Country nameconventional long form: none Government typeoperates under a transitional government Capitalname: Tripoli (Tarabulus) Administrative divisions22 districts (shabiyat, singular - shabiyat); Al Butnan, Al Jabal al Akhdar, Al Jabal al Gharbi, Al Jafarah, Al Jufrah, Al Kufrah, Al Marj, Al Marqab, Al Wahat, An Nuqat al Khams, Az Zawiyah, Banghazi, Darnah, Ghat, Misratah, Murzuq, Nalut, Sabha, Surt, Tarabulus, Wadi al Hayat, Wadi ash Shati Independence24 December 1951 (from UN trusteeship) National holidayLiberation Day, 23 October (2011) Constitutionnone; note - Libya has yet to draft a new constitution Legal systemLibya's post-revolution legal system is in flux and driven by state and non-state entities International law organization participationhas not submitted an ICJ jurisdiction declaration; non-party state to the ICCt Suffrageuniversal, adult Executive branchnote: the roles and structure of Libya's post-revolution government are in transition Legislative branchunicameral National Congress (200 seats; 120 individual seats elected from 69 constituencies and 80 party list seats elected from 20 constituencies; member term NA) Judicial branchNA Political parties and leadersnote: includes some of the larger political parties and leaders Political pressure groups and leadersNA International organization participationABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AMF, AMU, AU, BDEAC, CAEU, COMESA, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (NGOs), ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, LAS, MIGA, NAM, OAPEC, OIC, OPCW, OPEC, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO (observer) Diplomatic representation in the USchief of mission: Ambassador Ali Suleiman AUJALI Diplomatic representation from the USchief of mission: Ambassador (vacant) Flag descriptionthree horizontal bands of red (top), black (double width), and green with a white crescent and star centered on the black stripe; the National Transitional Council reintroduced this flag design of the former Kingdom of Libya (1951-1969) on 27 February 2011; it replaced the former all-green banner promulgated by the QADHAFI regime in 1977; the colors represent the three major regions of the country: red stands for Fezzan, black symbolizes Cyrenaica, and green denotes Tripolitania; the crescent and star represent Islam, the main religion of the country National anthemname: "Allahu Akbar" (God Is Greatest) |
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Source: CIA World Factbook | |