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Algeria

General information

Common name	Algeria
Local name	الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية
Name	الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية
Motto	" بالشّعب وللشّعب " (Arabic) S weɣref i weɣref (Berber) "By the people and for the people"
Anthem	"Kassaman" We Pledge
Capital	Algiers
Largest city	capital
Official languages	Arabic
National languages	Berber
Demonym	Algerian
Government
Government	Semi-presidential republic
President	Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Prime Minister	Ahmed Ouyahia
History	History
Berber kingdom of Numidia	from 202 BC
Roman Republic	from 46 BC
Vandal Kingdom	from 430
Rustamid dynasty	from 767
Zirid dynasty	from 973
Hammadid dynasty	from 1014
Abdalwadid dynasty	from 1235
Ottoman Empire	from 1516
French rule	from 1830
Geography
Total Area	919595 sq mi (2381751.1 km2) (10th)
Water %	negligible
Demography
Population Est.	36423000
Population census	29100867 (1998)
Density (pop.)	14.6/km² (204th) (37.9/sq mi)
Economy
GDP PPP	$251.705 billion (2010)
GDP (PPP) per capita	$6,965
GDP (nominal)	$157.759 billion (2010)
GDP (nominal) per capita	$4,366
Other information
Gini	35.3 (1995) (medium)
HDI	(+) 0.677 (2010) (high) (84th)
Currency	Algerian dinar (DZD)
Time zone	CET (UTC+01) (UTC)
Drives on the	right
Internet TLD	.dz, الجزائر.
Calling code	213

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Algeria c-enaudio=En-us-Algeria.oggælˈdʒɪəriə ( , al-Jazā'ir; Berber and Algerian Arabic: Dzayer or Ldzayer), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Al Jumhuriyah al Jazairiyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah), also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.

In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa, the Arab World and of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea; it is also the tenth-largest country in the world. The country is bordered in the northeast by Tunisia, in the east by Libya, in the west by Morocco, in the southwest by Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Mali, in the southeast by Niger, and in the north by the Mediterranean Sea. Its size is almost 2400000 km2 (926645.2 sqmi) with an estimated population of 36.3 million as of 2011.

Algeria is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, OPEC and the United Nations. The country is also a founding member of the Arab Maghreb Union.

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