Algeria
country
Algiers
capital city
Arabic
language(s)
DZD
currency
2,381,740 km²
area
32,531,853
population
13.66 people/km²
population density
Algeria
Regions of Algeria
- Wilaya d' Adrar
- Wilaya d' Alger
- Wilaya d' Annaba
- Wilaya d' El Bayadh
- Wilaya d' El Oued
- Wilaya d' El Tarf
- Wilaya d' Illizi
- Wilaya d' Oran
- Wilaya d' Oum el Bouaghi
- Wilaya de Aïn Defla
- Wilaya de Aïn Temouchent
- Wilaya de Batna
- Wilaya de Bejaïa
- Wilaya de Biskra
- Wilaya de Blida
- Wilaya de Bordj Bou Arréridj
- Wilaya de Bouira
- Wilaya de Boumerdes
- Wilaya de Béchar
- Wilaya de Chlef
- Wilaya de Constantine
- Wilaya de Djelfa
- Wilaya de Ghardaïa
- Wilaya de Guelma
- Wilaya de Jijel
- Wilaya de Khenchela
- Wilaya de Laghouat
- Wilaya de M'Sila
- Wilaya de Mascara
- Wilaya de Mila
- Wilaya de Mostaganem
- Wilaya de Médéa
- Wilaya de Naama
- Wilaya de Ouargla
- Wilaya de Relizane
- Wilaya de Saïda
- Wilaya de Sidi Bel Abbès
- Wilaya de Skikda
- Wilaya de Souk Ahras
- Wilaya de Sétif
- Wilaya de Tamanghasset
- Wilaya de Tiaret
- Wilaya de Tindouf
- Wilaya de Tipaza
- Wilaya de Tissemsilt
- Wilaya de Tizi Ouzou
- Wilaya de Tlemcen
- Wilaya de Tébessa
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Algeria description
Algeria (الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir IPA: [ælʤæˈzæːʔir], Amazigh:, Dzayer [ˈdzæjər]), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country of the Mediterranean sea, the second largest on the African continent and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area. It is bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, a few kilometers of the Western Sahara in the west, Morocco in the northwest, and the Mediterranean Sea in the north. Algeria is a member of the United Nations, African Union and OPEC. It also contributed towards the creation of the Maghreb Union. Constitutionally, Algeria is defined as an Arab, and Amazigh (Berber) country. Most of the coastal area is hilly, sometimes even mountainous, and there are a few natural harbours. The area from the coast to the Tell Atlas is fertile. South of the Tell Atlas is a steppe landscape, which ends with the Saharan Atlas; further south, there is the Sahara desert. The Ahaggar Mountains (Arabic: جبال هقار), also known as the Hoggar, are a highland region in central Sahara, southern Algeria. They are located about 1,500 km (932 miles) south of the capital, Algiers and just west of Tamanghasset. Algiers, Oran, Constantine, and Annaba are Algeria's main cities. Northern Algeria is in the temperate zone and has a mild, Mediterranean climate. Its broken topography, however, provides sharp local contrasts in both prevailing temperatures and incidence of rainfall. Year-to-year variations in climatic conditions are also common. In the Tell Atlas, temperatures in summer average between 21 and 24 °C and in winter drop to 10 to 12 °C. Winters are not particularly cold, but the humidity level is high.
