Africa · Northern AfricaLY · +218
Country profile / LY
Libya
State of Libya
Locally: ليبيا
Capital
Tripoli
Region
Africa
ISO
LY
Local time in Libya
live · IANATripoli
Africa/Tripoli
Reference ledger
CapitalTripoliAdministrative seat
LanguagesArabic1 listed
CurrenciesLibyan dinar1 listed
Time zonesAfrica/Tripoli1 IANA identifier
Area1,759,540 km²Ranked 18 of 241 by area
Dialing+218International calling prefix
A sense of scale
area percentileLarger than 93% of places in this atlas.
At 1,759,540 km², Libya ranks 18 of 241 records by land area. This comparison uses the same bundled source for every profile, so the scale is internally consistent.
#18by area in this atlas
Land neighbors
6Use these identifiers accurately
The two-letter code LY is the compact ISO identifier used in addresses, locale selectors, and many data feeds. The dialing prefix +218 belongs at the start of an international phone number. Time zone names such as Africa/Tripoli should be preferred over a fixed UTC offset because they carry daylight-saving rules.
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ISOLY
Borders6
Time zones1