Featuring a capital city nicknamed "the Mermaid of the Mediterranean," what is this North African country with the longest coastline?

Due to the turquoise waters which hug Libya's capital city of Tripoli, the city is known as "the Mermaid of the Mediterranean." Tripoli actually means "the region of three cities," which, in Roman times, included Sabratha, Leptis Magna, and Oea (what is now Tripoli). The North African country sits between Algeria and Egypt and is largely blanketed by the Sahara desert.

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