| Official name: |
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
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| Capital: |
Algiers
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| Area: |
total: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
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| Climate: |
arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
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| Location: |
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
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| Geographic coordinates: |
28 00 N, 3 00 E
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| Comparative Area: |
slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas
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| Land boundaries: |
total: 6,343 km
border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km
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| Coastline: |
998 km
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| Terrain: |
mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
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| Elevation extremes: |
lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
highest point: Tahat 3,003 m
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