Jumhuriya al-Jazairiya ad-Dimuqratiya ash-Shabiya (People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria)
Capital
Algiers
Population estimate (2015)
39·67 million
Internet domain extension
.dz
Currency
The unit of currency is the Algerian dinar (DZD).
Territory
Algeria is bounded in the west by Morocco and Western Sahara, south-west by Mauritania and Mali, south-east by Niger, east by Libya and Tunisia, and north by the Mediterranean Sea.
Languages
Arabic is spoken by 86% of the population; but in March 2002 Tamazight, the Berber language, was given official status and also made a national language. French is also widely spoken.
Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London
Jumhuriya al-Jazairiya ad-Dimuqratiya ash-Shabiya (People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria)
Capital
Algiers
Population estimate (2015)
39·67 million
Internet domain extension
.dz
Currency
The unit of currency is the Algerian dinar (DZD).
Territory
Algeria is bounded in the west by Morocco and Western Sahara, south-west by Mauritania and Mali, south-east by Niger, east by Libya and Tunisia, and north by the Mediterranean Sea.
Languages
Arabic is spoken by 86% of the population; but in March 2002 Tamazight, the Berber language, was given official status and also made a national language. French is also widely spoken.
Source: The Statesman's Yearbook 2018. Palgrave Macmillan, London