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Most expensive numbers sold
- '5' - £3.5million (Dubai - 2007)
- 'M 1' - £331,500 (2006)
- 'VIP 1' - £285,000 (2006)
- '51 NGH' - £254,000 (2006)
- 'GS 1' - £258,775 (2005)
- 'K1 NGS' - £231,000 (1993)
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Number Plates of Libya
Continent: Africa
Capital: Tripoli
Population: 1.8 million
Country ISO code: LY
Country OVAL code: LAR
(Libyan Arab Republic)
Driving Side: Right
First license issued in 1972
Number of vehicles:
cars 448,000 (1989), trucks and buses 322,000 (1989)
Road information:
total: 83,200 km; paved :47,590 km; unpaved: 35,610 km (1999 est.)
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A little about Libya
Libya is located along the Mediterranean coast of North Africa. It is bound by Tunisia to the northwest, Algeria to the west, Niger to the southwest, Chad to the south, Sudan to the southeast, Egypt to the east and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. The principal topographical regions are Tripolitania or Western Muqataa, Cyrenaica or Eastern Muqataa and Fezzan or Southern Muqataa. Around 93% of Libya's land area is semidesert or comprised of the Sahara Desert. The country is generally low lying with two northern upland areas while to the south the land rises to form the Tibesti and Uweinat Massifs. The country has no permanent rivers, although water courses known as wadis flow during rains. Major Cities (pop. est.); Tripoli 591,100, Banghazi 446,300, Misratah 121,700 (1988). Land Use; forested 0.5%, pastures 7.5%, agricultural-cultivated 1%, desert and other 91% (1993)