Place:Algeria

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NameAlgeria
Alt namesAl Jaza'irsource: CIA, World Fact Book (1995)
Al-Jazā'irsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jazā'irīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah ash-Sha`bīyahsource: Britannica Book of the Year (1993) p 548
Algeriensource: Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) p 25
Algeriumsource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 13
Algeriësource: Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 17
Algériesource: UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) p 38; Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 31 ff.
Argeliasource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 319
Argeriumsource: Orbis Latinus (1971) p 13
Argéliasource: UN Terminology Bulletin (1993) p 38
Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeriasource: NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 31 ff.
Djazaïrsource: Rand McNally Atlas (1994) p 319
L'Algériesource: Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) p 15-16
Numidiasource: Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Petit Robert II, Noms (1989); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) p 31 ff.
Numidiesource: BHA, Authority file (2003-)
People's Democratic Republic of Algeriasource: Wikipedia
TypeNation
Coordinates28°N 3°E
Contained Places
Department
Oum El Bouaghi ( 1974 - )
Qacentina ( 1974 - )
Tamenghest ( 1974 - )
Wahran ( 1974 - )
Wargla ( 1974 - )
General region
Kabylie
Tuat
Inhabited place
El Golea
Province
Adrar
Alger
Annaba ( 1974 - )
Aïn Defla
Aïn Témouchent
Batna ( 1974 - )
Biskra
Blida
Bordj Bou Arréridj
Boumerdès
Bouïra ( 1974 - )
Béchar ( 1974 - )
Béjaïa ( 1974 - )
Chlef
Constantine
Djelfa
El Bayadh
El Boulaïda ( 1974 - )
El Oued
El Tarf
Ghardaïa
Guelma ( 1974 - )
Illizi
Jijel
Khenchela
Laghouat
M'Sila
Mila
Mostaganem
Muaskar
Médéa
Naama
Oran
Ouargla
Oum el-Bouaghi
Relizane
Saida
Sidi Bel Abbes
Skikda
Souk Ahras
Sétif
Tamanghasset
Tiaret
Tindouf
Tipaza
Tissemsilt
Tizi Ouzou
Tlemcen
Tébessa
source: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
source: Family History Library Catalog


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Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (;  ;Tamazight ; Tamurt Lezzayer ), also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Algerian Republic, is a country in the Maghreb region of Africa. Its capital (and most populous city) is Algiers.

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

Algeria is a semi presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1541 communes. With a population exceeding 37 million, it is the 34th most populated country on Earth. Its economy is oil based, suffering from Dutch disease. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa. Algeria has the second largest army in Africa, after Egypt, and has Russia and China as strategic allies, and arms furnisher.

With a total area of , Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world and the largest in Africa, after the secession of South Sudan on the 9th of July 2011 from Sudan, the latter being the former biggest country in Africa. 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. As of 2012, Algeria has an estimated population of 37.1 million. Algeria is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, OPEC and the United Nations, and is a founding member of the Arab Maghreb Union.

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