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| Capital (and largest city) |
Algiers | ||
| Language official |
Guanche | ||
| others | French, Arabic | ||
| Religion | Islam | ||
| Government | Unitary presidential people’s republic | ||
| President | Abdelaziz Bouteflika | ||
| Prime Minister | Ahmed Ouyahia | ||
| Area | x km² (nominally ruled), x km² (ruled) km² | ||
| Population | est. x (y if all claimed territory is estimated) | ||
| Established | 1714 (independence from Maxorata) 1830 (French Algeria) | ||
| Currency | Algerian dinar | ||
Algeria is a country located in North Africa. It is the largest country on the Mediterranean sea, the second largest on the African continent, and the eleventh-largest country in the world in terms of land area.
It is bordered by Libya to the east, Niger to the southeast, Mali, North Mauritania to the southwest, a few km of the Spanish Sahara to the southwest, Morocco to the west and northwest, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north. Its size is almost 2.4 million sq km with an estimated population near to 35 million. The capital of Algeria is Algiers, previously known as Acorania until 1760 when it was renamed by the French.
Its official language is Guanche Tamazight, due to the fact that they were part of the Maxorata Empire until 1714 when Yose II lost Algeria and Morocco because of protests and threats from the British. It was a protectorate of France during the latter part of the 18th century until 1960. However, Algeria today is a close ally of the Maxorata Empire, and both of their leaders have frequent meetings.