Worth knowing
Libya
A reading of 58 degrees Celsius at El Azizia in 1922 stood as the world record for 90 years. In 2012 experts threw it out: a stand-in observer had probably misread the thermometer.
Where its story happens
El Azizia, at 32.53°N, 13.02°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about Libya
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the middling countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's Libya, on the Mediterranean coast of North Africa, between Egypt and Tunisia. See Libya on a map.
- It has the longest Mediterranean coastline of any African country, and its capital is Tripoli.
- A Roman emperor, Septimius Severus, was born in its coastal city of Leptis Magna.
- It is almost all desert, and not a single river here flows all year round.
- A town here held the record for the hottest temperature on Earth for 90 years, until it was ruled a mistake.