Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jazā’irīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah ash-Sha’bīyah

République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

 
Flag Coat of arms

Anthem: Kassaman  (Arabic)
The Pledge

 

Capital
(and largest city)

Algiers
36°42′N, 3°13′E

Official languages

Arabic

Recognised regional languages

Amazigh, French

Demonym

Algerian

Government

Presidential Republic

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President

Abdelaziz Bouteflika

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Prime Minister

Ahmed Ouyahia

Establishment

 - 

Hammadid dynasty

from 1014 

 - 

Ottoman rule

from 1516 

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French rule

from 1830 

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Independence from France

July 5, 1962 
Area

 - 

Total

2,381,740 km² (11th)
919,595 sq mi 

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Water (%)

negligible
Population

 - 

2007 estimate

33,333,216 (35th)

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1998 census

29,100,867 

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Density

14/km² (196th)
36/sq mi

GDP (PPP)

2006 estimate

 - 

Total

$253.4 billion (38th)

 - 

Per capita

$8,100 (2007 est.) (88th)

GDP (nominal)

2007 estimate

 - 

Total

$131.026 billion (48th)

 - 

Per capita

$3,825 (84th)

Gini (1995)

35.3 (medium) 

HDI (2007)

▲ 0.733 (medium) (104th)

Currency

Algerian dinar (DZD)

Time zone

CET (UTC+1)

Internet TLD

.dz

Calling code

+213

Algeria (الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir IPA: [ælʤæˈzæːʔir], Amazigh: , Dzayer [ˈdzæjər]), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a nation in North Africa. It is the first largest country of the Mediterranean sea, the second on the African continent[1] and the 11th largest country in the world in terms of total area.[2] 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, Arab League, and OPEC. It also contributed towards the creation of the Arab Maghreb Union. Constitutionally, Algeria is defined as an Arab, and Amazigh (Berber) country.[3]