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Where in Africa is Algeria?

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

From Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com

A map showing the location of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria in Africa.Image: © Alistair Boddy-Evans. Licensed to About.com, Inc

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
( Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah)

  • 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
  • Note: second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)

Public domain data from The World Factbook.

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