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Info about Algeria
Nearly four times the size of Texas, Algeria is bordered on the west by Morocco and Western Sahara and on the east by Tunisia and Libya. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north, and to the south are Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. The Saharan region, which is 85% of the country, is almost completely uninhabited. The highest point is Mount Tahat in the Sahara, which rises 9,850 ft (3,000 m).
Capital
Algiers
- 3 060 000 people
all city from Algeria
Country lead by
President: Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika (1999)
Prime Minister: Ahmed Ouyahia (2003)
Population
32,930,091 (growth rate: 1.2%); birth rate: 17.1/1000; infant mortality rate: 29.9/1000; life expectancy: 73.3; density per sq mi: 36
Land Area
919,590 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km)
Monetary unit
Dinar
Language
Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Ethnicity
Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
Religion
Islam (Sunni) 99% (state religion), Christian and Jewish 1%
Transportation
Railways: total: 3,973 km (2004). Highways: total: 104,000 km; paved: 71,656 km; unpaved: 32,344 km (1999). Ports and harbors: Algiers, Annaba, Arzew, Bejaia, Djendjene, Jijel, Mostaganem, Oran, Skikda. Airports: 137 (2005).
Internet tld
.dz
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