Jan 27, 2025 · Almost all Libyans speak Arabic, the country’s official language. They claim descent from the Bedouin Arab tribes of the Banū Hilāl and the Banū Sulaym, who are said to have invaded the Maghrib in the 11th century.

This is a list of notable people from Libya. Eugammon of Cyrene, flourished 567/6 BC. Shoshenq I, founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt. Shoshenq II, pharaoh of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt. Tefnakht, founder of the Twenty-fourth Dynasty of Egypt. Idris I of Libya (1890–1983), King of Libya (1951–1969).

6 days ago · Libya comprises three historical regions— Tripolitania in the northwest, Cyrenaica in the east, and Fezzan in the southwest. The Ottoman authorities recognized them as separate provinces. Under Italian rule, they were unified to form a single colony, which gave way to independent Libya.

The Tebou people have remained one of the most persecuted groups of people, suffering under the Gaddafi regime, and even after post revolution Libya. Tebou people in Libya have been subject to various forms of discrimination ranging from being denied citizenship, access to education and healthcare and being subjected to systematic evictions ...

Libya, [b] officially the State of Libya, [c] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest, as well as maritime borders with Greece, Italy and Malta to the north.

May 10, 2018 · Similar to other countries in North Africa, people of Arab or Berber descent mainly comprise the population of Libya. Extensive intermarriage occurred between the Arabs and Berbers resulting in the present day Arab-Berber or Arabized Berber population.

Demographics of Libya is the demography of Libya, specifically covering population density, ethnicity, and religious affiliations, as well as other aspects of the Libyan population. All figures are from the United Nations Demographic Yearbooks [10], unless otherwise indicated.

Nov 19, 2024 · In addition, approximately 135,000 people were displaced internally as of August 2022 by fighting between armed groups in eastern and western Libya and, to a lesser extent, by inter-tribal clashes in the country’s south.