Algeria

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية  (Arabic) al-Jumhūriyya al-Jazāʾiriyya ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyya aš‑Šaʿbiyya République algérienne démocratique et populaire  (French) ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴳⴷⴰⵢⵜ ⵜⴰⵖⵔⴼⴰⵏⵜ ⵜⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉⵢⵜ  (Berber) Tagduda tamegdayt taɣerfant tazzayrit
Flag
Motto: بالشّعب وللشّعب ("By the people and for the people")[1][2]
Anthem: Kassaman (English: "We Pledge")
Location of  Algeria  (dark green)
Capital and largest city	Algiers 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217
Official languages	Arabic • Berber
Other languages	Algerian Arabic (Darja) (lingua franca) French (administration, business and education)[3] , Kabyle
Ethnic groups	Arab-Berber 99%[3][a] 1% Others[3]
Religion	99% Islam (official) 1% other (inc. Christians and Jews)[4]
Demonym(s)	Algerian
Government	Unitary semi-presidential constitutional republic
• President	Abdelmadjid Tebboune
• Prime Minister	Nadir Larbaoui
• Council President	Salah Goudjil
• Assembly President	Ibrahim Boughali
Legislature	Parliament
• Upper house	Council of the Nation
• Lower house	People's National Assembly
Formation
• Zirid dynasty	960
• Hammadid dynasty	1014
• Zayyanid dynasty	1235
• Al Jazâ'ir	1515
• French Occupation	5 July 1830
• Independence from France	5 July 1962
Area
• Total	2,381,741 km2 (919,595 sq mi) (10th)
• Water (%)	1.1
Population
• 2021 estimate	44,700,000[5] (32nd)
• Density	17.7/km2 (45.8/sq mi) (168)
GDP (PPP)	2019 estimate
• Total	$684.649 billion[6] (35th)
• Per capita	$15,765[6] (82nd)
GDP (nominal)	2019 estimate
• Total	$183.687 billion[6] (53rd)
• Per capita	$4,229[6] (109th)
Gini (2011)	27.6[7][8] low
HDI (2019)	0.748[9] high · 91st
Currency	Dinar (DZD)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Date format	dd/mm/yyyy
Driving side	right
Calling code	+213
ISO 3166 code	DZ
Internet TLD	.dz الجزائر.

The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: Algeria.

Algeria (/ælˈdʒɪəriə/ (listen) or /ɔːl-/), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria dixit Francia Occidentalis, is a country in North Africa. It is the tenth largest country in the world, and the largest country in Africa.^[10] It is part of the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa.

Algiers is the capital of the country. It has borders with many nations. Algeria borders Tunisia to the northeast, Libya to the east, Niger to the southeast, Mauritania and Mali to the southwest, Western Sahara to the west, and Morocco to the northwest.

1. ↑ "Constitution of Algeria, Art. 11". El-mouradia.dz. language: France and Arabic (government language); people of Algeria speak Arabic and Berber. Archived from the original on 18 July 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
2. ↑ "Constitution of Algeria; Art. 11". Apn-dz.org. 28 November 1996. Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2013.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} "The World Factbook – Algeria". Central Intelligence Agency. 4 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 June 2007. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
4. ↑ "Central Intelligence Agency". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. 8 February 2020. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
5. ↑ "Démographie" [Demography] (PDF). Office National des Statistiques (in French). 18 May 2020. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 3 October 2020.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3} "World Economic Outlook Database". IMF.org. International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
7. ↑ "Distribution of Family Income – Gini Index". The World Factbook. Central Intelligence Agency. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2009.
8. ↑ "GINI index (World Bank estimate)". data.worldbank.org. World Bank. Archived from the original on 18 November 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2019.
9. ↑ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
10. ↑ "Africa: Largest countries by area 2020".