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Libya, officially the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, is a country to be found in North Africa. Neighboring the Mediterranean Sea to the northern side, Libya lies between Egypt to the eastern side, Sudan to the southeastern side, Chad and Niger to the southern side, and Algeria and Tunisia to the western side. With an area of approximately 1,800,000 square kilometers, 90% of which is desert, Libya is the fourth biggest country in Africa by area, and the 17th biggest in the world. The capital, Tripoli, is home to 1.7 million of Libya’s 5.7 million citizens. The three traditional parts of the country are Tripolitania, Fezzan, and Cyrenaica. At 1,770 kilometers, Libya’s shoreline is the greatest of any African country bordering the Mediterranean. The part of the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya is often called the Libyan Sea. Natural hazards come in the form of hot, dry, dust-laden sirocco. The Libyan financial system depends mainly upon revenues from the oil sector, which comprise nearly all export earnings and about one-quarter of gross domestic product. Climatic conditions and poor soils brutally bound agricultural output, and Libya imports about 75% of its food. Water is also a trouble, with some 28% of the inhabitants not having access to safe drinking water in 2000.