| Africa > Northern Africa > Algeria | |
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| Official Name People's Democratic Republic of Algeria | |
| Motto By the people and for the people | |
| Region Africa | |
| Sub-Region Northern Africa | |
| Capital Algiers | |
| Currency Algerian Dinar (DZD) | |
| Independence Day 5 Jul 1962: Independence from France in 1962. | |
| Population 38,700,000 | |
| Nationality Algerian | |
| Ethnic Group 99% Arab-Berber, 1% Others | |
| Area 2,381,741 km2 | |
| Neighbor Countries Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Morocco | |
| Time Zone CET (UTC+1) | |
| Geo Location Latitude 28.00, Longitude 3.00 | |
| Dialing Code +213 | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 2 code DZ | |
| ISO 9166 alpha 3 code DZA | |
| ISO 9166 numeric 3 code 012 | |
| Code for International Olympic Committee ALG | |
| Country Domain (ccTLD) .dz | |