What the records say
- When
- 1955
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Libya
- Coordinates
- 26.64° N, 18.01° E
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Area km2
- 26000
- Gaining
- France
Placed at the country: the source names no closer place.
Libya
Country in North Africa
Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad to the south, Niger to the southwest, Algeria to the west, and Tunisia to the northwest.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation