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.

Arab Spring → notableCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Arabic → officialLanguageOf → Algeria ⓘ
Algiers Province → partOf → Algeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Lake Chad basin → partlyIn → Algeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Lake Chad Basin
Rif → placeOfBirth → Algeria ⓘ
Kassaman → placeOfFirstUse → Algeria ⓘ
Haredi Jews → populationCenter → Algeria ⓘ
Berbers → presentInCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Judeo-Arabic → region → Algeria ⓘ
French Algeria → replacedBy → Algeria ⓘ
this entity surface form: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
DZA → represents → Algeria ⓘ
Eldridge Cleaver → residence → Algeria ⓘ
Berber languages → spokenIn → Algeria ⓘ
Maghrebi Arabic → spokenIn → Algeria ⓘ
subject surface form: Nilo-Saharan phylum
Oran Arabic → spokenIn → Algeria ⓘ
Shenwa → spokenIn → Algeria ⓘ
Songhay languages → spokenIn → Algeria ⓘ
Tamazight (generic) → spokenIn → Algeria ⓘ
Zenati languages → spokenIn → Algeria ⓘ
Polisario Front → supportedBy → Algeria ⓘ
Yom Kippur War → supportedBy → Algeria ⓘ
Six-Day War → supporter → Algeria ⓘ
Almohad dynasty → territory → Algeria ⓘ
T-72M1 → usedBy → Algeria ⓘ
CET → usedByCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Algerian dinar → usedIn → Algeria ⓘ
Amazigh flag → usedIn → Algeria ⓘ
Tifinagh → usedIn → Algeria ⓘ
Clémentine → usedInCountry → Algeria ⓘ
Fus’ha → usedInCountry → Algeria ⓘ
subject surface form: West Africa Time
this entity surface form: Algeria (some sources historically/regionally)
bin Abdullah → usedInCountry → Algeria ⓘ