Algeria:

Algeria (Arabic: الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is the second

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largest country on the African continent. It is bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, and Morocco as well as a few kilometers of the Western Sahara in the west.

Constitutionally, Algeria is defined as an Islamic, Arab, and Amazigh (Berber) country. Algeria is a member of the African Union and of OPEC (the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries).

Location of Algeria

Capital: (and largest city) Algiers

Official languages: de jure:   Arabic , de facto:  French

Demonym: Algerian

Government: Semi-presidential republic
 -  President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
 -  Prime Minister Abdelaziz Belkhadem

Establishment:
 -  Ziyanid dynasty from 1236 
 -  Ottoman rule from 1516 
 -  French rule from 1830 
 -  Republic July 5, 1962 

Area:
 -  Total 2,381,741 km² (11th) 919,595 sq mi 
 -  Water (%) negligible

Population:
 -  2007 estimate 33,190,000 (35th)
 -  1998 census 29,100,867 
 -  Density 14 /km² (196th) 36 /sq mi

GDP (PPP): 2006 estimate
 -  Total $253.4 billion (38th)
 -  Per capita $7,700 (88th)

GDP (nominal): 2005 estimate
 -  Total $102.026 billion (48th)
 -  Per capita $3,086 (84th)

Gini (1995): 35.3 (medium) 

HDI (2004):  0.728 (medium) (102nd)

Currency: Algerian dinar (DZD)

Time zone:  CET (UTC+1)

Internet TLD: .dz

Calling code: +213

(for more information visit : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algeria )

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