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Bookmark or Share- Algeria - WikipediaAlgeria is a regional power in North Africa, and a middle power in global affairs. It has the highest Human Development Index of all continental African countries and one of the largest economies on the continent, based largely on energy exports. Algeria has the world's sixteenth-largest oil reserves and the ninth-largest reserves of natural gas.
- Algeria | Flag, Capital, Population, Map, & Language | BritannicaAlgeria, large, predominantly Muslim country of North Africa. Most of the population resides along the Mediterranean coast. Although an integral part of the Maghreb and the larger Arab world, Algeria also has a sizable Amazigh (Berber) population. The Sahara and its extreme climate dominate the country.
- Algeria - The World FactbookAlgeria has known many empires and dynasties, including the ancient Numidians (3rd century B.C.), Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, over a dozen different Arab and Amazigh dynasties, Spaniards, and Ottoman Turks. Under the Turks, the Barbary pirates operated from North Africa and preyed on shipping, from about 1500 until ...
- Algeria geography, economy, and history | BritannicaAlgeria, officially People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, Country, North Africa. Area: 919,595 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km). Population: (2024 est.) 46,839,000. Capital: Algiers. Most of the population is ethnically and linguistically Arab, with a large Amazigh minority. Languages: Arabic (official), Tamazight (national), French.
- Algeria country profile - BBC NewsAlgeria is the continent's biggest country, and is the world's 10th largest. Oil and gas reserves were discovered there in the 1950s, but most Algerians live along the northern coast. Read more...
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