Description: Libya to Construct a Solar Plant, Libya Power - Solar Energy Libya – Renewable Energy Companies in Libya, Egypt is turning to solar power to generate more electricity from renewable sources • FRANCE 24, Libya to construct solar plant with Total Energies
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Libya ( Arabic : ليبيا Lībiyā ) is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania , Fezzan and Cyrenaica . With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi) , Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa, and is the 16th largest country in the world . Libya has the
The largest city and capital, Tripoli , is located in western Libya and contains over one million of Libya's six million people. The other large city is Benghazi , which is located in eastern Libya.
Libya has been inhabited by Berbers since the late Bronze Age. The Phoenicians established trading posts in western Libya, and Ancient Greek colonists established city-states in eastern Libya. Libya was variously ruled by Persians , Egyptians and Greeks before becoming a part of the Roman Empire. Libya was an early center of Christianity. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire , the area of Libya was mostly occupied by the Vandals until the 7th century, when invasions brought Islam and Arab colonization