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People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

(Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah)

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People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

  • Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
  • Geographic coordinates: 28 00 N, 3 00 E
  • Area: total - 2,381,740 sq km, land - 2,381,740 sq km, water - 0 sq km
  • Land boundaries: total - 6,343 km (border countries - Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km)
  • Coastline: 998 km
  • Capital: Algiers
  • Independence: 5 July 1962 (from France)
  • Population: 32,930,091 (July 2006 est.)
  • Nationality: noun - Algerian(s), adjective - Algerian
  • Ethnic groups: Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
  • Religions: Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
  • Languages: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects

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