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Algeria

 

Continent - Africa

Region - Northern Africa

Size - 2,381,741 km²

Geography - North coastal region mountainous, rest is desert

Language - Arabic, French, Berber

Religion - 99% Islam, 1% Jewish and Christian

Monetary Unit - Dinar

Natural Resources - Natural gas, petroleum, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc

Agriculture - wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle

Industry - petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing

Neighbouring Countries - Morocco, Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara

Population - 33,333,216 (2007)

Population Growth Rate - 1.2%

Average Life Expectancy - 73.5

Capital City - Algiers (population 1,742,800)

Highest Mountain - Tahat (3,003 m)

Longest River - Cheliff (679 km)

Climate - Coastal - cool winters  6°C to 14°C and  hot, dry summers 16°C to 38°C - Desert region - hot summers 22°C to 50°C, mild winters 8°C to 22°C

Yearly Rainfall - Coastal region 60 cm approx, desert region minimal

 

Plant Life - Mountain Regions - oak, conifer and juniper trees
                    Coastal Regions  - scrub land with evergreen hard-leaved shrubs and low trees including laurel, rosemary, thyme, gorse, lavender and sage
                     Desert Region - grass covered steppe

Animal Life - Mountain Regions - mouflon, Barbary deer, wild boar, and Barbary ape. otter, goat
                        Desert Region - gazelle, fennec, hyena, and jackal, locust, scorpion

Bird Life - stork, flamingo, migratory birds

      

 

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