Algeria

Capital: Algiers Population: 37,100,000 Official Languages: Arabic Time Zone: +1 Dialing Code: +213

Government: Semi-presidential republic Area: 2,381,741 km2 largest city: Algiers Currency : Algerian dinar ISO 3166 code: DZ

Basic Info

Algeria, officially: the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) is a country in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast. Its capital and most populous city is Algiers.

The territory of today's Algeria was the home of many ancient cultures and civilizations, including Aterian and Capsian cultures. Its area has known many empires and dynasties, including ancient Berber Numidians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Arab Umayyads, Fatimids, Berber Almohads and later Turkish Ottomans.

Geography

Algeria is the largest country in Africa, the Arab world, and the Mediterranean Basin. Its southern part includes a significant portion of the Sahara. To the north, the Tell Atlas form with the Saharan Atlas, further south, two parallel sets of reliefs in approaching eastbound, and between which are inserted vast plains and highlands. Both Atlas tend to merge in eastern Algeria. The vast mountain ranges of Aures and Nememcha occupy the entire northeastern Algeria and are delineated by the Tunisian border. The highest point is Mount Tahat (3,003 m).

Climate

In this region, midday desert temperatures can be hot year round. After sunset, however, the clear, dry air permits rapid loss of heat, and the nights are cool to chilly. Enormous daily ranges in temperature are recorded.

Religion

islam is the predominant religion with 99% of the population. Almost all Algerian muslims follow Sunni islam, with the exception of some 200,000 Ibadis in the M'zab Valley in the region of Ghardaia.

Administrative divisions

Algeria is divided into 48 provinces (wilayas), 553 districts (daïras) and 1,541 municipalities (baladiyahs). Each province, district, and municipality is named after its seat, which is usually the largest city.

1 Adrar 2 Chlef 3 Laghouat 4 Oum El Bouaghi 5 Batna 6 Béjaïa 7 Biskra 8 Béchar 9 Blida 10 Bouïra 11 Tamanrasset 12 Tébessa 13 Tlemcen 14 Tiaret 15 Tizi Ouzou 16 Algiers 17 Djelfa 18 Jijel 19 Sétif 20 Saïda 21 Skikda 22 Sidi Bel Abbès 23 Annaba 24 Guelma

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25 Constantine 26 Médéa 27 Mostaganem 28 M'Sila 29 Mascara 30 Ouargla 31 Oran 32 El Bayadh 33 Illizi 34 Bordj Bou Arréridj 35 Boumerdes 36 El Taref 37 Tindouf 38 Tissemsilt 39 El Oued 40 Khenchela 41 Souk Ahras 42 Tipaza 43 Mila 44 Ain Defla 45 Naâma 46 Ain Timouchent 47 Ghardaia 48 Relizane

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