الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية
Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jazā’irīyah
ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah ash-Sha’bīyah
Tigduda tamegdayt taɣerfant tažžayrit
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
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Motto: من الشعب و للشعب (Arabic)
"From the people and for the people" |
Anthem: Kassaman (Arabic)
The Pledge
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Capital
(and largest city) |
Algiers
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Official languages |
Arabic1 |
Demonym |
Algerian |
Government |
Presidential republic |
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President |
Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
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Prime Minister |
Abdelaziz Belkhadem |
Establishment |
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Hammadid dynasty |
from 1014 |
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Ottoman rule |
from 1516 |
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French rule |
from 1830 |
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Independence from France |
July 5, 1962 |
Area |
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Total |
2,381,740 km² (11th)
919,595 sq mi |
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Water (%) |
negligible |
Population |
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2007 estimate |
33,333,216 (35th) |
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1998 census |
29,100,867 |
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Density |
14/km² (196th)
36/sq mi |
GDP (PPP) |
2006 estimate |
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Total |
$253.4 billion (38th) |
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Per capita |
$7,700 (88th) |
GDP (nominal) |
2005 estimate |
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Total |
$102.026 billion (48th) |
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Per capita |
$3,086 (84th) |
Gini (1995) |
35.3 (medium) |
HDI (2004) |
Template:Increase 0.728 (medium) (102nd) |
Currency |
Algerian dinar (DZD ) |
Time zone |
CET Template:Nowrap |
Internet TLD |
.dz |
Calling code |
+213 |
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French is equally used as an administrative language though not on an official basis. Algerian Arabic, an Arabic vernacular is the most common native language. Berber languages are recognized as "national languages" and are co-official in Kabylia. |