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Libya's oil revenues and small population size give it one of the highest gross domestic products (GDP) per person in Africa.

In 1922, the town of Al’Aziziyah recorded an air temperature of 57.8 degrees Celsius, the highest recorded naturally occurring air temperature on earth.

Libya is one of the least dense nations by area in the world with less than one person per square kilometer in some areas.

Libya is the only country in the world with a single coloured flag.

The discovery of oil in 1958 transformed Libya from a poor agricultural country into one of the world's leading petroleum producers, with vast amounts of money to spend on social, agricultural, and military development.

90% of the population lives in less than 10% of the whole area – most are situated on the Coastline, the longest in any African country and bordering the Mediterranean.

The discovery of oil in the 1958 saw the discovery of a massive aquifer underneath much of the country which pre-dated the last ice age and the Sahara desert itself.

Libya is the 4th largest country in Africa consisting of 1.8 million square kilometers, 90% of which is desert.