Algeria

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Algeria is bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, Libya in the east, Morocco in the northwest, Western Sahara in the west, and the Mediterranean Sea in the north. The capital of Algeria is Algiers. The President of Algeria is Abdelaziz Bouteflika and the Prime Minister is Abdelaziz Belkhadem. The GDP Per capita of Algeria is $3,702.

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Geography

Algeria is 1,479,942 sq miles. Algeria is slightly less than 3 1/2 times the size of Texas. Algeria is on the continent of Africa. Algeria has mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers along coast. Algeria is drier with cold winters and hot summers on the high plateau. The sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind. Algeria is mostly high plateaus and desert. Algeria has some mountains and narrow, discontinuous coastal plain. Algeria's natural resources are lead, petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, uranium, phosphates, and zinc.

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People

There is 33,333,216 people in Algeria. The ethnic groups of Algeria is Arab-Berber at 99%, and European at less than 1% The religions in Algeria are Sunni Muslim (state religion) at 99%, Christian and Jewish at 1% The languages are, Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects The literacy rate for male is 79.6% and for female it is 60.1%.

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