Profile of Libya
CAPITAL: Tripoli
CURRENCY: Dinar
CLIMATE: Within Libya as many as five different climatic zones have been recognized. In most of the coastal lowland the climate is Mediterranean with warm summers and mild winters. Rainfall is scanty, and the dry climate results in a year-round, 98-percent visibility. The weather is cooler in the highlands, and frosts occur at maximum elevations. The Libyan Desert is one of the harshest and most arid in the world. The temperatures are extreme; hot in the day and cold at night. Spring and autumn bring the Ghibli, a hot, dry and dusty desert wind that can last from a day to four days, bringing temperatures in the coastal areas up to 50°C.
AIRPORTS: Tobruk Airport (Gamal Abdel Nasser Airport); Mitiga Airport; Tripoli International Airport; Benina International Airport; Ubari Airport; Sabha Airport; Gardabya Airport.
LANGUAGE: Arabic.
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