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. 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. 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*) 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:

### Largest cities

## References


## 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

*  Wikimedia Commons
*  Wikiquote:  (en)

* 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
*  at Curlie
* Algeria profile from de BBC News
* *[https://web.archive.org/web/20171010150722/ftp://undp-pogar.org/LocalUser/pogarp/other/maps/algeria-apr07.pdf Algeria Atlas Map]* (PDF) (Map). United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). April 2007. Archived from [ftp://undp-pogar.org/LocalUser/pogarp/other/maps/algeria-apr07.pdf 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