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Police Station in Algeria hit ...

Police Station in Algeria hit by bombing

A police station has been hit by a bomb in Nacria, which is at the north of Algeria and is about 50 km east of the Algerian capital Algiers. ...
Police Station in Algeria hit ...

Police Station in Algeria hit by bombing

A police station has been hit by a bomb in Nacria, which is at the north of Algeria and is about 50 km east of the Algerian capital Algiers. ...
France holds five suspects in ...

France holds five suspects in Algiers bombing

French police have today confirmed that they are holding five suspects in the December 11 Algiers bombings. The bombings killed at least 37 people,...
Bombs kill scores in Algiers

Bombs kill scores in Algiers

Two bombs have exploded in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, killing at least 47 people, most of which were children on their way to school. The...
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Algerian Dinar

Algerian Dinar

Country Name     Currency          Currency Code Algeria                   Algerian Dinar    DZD
Facts and Numbers about Algeria

National name: Al Jumhuriyah al Jaza'iriyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Sha'biyah

Geography  
Capital: Algiers
Major Town: Oran, El-Jazair, Batna, Constantine, Annaba
Location: 36°42'N, 3°13'E
Time Zone: CET (UTC+1)
Size: 2,381,741 km²
Borders with the Mediterranean Sea, Morocco and Tunisia
Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m ; Highest point: Tahat 3,003 m

Politics 
Head of State: President: Abdel-Aziz Bouteflika (1999); Prime Minister: Ahmed Ouyahia (2003)
Form of Government: Republic
Independancy (from France): 05 July 1962
Currency: Algerian dinar (DZD)

Industry 
Main industries: Petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing
Agriculture: wheat, barley, oats, grapes, olives, citrus, fruits; sheep, cattle.Industries: petroleum, natural gas, light industries, mining, electrical, petrochemical, food processing.
Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc.  

Population and People  
Population: 33,333,216 (July 2007 est.)
Density per sq mi: 36
Growth rate (birth rate): 17.11 births/1,000 population (2007 est.)
Total fertility rate: 1.86 children born/woman (2007 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 27.7/1000
Religion: Sunni Muslim (state religion) 99%, Christian and Jewish 1%
Languages: Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects
Ethnic groups / Tribes: Arab-Berber 99%, European less than 1%
Age structure: 0-14 years: 27.2% (male 4,627,479/female 4,447,468); 15-64 years: 67.9% (male 11,413,121/female 11,235,096); 65 years and over: 4.8% (male 752,058/female 857,994) (2007 est.)  
Life expectancy: 73.7
Literacy (definition: age 15 and over can read and write): Total population: 69.9%, male: 79.6%
female: 60.1% (2002 est.)

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Did you know...? about Algeria
  • 99% Berber country
  •  85% of the country are desert (Sahara)
  •  “al-jaza’ir” in Arabic means “the island”
  •  “Les hommes bleus”: blue-robed Touaregs
  •  99% Sunni Muslim
  •  famous Atlas Mountains
  •  olive and tobacco plantations
  •  still around 1.5 million nomads
  •  Women make up 70 percent of Algeria’s lawyers and 60 percent of its judges. Women dominate medicine
  • Albert Camus, the famous novelist of the 20th century, was born in 1913 in Algeria
  • 130 years of French colonization
  • Algeria is a leading military power in North Africa
  • UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Algeria: including Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad, the first capital of the Hammadid empire; Tipasa, a Phoenician town; and Djémila and Timgad, both Roman ruins.
  • Two landscapes are World Heritage Sites: M'Zab Valley, a limestone valley and Tassili n'Ajjer, a mountain range.
  • Also the Casbah of Algiers is an important citadal
  • camels and caravans
  • Yves Saint Laurent, the famous designer, is Algerian born
  • Arabs conquered North Africa in the seventh century
  • couscous, Algeria's national dish; exotic spices such as saffron, nutmeg, ginger, cloves, and cinnamon
  • ancient ruins, Turkish houses and palaces in Algier
  • Maghreb flair Tipasa with Roman, Punic and Christian ruins, and a Numidian mausoleum
  • Chiffa Gorges and Kabylia Tlemcen with the Grand Mosque, the Mansourah Fortress and the Almohad ramparts Ouargla, “the golden key to the desert”
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