Geography

Bordered in the North by the Mediterranean Sea, the East by Tunisia and Libya, in the South by Niger and Mali, at the West by the Western Sahara then Morocco, Algeria is presented in the form of an immense desert.

Capital: Algiers (3 million inhabitants).
 

Surface: 2 381 741 Km² of which 85 % of the territory represents the desert.
 

Population (January 2013): 37 900 000 inhabitants (source: National Statistics Office), urbanized to 60 %;70 % have less than 30 years.
 

Annual demographic growth: 1.53 %.
 

Density: 16.0 hab./Km²;56 % of the population occupy 3% of the territory.
 

Currency: Algerian Dinar;
 

Official language: Arab.
 

National languages: Arab, Tamazight.
 

Business languages: Arab, French, English.
 

Religion:Islam of Malekite rite, Jewish and Christian minorities.
 

National Day: 1 November (Algerian Revolution, 1 November 1958).
 

Independence Day: July 05 (recovery of Independence, July 3, 1962)
 

Religious celebrations : Aid El Fitr, Aid El Adha, Awal Mohrem
 

Legal celebrations : New Year, Labor Day (May 1), Independence Day (July 5), Anniversary of the Revolution (November 1)
 

Regime: Presidential regime (Constitution adopted by the referendum on November 28, 1996).
 

Organization administrative: 48 Wilayas (departments);168 daïras (sub-prefectures);1541 communes.
 

Life expectancy: 70.5 years. 
Time Zone : GMT +1