People's Democratic Republic of Algeria | |
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Motto: بالشّعب وللشّعب ("By the people and for the people")[1][2] | |
Anthem: Kassaman (English: "We Pledge") | |
![]() Location of Algeria (dark green) | |
Capital and largest city | Algiers 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E |
Official languages | Arabic • Berber |
Other languages | Algerian Arabic (Darja) (lingua franca) French (administration, business and education)[3] , Kabyle |
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Religion |
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Demonym(s) | Algerian |
Government | Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic |
Abdelmadjid Tebboune | |
Nadir Larbaoui | |
Salah Goudjil | |
Ibrahim Boughali | |
Legislature | Parliament |
Council of the Nation | |
People's National Assembly | |
Formation | |
960 | |
1014 | |
1235 | |
1515 | |
5 July 1830 | |
• Independence from France | 5 July 1962 |
Area | |
• Total | 2,381,741 km2 (919,595 sq mi) (10th) |
• Water (%) | 1.1 |
Population | |
• 2021 estimate | 44,700,000[5] (32nd) |
• Density | 17.7/km2 (45.8/sq mi) (168) |
GDP (PPP) | 2019 estimate |
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GDP (nominal) | 2019 estimate |
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Gini (2011) | 27.6[7][8] low |
HDI (2019) | ![]() high · 91st |
Currency | Dinar (DZD) |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Date format | dd/mm/yyyy |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +213 |
ISO 3166 code | DZ |
Internet TLD | .dz الجزائر. |
Algeria (/ælˈdʒɪəriə/ (listen) or /ɔːl-/), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in North Africa. It is the tenth largest country in the world, and the largest country in Africa.[10] It is part of the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa.
Algiers is the capital of the country. It has borders with many nations. Algeria borders Tunisia to the northeast, Libya to the east, Niger to the southeast, Mauritania and Mali to the southwest, Western Sahara to the west, and Morocco to the northwest.
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