State · 1977 – 2011
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
A state of 1977 – 2011 — 34 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Libyan Arab Republic. It was replaced by Libya and followed by State of Libya. Its line of rulers holds 1 person. Its own article says it was dissolved by RCC headed by Gaddafi.
- Wikidata's English label: Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya.
For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.
- Stood
- 34 years
- 1977 – 2011
- Rulers
- 1
- the Chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council
- Most ground
- 1.62 million km²
- in 1978
- Symbols
- 5
- on record, with years
Where it sits in time
Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.
Before and after
The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.
Before it
- Libyan Arab Republic · replaces · 1969 – 1977
After it
- Libya · replaced by · 1951 – present
- State of Libya · followed by
How it ended, as its article says
Dissolved by RCC headed by Gaddafi. Read from the article's section “lead” by its grammar; the claim is only that the article says so.
When Idris was in Turkey for medical treatment, the Revolutionary Command Council (RCC) headed by Gaddafi abolished the monarchy and the constitution and established the Libyan Arab Republic, with the motto "Unity, Freedom, Socialism".
One sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rulers
Read from the state’s own English article and its rulers’ articles, where Wikidata names no ruler.
| Ruler | Reign | Length | How it ended · source | To the ruler before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Muammar Gaddafi | 1969 – 1977 | 8 years | ending not on record |
1 rulers, 1 with terms dated as terms, covering 1969 – 1977. Only 8 years of the line are dated - too short for a median. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.
Ground held, by year
km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.
1.62 million km² in 1982, 1.62 million km² in 2011; at its largest 1.62 million km² in 1982. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.
Flags and arms, in order
Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.
.svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_Libya_(1977%E2%80%932011).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of Libya (1977–2011) · Public domain .svg/120px-Coat_of_arms_of_the_Federation_of_Arab_Republics_(1972%E2%80%931977).svg.png)
coat of arms, undatedCoat of arms of the Federation of Arab Republics (1972–1977) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Libya_(1969%E2%80%931972).svg.png)
flag, 1969 – 1972Flag of Libya (1969–1972) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Libya_(1972%E2%80%931977).svg.png)
flag, 1972 – 1977Flag of Libya (1972–1977) · Public domain .svg/120px-Flag_of_Libya_(1977%E2%80%932011).svg.png)
flag, from 1977Flag of Libya (1977–2011) · Public domain
Among all states
Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.
- How long it stood34 years
stood longer than 28% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
- The most ground it held1,616,800 km²
held more ground at its peak than 89% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
- Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
- Rulers on record1
has more rulers on record than 13% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.
What led to it, and what came of it
The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 2 results, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.
Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.
Open in the atlas
- On the timeline, 1967 – 2021, with everything that stood beside it.
- On the map in 1978, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
- Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.
Wikidata Q4843701 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · one sentence of the English Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA 4.0 · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.