Facts about Algeria

Overview: The 2nd largest land mass in Africa, and the 11th largest in the world, the official name for Algeria is the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. The Algerian name is Algiers. Algeria is bordered by Lybia, Tunisia, Niger, Mauritania and Mali, Morocco, the Western Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea. It has an estimated population approaching 35,000,000. 60% of Algerians speak Arabic and the most widely spoken foreign language is French. 95% of Algeria's people follow Islam and approximately 400,000 follow Christianity. Children are educated between the ages of 6 and 15 after which age they can choose to continue their education at university, college or an institute for higher learning. Algeria is one of the members of the United Nations (UN) as well as the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and the Arab League. Almost 60% of the country's revenue comes from fossil fuels, including natural gas and petroleum. The soil in Algeria is particularly fertile and approximately 25% of Algerian work in the agriculture industry. Olives, grain and tobacco are amongst the largest crops grown. Figs, dates, cork, fruits are also successfully cultivated.

Algeria is divided into 48 provinces, 553 districts and 1,541 municipalities. Usually the largest city in each province gives its' name to the 'seat' and each district and municipality shares the seat's name.

Location: Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia

Size: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas, USA

Climate: arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer

Terrain: mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain. The majority of the coastal areas are hilly. To the south is the Sahara desert.

Algiers Coast, Algeria

Algiers, Algeria

Regions: Algeria is divided into the following regions: Adrar Ain Defla Ain Temouchent Alger Annaba Batna Bechar Bejaia Biskra Blida Bordj Bou Arreridj Bouira Boumerdes Chlef Constantine Djelfa El Bayadh El Oued El Tarf Ghardaia Guelma Illizi Jijel Khenchela Laghouat M'sila Mascara Medea Mila Mostaganem Naama Oran Ouargla Oum el Bouaghi Relizane Saida Setif Sidi Bel Abbes Skikda Souk Ahras Tamanghasset Tebessa Tiaret Tindouf Tipaza Tissemsilt Tizi Ouzou Tlemcen

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Roman ruins of Timgad

Hanging Bridge, Constantine

Mountain of Chrea, near Blida

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