33 Countries of Origin’ Profiles

2 LIBYA GEOGRAPHY: Libya is located in North Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Egypt, Tunisia, and Algeria. It shares its southern border with Chad, Niger, and Sudan 1 . CAPITAL: Tripoli POPULATION: 6,416,794 2 . LANGUAGE: Arabic; Tamazight - i.e. Berber languages - without official status, which are spoken by Libyan Berbers in the Jebel Nafusa region (Tripolitania), the town of Zuwarah on the coast, and the city-oases of Ghadames, Ghat and Awjila. Tuaregs speak Tamahaq, the only known northern Tamasheq language. Italian and English are sometimes spoken in the big cities, although Italian speakers are mainly among the older generation 3 . LITERACY RATE : 90% 4 ETHNIC GROUPS: Arabs, Berbers, Tebus and Tuaregs; other 3% (including Greeks, Maltese, Italians, Egyptians, Pakistanis, Turks, Indians and Tunisians). Berbers descend from North- African indigenous populations. Libyan Tuaregs inhabit the south-west of Egypt and are 1 https://www.britannica.com/place/Libya 2 http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/libya-population/ 3 http://www.commisceo-global.com/country-guides/libya-guide 4 https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SE.ADT.LITR.ZS?page=3