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Republic of Algeria

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية (Arabic)
ⵟⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴻⴳⴷⴰⵢⵜ ⵜⴰⵖⴻⵔⴼⴰⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⵣⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉⵜ (Berber)
Motto: بالشّعب وللشّعب
By the people and for the people
Anthem: Kassaman
(English: "We Pledge")
Location of  Algeria  (dark green)
Location of  Algeria  (dark green)
Location of Algeria
Capital
and largest city
Algiers
36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217
Official languages
Other languages French (business and education) and English
Ethnic groups
Demonym Algerian
Government Unitary semi-presidential people's republic
• President
Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Ahmed Ouyahia
Legislature Parliament
Council of the Nation
People's National Assembly
Independence from France
• Declared
3 July 1962
• Recognised
5 July 1962
Area
• Total
2,381,741 km2 (919,595 sq mi) (10th)
• Water (%)
negligible
Population
• 2016 estimate
40,400,000 (33rd)
• 2013 census
37,900,000
• Density
15.9/km2 (41.2/sq mi) (208th)
GDP (PPP) 2017 estimate
• Total
$634.746 billion
• Per capita
$15,281
GDP (nominal) 2017 estimate
• Total
$173.947 billion
• Per capita
$4,187
Gini (1995) 35.3
medium
HDI (2015) Increase 0.736
high · 83rd
Currency Dinar (DZD)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
Date format dd/mm/yyyy
Drives on the right
Calling code +213
ISO 3166 code DZ
Internet TLD .dz
الجزائر.
  1. ^ The CIA World Factbook states that about 15% of Algerians, a minority, identify as Berber even though many Algerians have Berber origins. The Factbook explains that of the approximately 15% who identify as Berber, most live in the Kabylie region, more closely identify with Berber heritage instead of Arab heritage, and are Muslim.

Coordinates: 28°N 2°E / 28°N 2°E / 28; 2

Algeria (Arabic: الجزائر‎‎ al-Jazā'ir; Berber: ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ, Dzayer; French: Algérie), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast. Its capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the country's far north. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been President since 1999.


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