Algeria

Algeria alias People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, be sam country for North Africa. Tunisia border Algeria go de northeast; Libya go de east; Niger go de southeast; Mali go de southwest, Mauritania, den Western Sahara; Morocco go de West; den de Mediterranean Sea go de north. Dem dey consider am part of de Maghreb region for North Africa. E get semi-arid geography, plus most of de population dey live for de fertile north den de Sahara dey dominate de geography for de south. Algeria dey cover area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), dey make am de worls ein tenth largest nation by area, den de largest nation for Africa insyd, more dan 200 tyms as large as de continent ein smallest country, The Gambia."Africa: largest countries by area 2020". Statista. Retrieved 9 February 2022. Plus population of 44 million, Algeria be de tenth-most populous country for Africa insyd, den de 32nd-most populous country for de world insyd. De capital den largest city be Algiers, dey locate for de far north for de Mediterranean coast insyd.

Algeria produce wey dem link am for chaw civilizations, empires den dynasties, wey dey include Numidians, Mauretanians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Mauro-Romans, Byzantines, Umayyads, Ifranids, Abbasids, Rustamids, Idrisids, Sulaymanids, Aghlabids, Fatimids, Zirids, Hammadids, Almoravids, Almohads, Marinids, Hafsids den de Zayyanids.

De official languages of Algeria be Arabic den Berber. De majority of Algeria ein population be Arab, wey dey practice Islam."Algeria". The World Factbook. (2023 ed.). Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved March 2021. (Archived 2021 edition) De native Algerian Arabic be de main spoken language. French sanso det serve as administrative den educational language for sam contexts insyd, buh e no get official status.

 Administrative divisions 
Dem divide Algeria go 58 provinces (wilayas), 553 districts (daïras)"Wildfire Management Policies in Algeria: Present and Future Needs1,2" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 May 2017. den 1,541 municipalities (baladiyahs). Dem name each province, district, den municipality after ein seat, wey usually ebe de largest city.

Dem change de administrative divisions chaw tyms since independence. Wen dem dey introduce fresh provinces, dem dey keep de numbers of old provinces, hence de non-alphabetical order. Plus dema official numbers, currently (since 1983) dem be:
#WilayaArea (km2)Populationmap#WilayaArea (km2)Population1Adrar402,197439,70030Ouargla211,980552,5392Chlef4,9751,013,71831Oran2,1141,584,6073Laghouat25,057477,32832El Bayadh78,870262,1874Oum El Bouaghi6,768644,36433Illizi285,00054,4905Batna12,1921,128,03034Bordj Bou Arréridj4,115634,3966Béjaïa3,268915,83535Boumerdes1,591795,0197Biskra20,986730,26236El Taref3,339411,7838Béchar161,400274,86637Tindouf58,193159,0009Blida1,6961,009,89238Tissemsilt3,152296,36610Bouïra4,439694,75039El Oued54,573673,93411Tamanrasset556,200198,69140Khenchela9,811384,26812Tébessa14,227657,22741Souk Ahras4,541440,29913Tlemcen9,061945,52542Tipaza2,166617,66114Tiaret20,673842,06043Mila9,375768,41915Tizi Ouzou3,5681,119,64644Ain Defla4,897771,89016Algiers2732,947,46145Naâma29,950209,47017Djelfa66,4151,223,22346Ain Timouchent2,376384,56518Jijel2,577634,41247Ghardaia86,105375,98819Sétif6,5041,496,15048Relizane4,870733,06020Saïda6,764328,68549El M'Ghair8,835162,26721Skikda4,026904,19550El Menia62,21557,27622Sidi Bel Abbès9,150603,36951Ouled Djellal11,410174,21923Annaba1,439640,05052Bordj Baji Mokhtar120,02616,43724Guelma4,101482,26153Béni Abbès101,35050,16325Constantine2,187943,11254Timimoun65,203122,01926Médéa8,866830,94355Touggourt17,428247,22127Mostaganem2,269746,94756Djanet86,18517,61828M'Sila18,718991,84657In Salah131,22050,39229Mascara5,941780,95958In Guezzam88,12611,202

 Largest cities 
Largest cities anaa towns insyd Algeria

According to de 2008 Census"Algeria: Provinces & Major Cities - Population Statistics, Maps, Charts, Weather and Web Information". www.citypopulation.de.RankNameProvincePop.RankNameProvincePop.Algiers
Oran1AlgiersAlgiers Province2,364,23011TébessaTébessa Province194,461Constantine
Annaba2OranOran Province803,32912El OuedEl Oued Province186,5253ConstantineConstantine Province448,02813SkikdaSkikda Province182,9034AnnabaAnnaba Province342,70314TiaretTiaret Province178,9155BlidaBlida Province331,77915BéjaïaBéjaïa Province176,1396BatnaBatna Province289,50416TlemcenTlemcen Province173,5317DjelfaDjelfa Province265,83317OuarglaOuargla Province169,9288SétifSétif Province252,12718BécharBéchar Province165,2419Sidi Bel AbbèsSidi Bel Abbès Province210,14619MostaganemMostaganem Province162,88510BiskraBiskra Province204,66120Bordj Bou ArréridjBordj Bou Arréridj Province158,812

 References 

Category:Algeria
Category:North African countries
Category:Maghrebi countries
Category:Saharan countries
Category:Arab republics
Category:Republics
Category:Arabic-speaking countries den territories
Category:G15 nations
Category:Member states of OPEC
Category:Member states of de Arab League
Category:Member states of de Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
Category:Member states of de Union for de Mediterranean
Category:Member states of de African Union
Category:Member states of de United Nations
Category:States den territories dem establish insyd 1962
Category:1962 establishments insyd Africa
Category:1962 establishments insyd Algeria
Category:Countries for Africa insyd

 General bibliography 

 Ageron, Charles-Robert (1991). Modern Algeria – A History from 1830 to the Present. Translated from French and edited by Michael Brett. London: Hurst. ISBN 978-0-86543-266-6.
 Aghrout, Ahmed; Bougherira, Redha M. (2004). Algeria in Transition – Reforms and Development Prospects. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-34848-5.
 Bennoune, Mahfoud (1988). The Making of Contemporary Algeria – Colonial Upheavals and Post-Independence Development, 1830–1987. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-30150-3.
 Fanon, Frantz (1966; 2005 paperback). The Wretched of the Earth. Grove Press. ASIN B0007FW4AW, ISBN 978-0-8021-4132-3.
 Gibson, Walcot; Cana, Frank Richardson; Girault, Arthur (1911). "Algeria" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 642–653
 Horne, Alistair (1977). A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962. Viking Adult. ISBN 978-0-670-61964-1, ISBN 978-1-59017-218-6 (2006 reprint)
 Laouisset, Djamel (2009). A Retrospective Study of the Algerian Iron and Steel Industry. New York City: Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1-61761-190-2.
 Roberts, Hugh (2003). The Battlefield – Algeria, 1988–2002. Studies in a Broken Polity. London: Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-85984-684-1.
 Ruedy, John (1992). Modern Algeria – The Origins and Development of a Nation. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34998-9.
 Stora, Benjamin (2001). Algeria, 1830–2000 – A Short History. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3715-1.
 Sidaoui, Riadh (2009). "Islamic Politics and the Military – Algeria 1962–2008". Religion and Politics – Islam and Muslim Civilisation. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 0-7546-7418-5.

 External links 

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 People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Official government website
 Portal of the First Ministry Portal of de First Ministry
 Algeria. The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency.
 Algeria web resources wey GovPubs provide at de University of Colorado Boulder Libraries
 Algeria at Curlie
 Algeria profile from de BBC News
 Algeria Atlas Map (PDF) (Map). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). April 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2016. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
 Wikimedia Atlas of Algeria
 Key Development Forecasts for Algeria from International Futures
 EU Neighbourhood Info Centre: Algeria