Geography

Algeria is located in Northern Africa. The countries that border it are Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia, West Shara. The Mediterranean Sea also bourders it. Algeria is about 3.5 times bigger than Texas. There are 2,381,740 sq km of land. There are 0 ss km of water but 998 km of coastlines. Algeria is the second biggest countries.

People

There are 31,133,486 people in Algeria. There are 2 ethnic groups they are Arab-Berber, European less than 1%. The Religions are Sunni Muslim 99%, 1% is Christian and Jewish. They speek Arabic, French, Berber dialects. The literacy rate is 61.6%. Age 15 and over can read and write.

Economy

The industries in Algeria are petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochmical, and food processing. The agriculture products are wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits, sheep, cattle. They export to Italy 18.8%, US 14.8%, France 11.8%, Spain 8%, Germany 7.9%. T hey get imports from France 29%, Spain 10.5%, Italy 8.2%, US 8%, Germany 5.6%. Th ey import capital goods, food and beverages, and consumer goods.

Government

In Algeria they run it in a republic form of government. The capital of Algeria is Algiers. There are 48 provinces. They are Adrar, Ain Defla, Ain Temouchent, Alger,Annaba, Batna, Bechar, Bejaia, Biskra, Blida, Bordj Bou Arreridj, Bouira, Boumerdes, Chlef, Constantine, Djelfa, ElBayadh, El Oued, El Tarf, Ghardaia, Guelma, Illizi, Jijel, Khenchela, Laghouat, Mascara, Medea, Mila, Mostaganem,M'Sila, Naama, Oran, Ouargla, Oum el Bouaghi, Relizane, Saida, Setif, Sidi Bel Abbes, Skikda, Souk Ahras,Tamanghasset, Tebessa, Tiaret, Tindouf, Tipaza, Tissemsilt, Tizi Ouzou, Tlemcen. They got there independence from France in 1962. There legal system is French and Islamic law. They also have a Surpreme Court.