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People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is the second 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 kilometres of the Western Sahara in the
west.

Algeria is a member of the United Nations, African Union and of Arab
League. It also contributed towards the end of the eighties to the creation
of the Arab Maghreb Union. Constitutionally, Algeria is defined as an
Islamic, Arab, and Amazigh (Berber) country.

The name Algeria is derived from the name of the city of Algiers (French
Alger), from the Arabic word al-jazā’ir, which translates as the islands,
referring to the four islands which lay off the city's coast until becoming
part of the mainland in 1525. Al-jazā’ir is itself a truncated form of the city's
older name jazā’ir banī mazghannā, "the jazeera of (the tribe) Bani
Mazghanna", used by early medieval geographers such as al-Idrisi and
Yaqut al-Hamawi.

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

National Anthem - Kassam

Official languages Arabic

Demonym Algerian

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

Establishment
- Hammadid dynasty from 1014
- Ottoman rule from 1516
- French rule from 1830
- Independence from France July 5, 1962

Area
- Total 2,381,740 km² (11th) 919,595 sq mi
- Water (%) negligible

Geography & Climate

Population
- 2007 estimate 33,333,216 (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

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