| Algerian Republic الجمهورية الجزائرية [ar] Timeline: Cherry, Plum, and Chrysanthemum
République algérienne [fr] OTL equivalent: Algeria minus Tindouf Province, most of Béni Abbès Province, most of Béchar Province, parts of Adrar Province, and western half of Bordj Baji Mokhtar Province | ||||||
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| Motto: بالشّعب وللشّعب (Arabic) ("By the people and for the people") |
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| Anthem: Kassaman |
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 Location of Algeria
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| Capital | Algiers | |||||
| Official languages | Arabic; French | |||||
| Ethnic groups | Algerians; Berbers | |||||
| Religion | Islam | |||||
| Demonym | Algerian | |||||
| Government | Unitary state; Semi-presidential constitutional republic | |||||
| - | President | |||||
| - | Prime Minister | |||||
| Legislature | Parliament of Algeria | |||||
| - | Upper house | Council of the Nation | ||||
| - | Lower house | People's National Assembly | ||||
| Establishment | ||||||
| - | Independence from France | July 3, 1962 | ||||
| Population | ||||||
| - | estimate | 42,200,000 | ||||
| Currency | Dinar (DZD) |
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| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |||||
| Internet TLD | .dz الجزائر. |
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| Calling code | +213 | |||||
Algeria (Arabic: الجزائر al-Jazāʾir; Algerian Arabic: الدزاير al-Dzāyīr; French: Algérie), officially the Algerian Republic (Arabic: الجمهورية الجزائرية al-Jumhūriyyah al-Jazāʾiriyyah; French: République algérienne), is a sovereign state in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 47 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast.
It has the highest human development index of all the non-island African countries. Algeria is a regional and middle power. It supplies large amounts of natural gas to Europe, and energy exports are the backbone of the economy. Algeria has the 16th largest oil reserves in the world and the second largest in Africa, while it has the 9th largest reserves of natural gas. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa. Algeria has one of the largest militaries in Africa and the largest national defense budget on the continent; most of Algeria's weapons were imported from the Soviet Union, with whom they were a close ally, and Eastern European countries.
With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the second largest both in the Arab world and northern Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the northwest by French Algeria, to the southwest by the West African Federation, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. Algeria is a member of the French Community, the African Union and the Arab League and is a founding member of the Arab Maghreb Union.
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