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.

AFN → includesTerritories → Algeria ⓘ
MTO → involvesCountry → Algeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Mediterranean Theater of Operations
Algiers → isCulturalCenterOf → Algeria ⓘ
Algiers → isEconomicCenterOf → Algeria ⓘ
Oran → isMajorPortOf → Algeria ⓘ
Algiers → isPoliticalCenterOf → Algeria ⓘ
Oran → isSecondLargestCityIn → Algeria ⓘ
Algiers → largestCityOf → Algeria ⓘ
Algerian dinar → legalTenderIn → Algeria ⓘ
DZA → linkedToISO3166-2CodesOf → Algeria ⓘ
Oran → locatedIn → Algeria ⓘ
Sahara Desert → locatedIn → Algeria ⓘ
Thagaste → locatedInPresentDay → Algeria ⓘ
Ghadamès → locatedNear → Algeria ⓘ
Operation Torch → location → Algeria ⓘ
Maliki school → mainRegion → Algeria ⓘ
French Empire → majorColony → Algeria ⓘ
AMU → memberState → Algeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Arab Maghreb Union
ECCAS → memberState → Algeria ⓘ
OPEC → memberState → Algeria ⓘ
Ghat → nearBorderWith → Algeria ⓘ
French Morocco → neighbour → Algeria ⓘ