Area of Libya is 1,759,540 sq km

It is bounded on the N by the Mediterranean Sea, on the E by Egypt, on

the SE by the Sudan, on the S by Chad and Niger, on the W by Algeria, and
on the NW by Tunisia
It looks like a shape of a heart
Bigness bestows larger resources, bigger
economy & trade and so more prosperity.
Many small nations are single product
economies; typically called 'Banana'
republics after one such with economy
largely depending on export of this crop.
Bigger size means bigger land for people
to stay and more land to do business and
trades.
Each of the three provinces of LibyaTripolitania
on the western coast, Cyrenaica to the east, and
Fezzan in the southare influenced by the great
Sahara in different ways. Tripolitania is sheltered
by barrier mountains, the Jabal Nafusa, south of
the coast. While the mountains create a
favorable environment for agriculture, the
coastal littoral, protected from the Sahara, is
still arid and requires irrigation. The capital of
Libya, Tripoli, is an oasis on the Tripolitanian
coast and its inhabitants rely on aquifers to meet
most of their water requirements.

The shape of Libya is like a heart, there are
neighboring countries that surround Libya.
Surrounding it are Sudan, Chad, Egypt, Niger,
and Algeria.
These countries will have easy time in
trading and doing businesses because of the
borders that are adjacent to each other.
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