Africa · DX entity · DXCC 436

Libya

Libya is a DX entity in Africa, in CQ zone 34 and ITU zone 38. Its primary prefix is 5A.

Flag of Libya.

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Figure 1. Libya and its municipalities, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.01441 degrees, about 2 km; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 26.3° N 17.2° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	436
Name in the ADIF standard	LIBYA
Continent	Africa
Primary prefix	5A
CQ zone	34
ITU zone	38

Prefixes

5A is the primary prefix. The country files list 1 prefix for Libya.

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Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.