Algeria

E5033

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
Algeria (some sources historically/regionally)	1
Algeria (western part)	1
Algiers	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.

People's National Assembly → country → Algeria ⓘ

People’s Municipal Assembly of Algiers → country → Algeria ⓘ

Shenwa → country → Algeria ⓘ

Tuareg → country → Algeria ⓘ

USM Alger → country → Algeria ⓘ

University of Algiers → country → Algeria ⓘ

Vandal Kingdom → country → Algeria ⓘ

Madrid Accords → countryAffected → Algeria ⓘ

DZA → countryCodeFor → Algeria ⓘ

Prime Meridian → countryCrossed → Algeria ⓘ

Government of Algeria → countryGoverned → Algeria ⓘ

Battle for Rome → countryInvolved → Algeria ⓘ

MC Alger → countryOfAssociation → Algeria ⓘ

USM Alger → countryOfAssociation → Algeria ⓘ

Alain Mimoun → countryOfCitizenship → Algeria ⓘ

Chaoui → countryOfCitizenship → Algeria ⓘ

Lakhdar Brahimi → countryOfCitizenship → Algeria ⓘ

Sofia Boutella → countryOfCitizenship → Algeria ⓘ

Council of Arab Ministers of Information → countryOfMembership → Algeria ⓘ

Polisario Front → countryOfOperation → Algeria ⓘ

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb → countryOfOrigin → Algeria ⓘ

Mizrahi Jews → countryOfOrigin → Algeria ⓘ

Rif → countryOfOrigin → Algeria ⓘ

ECA Subregional Office for North Africa → countryServed → Algeria ⓘ

Almoravid dynasty → countryToday → Algeria ⓘ

State of Palestine → declarationOfIndependenceLocation → Algeria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Algiers

Niger River → drainageBasinCountry → Algeria ⓘ

Chaoui → ethnicGroupOf → Algeria ⓘ

Kel Ajjer → ethnicMinorityIn → Algeria ⓘ

AW101 helicopter → exportedTo → Algeria ⓘ

armed forces of Cuba → foreignDeployment → Algeria ⓘ

subject surface form: Armed Forces of Cuba

Maliki → geographicalDistribution → Algeria ⓘ

Arab world → hasCountry → Algeria ⓘ

Casbah → hasCulturalSignificanceFor → Algeria ⓘ

subject surface form: Casbah of Algiers

MC Alger → hasFanBaseIn → Algeria ⓘ

OPEC+ → hasKeyMember → Algeria ⓘ

Africa → hasLargestCountryByArea → Algeria ⓘ

Cuban military interventions in Africa → hasLocation → Algeria ⓘ

Francophonie → hasMajorMember → Algeria ⓘ

Arab Labor Organization → hasMember → Algeria ⓘ

Arab League → hasMember → Algeria ⓘ

Arab Monetary Fund → hasMember → Algeria ⓘ

Arab Organization for Agricultural Development → hasMember → Algeria ⓘ

Economic and Social Council of the Arab League → hasMember → Algeria ⓘ

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → Algeria ⓘ

Islamic Development Bank → hasMember → Algeria ⓘ

Gas Exporting Countries Forum → hasMemberState → Algeria ⓘ

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation → hasMemberState → Algeria ⓘ

United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia → hasMemberState → Algeria ⓘ

North Africa → hasPart → Algeria ⓘ