Global Sourcebook for International Data Management
by Graham Rhind
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Libya
Global Sourcebook | Index | Properties
| LIBYA |
Libya’s central government is weak, and much of the country is held by various warring factions.
For supplementary information, see links to post office home pages here , to postal code pages here
and to other personal name and addressing issues pages here
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Libya - Country information
Local short name form
Official name
Area
Population
Capital
Currency
International telephone access code
ISO 3166 country codes
Car nationality plate code
Internet country code
GRC Country Code
Note: This section last updated 14th March 2021
Libya - Number format
1,234.45
(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)
۱٫۲۳۴٬۴۵
(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)
Libya - Date and time formats
Libya - Languages
The national language is Standard Arabic . Libyan Spoken Arabic
is spoken by about 96% of the population. 9 other languages are spoken by the remaining inhabitants.
Libya - Forms of address
Generally, different forms of address are used in Libya to those used in other Arab countries due to the political situation. Males are saluted as Al-Akh (“brother”) and females as El-Oaht (“sister”), followed in turn by the given name(s). This may change with the new political regime.
Those with professional qualifications are saluted as follows:
Al-Doctor Medical Al Mohandess Engineer Al-Muhami Lawyer
Tables of forms of addresscan be acquired
Libya - Example address format
Note: This section last updated 12th December 2021
The position of the postal code in the address block is not yet known.
A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired
Libya - Postal codes
Note: This section last updated 12th December 2021
A postal code system was developed in the early 2000s, but its implementation only started in earnest after 2019. The code has 9 characters in the format
99.99.999
Blue plaques showing the code are being attached to buildings in some cities, and work is planned on creating street names and building numbers. Provisionally, don’t expect to see many postal codes in daily use.
Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired
Libya - Postal code format
Libya - Postal code specifics
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Libya - Postal code regular expression
\A([1-9][1-9](.)[1-9][1-9](.)[1-9][1-9][1-9])\Z
Libya - Postal code level of coverage
Libya - Postal code map
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Place names in Libya
Note: This section last updated 10th December 2016
Refer to Exonyms in Libya for full lists of place names in Libya in other languages.
Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm
Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm
Libya - Administrative districts
Libya has 22 municipalities (baladiyat, singular - baladiyah):
Al Butnan
Al Jabal al Akhdar
Al Jabal al Gharbi
Al Jifarah
Al Jufrah
Al Kufrah
Al Marj
Al Marqab
Al Wahah
An Nuqat al Khams
Az Zāwiyah
Banghāzī
Darnah
Ghat
Mişrātah
Murzuq
Nalut
Sabhā
Surt
Tripoli
Wadi al Hayat
Wadi ash Shati’
Administrative districts graphic
Telephone numbers in Libya
Libyan numbers have area codes, when called from abroad, with a length of 2 or 3 digits, and a total number length of 8 or 9 digits. Mobile numbers have 8 digits and commence 91 or 92.
Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm
References
- ^ citypopulation.de/en/libya/
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