Africa is the world's second-largest continent in area after Asia. At about 30,244,050 km2 (11,677,240 mi2) including its adjacent islands, it covers 20.3 percent of the total land area on Earth, and with over 800 million inhabitants in 54 countries, it accounts for about one eighth of the world human population. Modern human evolutionary theory recognizes Africa as the cradle of humankind, with early hominids migrating out of the continent into Europe and Asia. By about 5,000 years ago the Sahara had become nearly as dry as it is today, and, with travel difficulty, the history of the northern and southern portions of the continent split. The area south of the Sahara was opened up to European exploration and colonization following the development of the caravel in the 15th century.
Libya (Arabic: ليبيا Lībiyā; Amazigh:  ), officially the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya ( الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى Al-Jamāhīriyyah al-`Arabiyyah al-Lībiyyah aš-Ša`biyyah al-Ištirākiyyah al-`Udhmā), is a country in North Africa. Bordering the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Libya lies between Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west. With an area of almost 1.8 million square kilometres (700,000 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth largest country in Africa by area, and the 17th largest in the world.[1] The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya's 5.7 million people. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, the Fezzan and Cyrenaica.
The name "Libya" is derived from the Egyptian term "Libu", which refers to one of the tribes of Berber peoples living west of the Nile. In Greek this became "Libya", although in ancient Greece the term had a broader meaning, encompassing all of North Africa west of Egypt, and sometimes referring to the entire continent of Africa.
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- Requests: African People's Congress, History of East Africa, History of Central Africa, Coptic Evangelical Church, Taukhe, Johann Rebmann, more
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