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Algeria comprises 2,381,740 square kilometres (919,590 sq mi) of land, more than 80% of which is desert, in North Africa, between Morocco and Tunisia. [2] [1] It is the largest country in Africa. [1] Its Arabic name, Al Jazair (the islands), is believed to derive from the rocky islands along the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea. [2]
Algeria includes 32 islands and 208 small islands. [1] Three-quarters of these islands are massive rocks protruding over the water without vegetation or clusters of completely arid rocks whose sole interest is sometimes that they are the basis for piers. The last quarter includes only islands with Superficial soils.
Algeria, [e] officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, [f] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa.It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
Pages in category "Islands of Algeria" ... Island of Limacos This page was last edited on 24 December 2016, at 19:35 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
The location of Algeria An enlargeable relief map of the Algeria. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Algeria: Algeria located in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.
This is a list of islands of Africa. Sovereign island nations. Indian Ocean. Union of the Comoros. Grande Comore; Anjouan; Mohéli; Republic of Madagascar Île ...
Geographic limits of the map: Top: 37° 48' N; Bottom: 18° 15' N; Left: 009° 27' W; Right: 012° 45' E; Date: November 2009: Source: Own work. Sources of data: NGDC World Data Bank II (public domain); NGDC GSHHS (public domain); Reference for the boundaries: SGIIAR (Système de Gestion Intégré de l'Information Agricole et Rurale of Algeria ...
Constitutionally, Algeria is defined as an Islamic, Arab, and Amazigh (Berber) country. The name Algeria is derived from the name of the city of Algiers, from the Arabic word al-jazā’ir, which translates as the islands, referring to the four islands which lay off the city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in 1525.