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Libya Government
Since 1977 Libya has officially been a Jamahiriya – a ‘state of the masses’ – in which all political power is devolved to a network of local and regional People’s Committees, Basic People’s Congresses and Revolutionary Committees. Muammar al-Gadhafi holds the title of Leader of the Revolution. Despite the formal structure of government, he retains an effective power of veto and, along with his colleagues in the Revolutionary Command Council (as was), keeps control over defence and foreign policy. The total area 1,759,540 km². The capital city of Libya Tripoli.


Official name:
The Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.

Capital City:
Tripoli

Population: 5,290,000

Languages:
 Arabi (official languages) English or Italian

Religion:
Sunni Muslim

Electricity:
220 volts AC, 40Hz. All services may be intermittently disrupted by power cuts.

Climate:
Summers are very hot and dry: winters are mild with cooler evenings.
The desert has hot days and cold nights.

Local Time:
GMT + 2

Telephone:
IDD service is available. Country code: 218. Outgoing international code: 00.

Currency:
Libyan Dinar (LD) = 1000 dirhams.
Notes are in denominations of LD10, 5 and 1, and 500 and 250 dirhams. Coins are in denominations of 100, 50, 20, 10, 5 and 1 dirhams.

Banks:
Banking hours are:
Sat-Wed 08.00-12.00 h in winter,
Sat-Thurs 08.00-12.00 h and Sat-Wed 16.00-17.00 h in summer.

Tipping:
A tip of 10 to 20 per cent is usually included in hotel and restaurant bills.

Shopping:
Souks in the main towns are the workplaces of many weavers, copper-, gold- and silver-smiths and leatherworkers. There are numerous other stalls selling a variety of items including spices, metal engravings and various pieces of jewellery.




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