Algeria

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Coordinates: 28°N 2°E

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

‫( الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية‬Arabic)

al-Jumhūriyya al-Jazāʾiriyya ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyya aš-Šaʿbiyya
République algérienne démocratique et populaire (French)

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Emblem

Motto: ‫بالشعب وللشعب‬

("By the people and for the people")[1][2]

Anthem: Kassaman
(English: "We Pledge")

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 Location of Algeria (dark green)

Capital Algiers
and largest city 36°42′N 3°13′E

Official languages • Arabic

• Berber

Other languages Algerian Arabic (Darja) (lingua franca)

French[3][a]

Ethnic groups • Arab-Berber 99%[3][b]

• 1% others[3]

Religion • 99% Sunni Islam (official)

• 1% other
(inc. Christians and Jews)[3]

Demonym(s) Algerian

Government Unitary semi-presidential constitutional

republic

• President Abdelmadjid Tebboune

• Prime Minister Abdelaziz Djerad
• Council President Salah Goudjil
• Assembly President Slimane Chenine

Legislature Parliament

• Upper house Council of the Nation

• Lower house People's National Assembly

Formation
• Numidia Unification 202 BC
• Zirid dynasty 972
• Hammadid dynasty 1015
• Zayyanid dynasty 1236
• Al Jazâ'ir 1516
• French occupation 5 July 1830
• Independence from 5 July 1962
France

Area
• Total 2,381,741 km2 (919,595 sq mi) (10th)
• Water (%) 1.1

Population
• 2021 estimate 44,700,000[4] (32nd)
• Density 17.7/km2 (45.8/sq mi) (168)

GDP (PPP) 2019 estimate

• Total $684.649 billion[5] (35th)
• Per capita $15,765[5] (82nd)

GDP (nominal) 2019 estimate

• Total $183.687 billion[5] (53rd)
• Per capita $4,229[5] (109th)

Gini (2011) 27.6[6][7]

low

HDI (2019) 0.748[8]

high · 91st

Currency Algerian 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.
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Algeria,[c] officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in

the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is the largest country by total area in Africa, and
by extension, the Arab world, and is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the
east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania,
and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean
Sea. The country has a semi-arid geography, with most of the population living in
the fertile north and the Sahara dominating the geography of the south. Algeria covers
an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), with a population of 44 million,
and is the ninth-most populous country in Africa. The capital and largest city is Algiers,
located in the far north, on the Mediterranean coast.