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Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
National name: Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Head of State: Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi (1969)
Secretary of the General People's Committee: Muhammad Ahmad al-Mangoush (1997)
Area: 679,536 sq. mi. (1,759,540 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 4,992,838; (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.4); birth rate: 27.3/1000; infant mortality rate: 28.2/1000; density per sq. mi.: 7
Capital: Tripoli
Largest cities (est. 1988): Tripoli, 591,062; Benghazi, 446,250
Monetary unit: Libyan dinar
Languages: Arabic, Italian and English widely understood in major cities
Ethnicity/race: Berber and Arab 97%, Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians, Tunisians
Religion: Islam
Literacy rate: 64%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $38 billion; $6,700 per capita. Real growth rate: –1%. Inflation: 24.2%. Unemployment: 30%. Arable land: 1%. Agriculture: wheat, barley, olives, dates, citrus, vegetables, peanuts; beef, eggs. Labor force: 1 million; industry 31%, services 27%, government 24%, agriculture 18%. Industries: petroleum, food processing, textiles, handicrafts, cement. Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, gypsum. Exports: $6.8 billion (f.o.b., 1998 est.): crude oil, refined petroleum products, natural gas. Imports: $6.9 billion (c.i.f., 1998 est.): machinery, transport equipment, food, manufactured goods. Major trading partners: Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Turkey, Greece, Egypt, U.K., Tunisia, Eastern Europe.
