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Libya. By: Monika Olesen. Geography. Physical Map. Political Map. Geography Continued. Location: 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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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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