I have a friend from Algeria, you know the country in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast.
Oh wow! That's quite a far trip! Have you ever been there to visit?
No I haven't, she lives in the capital Algiers that is located in the far north of the country.
Is Algeria a large country?
Well it is the tenth largest country in the world and largest in Africa, so yes.
I'd love to see Algeria! What are some things your friend likes to do in her country?
west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). It has the highest human development index of all non-island African countries.
Ancient Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including ancient Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Idrisid, Aghlabid, Rustamid
Algeria
Algeria ( ; , ; ), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (, ), is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean coast. With an area of , Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, the world's largest Arab country, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the