Algeria (
Arabic
:
الجزائر
, Al Jaza'ir
IPA
:
ælʤæˈzæːʔir
,
Berber
:
, Dzayer
ldzæjər
), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is the second largest country on the
African
continent
and the th largest country in the world in terms of total area.
It is bordered by
Tunisia
in the northeast,
Libya
in the east,
Niger
in the southeast,
Mali
and
Mauritania
in the southwest, a few kilometers of the
Western Sahara
in the west,
Morocco
in the northwest, and the
Merranean Sea
in the north.
Algeria is a member of the
United Nations
,
African Union
,
Arab League
, and
OPEC
. It also contributed towards the creation of the
Arab Maghreb Union
.
Constitutionally
, Algeria is defined as an
Islamic
,
Arab
, and
Amazigh
(Berber) country.
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