Algeria

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country in North Africa sovereign state

Algeria is a large North African country on the Mediterranean coast, known for its vast Sahara Desert regions, rich history, and significant role in both colonial and post-colonial geopolitics.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form Occurrences
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria 5
State of Algeria 2
Algeria (Saharan borderlands) 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf country in North Africa ⓘ
sovereign state ⓘ
area approximately 2,381,741 square kilometres ⓘ
areaRankWorldwide largest country in Africa by area ⓘ
borderingBodyOfWater Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
borderingCountry Libya ⓘ
Mali ⓘ
Mauritania ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
Niger ⓘ
Tunisia ⓘ
Spanish Sahara ⓘ
surface form: Western Sahara
callingCode +213 ⓘ
capital Algiers ⓘ
climateRegion Mediterranean climate in the north ⓘ
arid desert climate in the south ⓘ
colonialPower France ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
currency Algerian dinar ⓘ
demonym Algerian ⓘ
geographicFeature Sahara Desert ⓘ
governmentType semi-presidential republic ⓘ
headOfGovernmentTitle Prime Minister of Algeria ⓘ
headOfStateTitle President of Algeria ⓘ
historicalEvent Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
surface form: Algerian War (1954–1962)

French conquest of Algeria ⓘ
independenceDate 1962-07-05 ⓘ
independenceEvent Algerian War of Independence ⓘ
independenceFrom France ⓘ
internetTLD .dz ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha2Code DZ ⓘ
ISO3166-1Alpha3Code DZA ⓘ
largestCity Algiers ⓘ
legislature People's National Assembly ⓘ
majorCity Annaba ⓘ
Constantine ⓘ
Oran ⓘ
majorEthnicGroup Arabs ⓘ
Berbers ⓘ
majorExport crude oil ⓘ
natural gas ⓘ
majorReligion Islam ⓘ
memberOf African Union ⓘ
Arab League ⓘ
Non-Aligned Movement ⓘ
OPEC ⓘ
United Nations ⓘ
mountainRange Atlas Mountains ⓘ
nationalAnthem Kassaman ⓘ
nationalDay 5 July ⓘ
officialLanguage Arabic ⓘ
Berber languages ⓘ
surface form: Tamazight
recognizedLanguage French ⓘ
subregion North Africa ⓘ
UNMemberStateSince 1962 ⓘ
upperHouse Council of the Nation ⓘ

Referenced by (199)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kassaman → anthemOf → Algeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
DZA → appliesTo → Algeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Alboran Sea → basinCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Mauritania → border → Algeria ⓘ
Libya → borderCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Morocco → borderCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Niger → borderCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Tunisia → borderCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Kidal Region → borderedBy → Algeria ⓘ
Mali → borderedBy → Algeria ⓘ
Saguia el-Hamra → borderedBy → Algeria ⓘ
Timbuktu Region → borderedBy → Algeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algeria (Saharan borderlands)
Alboran Sea → borders → Algeria ⓘ
Fezzan → borders → Algeria ⓘ
Gao Region → bordersCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Spanish Sahara → bordersWith → Algeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: State of Algeria
this entity surface form: State of Algeria
Algiers → capitalOf → Algeria ⓘ
Tuareg cross → circulatesIn → Algeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Algeria (western part)
Algerian dinar → country → Algeria ⓘ
Algiers → country → Algeria ⓘ
Algiers Province → country → Algeria ⓘ
Annaba → country → Algeria ⓘ
Atlas Mountains → country → Algeria ⓘ
Casbah → country → Algeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Casbah of Algiers
Central Sahara → country → Algeria ⓘ
Chaoui → country → Algeria ⓘ
Constantine → country → Algeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Kabyle → country → Algeria ⓘ
Kassaman → country → Algeria ⓘ
Kel Ajjer → country → Algeria ⓘ
MC Alger → country → Algeria ⓘ
subject surface form: M’zab region
Oran → country → Algeria ⓘ
Oran Arabic → country → Algeria ⓘ