| Official
Name : |
AL-JUMHURIYA AL-JAZA'IRIYA AD-DIMUGRATIYA ASH-SHA'BIYA .
(People's Democratic Republic of Algeria) |
| Land
Area: |
2,381,741 square kilometres / 919,352 square miles. |
| Population: |
35 million. (estimate 2011) |
| Languages: |
Arabic (official), Berber, French. |
| Religions: |
Muslim 75%, Christian 10%.. |
| Capital: |
Algiers (Al Jazaïr). (Population 2.7 million) [at 2009] |
| Currency: |
Dinar, divided into 100 centimes. |
| Independant: |
3 July 1962, from France. |
| Geography: |
The narrow fertile coastal strip supports the bulk of the population. Farther south, in comparitively fertile soil, the Atlas runs east-west. Further south, the sparsely populated grassland plain of the Chott Plateau extend towards the semiarid Altas Saharien. The southern part of the country is arid desert and is largely uninhabitated, consisting of vast sandstone plains and plateaux traversed by valleys and then the rocky mountains of the Hoggar. |
| Flag: |
This flag is equally divided vertically into equal bands of green and white (green at the hoist). At the centre is a 5 pointed red star within a red cresent, facing towards the fly. Green is the traditional colour of islam, flag proportions are 2:3. To print flag below, click and select "open image in new window", then print in landscape mode. |
