| Capitale | nome: Tripoli (Tarabulus) coordinate geografiche: 32 53 N, 13 10 E differenza di tempo: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) etymology: originally founded by the Phoenicians as Oea in the 7th century B.C., the city changed rulers many times over the successive centuries; by the beginning of the 3rd century A.D. the region around the city was referred to as Regio Tripolitana by the Romans, meaning "region of the three cities" - namely Oea (i.e., modern Tripoli), Sabratha (to the west), and Leptis Magna (to the east); over time, the shortened name of "Tripoli" came to refer to just Oea, which derives from the Greek words "tria" and "polis" meaning "three cities" |
| Indipendenza | 24 Dicembre 1951 (from UN trusteeship) |
| Festa nazionale | Liberation Day, 23 Ottobre (2011) |
| Costituzione | history: previous 1951, 1977; in Luglio 2017, the Constitutional Assembly completed and approved a draft of a new permanent constitution; in Settembre 2018, the House of Representatives passed a constitutional referendum law in a session with contested reports of the quorum needed to pass the vote, and submitted it to the High National Elections Commission in Dicembre to begin preparations for a constitutional referendum |
| Suffragio | 18 anni, universal |
| Ramo esecutivo | capo dello stato: Chairman, Presidenteial Council, Fayiz al-SARAJ (da allora December 2015) capo di governo: Prime Minister Fayiz al-SARAJ (da allora December 2015) cabinet: GNA Presidency Council (pending approval by the House of Representatives - as of December 2018) elections/appointments: direct presidential election to be held pending election-related legislation and constitutional referendum law election results: NA |
Fonte: CIA World Factbook - Aggiornato a partire da dicembre 31, 2019
