Algeria

Algeria is officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is the largest country by area in Africa and, more broadly, in the Arab world, bordered in the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest - Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west of Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country has semi-arid geography, most of the population lives in the fertile north, and the Sahara dominates the geography of the south. Algeria covers an area of ​​2,381,741 sq. Km (919,595 sq. Miles), making it the tenth-largest country in the world. With a population of 44 million, it is the ninth most populous country in Africa. The capital and largest city in Algeria, located in the extreme north of the Mediterranean Sea.

Until 1962, there were many empires and dynasties in Algeria, including the ancient Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Rustamids, Idrisids, Aglabids, Fatimids, Zirids, Hammadians, Almoravids, Zirids, Hammadians, Almoravids, Almoravids. and finally the French colonial empire. The overwhelming majority of the population of Algeria is Arab-Berber, professing Islam and using the official languages ​​of Arabic and Berber. However, in some contexts, French serves as an administrative and educational language, while Algerian Arabic is the primary spoken language.

Algeria is a semi-presidential republic with local districts consisting of 58 provinces and 1541 communes. Algeria is a regional power in North Africa and a middle power in world affairs. It has the highest human development index of any non-island African country and one of the largest economies on the continent, based largely on energy exports. Algeria ranks sixteenth in the world in terms of oil reserves and ninth in terms of natural gas reserves. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa, supplying large volumes of natural gas to Europe. Algeria's armed forces are among the largest in Africa and have the largest defense budget on the continent. He is a member of the African Union, the League of Arab States, OPEC, the United Nations, and the Arab Maghreb Union, of which he is one of the founders.