Algeria (ăljērˈēə) [key], Arab. Al Djazair, Fr. Algérie,
officially People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, republic
(2005 est. pop. 32,532,000), 919,590 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km), NW
Africa, bordering on Mauritania, Western Sahara, and Morocco in
the west, on the Mediterranean Sea in the north, on Tunisia and
Libya in the east, and on Niger and Mali in the south. It is the
largest country in Africa. Algiers is the capital and largest
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