age 15 & over that can read & write

-total pop. 82.6 %-Male: 92.4%-Female: 72%

-Total: 17 years-Male 16 years

-Female: 17 years

Government

Type

Administrative divisions

Legal System

Suffrage

Legislative Branch

-22 districts (shabiyat, singular - shabiyat); Al Butnan, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Al Jafarah, Al Jufrah, Al Kufrah, Al Marj, Al Marqab, Al Wahat, An Nuqat al Khams, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghat, Misratah, Murzuq, Nalut, Sabha, Surt, Tarabulus, Wadi al Hayat, Wadi ash Shati

-Jamahiriya

-Mix of civlil & Islamic Law

-18 years

-C & P

Still GovernmentJudicial Branch

Political Pressure Groups & Leaders

Diplomat representation in the U.S.

Stability

-Supreme Court

-other-anti:-QADHAFI Libyan exile movements; Islamic elements

-C&P

-Yes, stable-Unlike rest of Saudi Arabia

Current Office Chief of State

Head of Government

Cabinet

Elections

-Transitional National Council Chairman Mustafa Abd al-JALIL (since March 2011)

-Transitional National Council Executive Committee Chairman Abd al-Rahim al-KEEB (since 23 October 2011)

-cabinet dissolved by Transitional National Council (TNC) Chairman Mustafa Abd al-JALIL on 8 August 2011; he then requested that TNC Executive Committee Chairman Mahmoud JIBRIL form a new one

-TNC Chairman al-JALIL in August 2011 announced presidential elections to be held in April1 2012

America and Libya-part 1

United States supported the UN resolution providing for Libyan independence

raised the status of its office at Tripoli from a consulate general to a legation

Libya's foreign policies supporting international terrorism and subversion against moderate Arab and African governments.

US recalls ambassador

U.S. Government designated Libya a "state sponsor of terrorism”

1951

1969

1972

December 29, 1979

America and Libya-part 11

Security Council Resolution 883

Libya fulfilled all UNSCR requirements

UN sanctions were lifted

Rids itself of their missile programs

1993

-a limited assets freeze and an embargo on selected oil equipment

September 12, 2003

December 19, 2003

America and Libya-part 111

Cooperated with

Signed IAEA Additional Protocol

State Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention

Since ending the missile programs

-US-UK

-International Atomic EnergyAgency-Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

Economy95% (export earnings) oil sector

25% GDP

80% Gov. revenue

Imports 75% of goods

$14,000 (2010) $13,700 (2009) $14,400 (2008)

2006. . . . . . . . .1.3108

2007. . . . . . . . .1.2604

2008. . . . . . . . .1.2112

2009. . . . . . . . .1.2535

2010. . . . . . . . .1.2648

GDP per Capita

Exchange Rates

2006

2009

petroleum, petrochemicals, aluminum, iron and steel, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement

wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts, soybeans; cattle

2.4%

30%

Industry

Agriculture

Inflation Rate

Unemployed

Current EventsGadhafi’s death on October 20, 2011

Dictatorship>Democracy

Sharia introduced

52 Gadhafi supporters found bound and dead"Throw him in a hole, in the sea, in garbage. No matter. He is lower than a donkey or a dog and only foreigners say they care about how we killed him. And they are lying," said engineer Ali Azzarog, 47.

Sharia in Libya

No laws contradicting Sharia

Marriage and divorce

Not against democracy/ equality

Woman have new rights

Polygamy

New law is to be respected

“New Libya”End of Moammar Gadhafi’s regime

http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/26/world/africa/libya-sharia/index.html

Human Rights During Gadhafi

Concerns

Events

• Freedom of Press• Freedom of Expression• Ill-treatment and detention of refugees,

asylum-seekers and migrants• Safety of at least seven Libyan Guantanamo

Bay returnees• Death Penalty• Discrimination against women in law and

practice• Impunity for past human rights violators

-down on peaceful political activists-firearms towards protestors

Todays Human Rights

Female activists push for equal rights

End of Civil War

-visited by countries most important men

-No clear laws yet

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