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Algeria
- Location
Location Description
Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
- Continent
- Africa
- Bordering Countries
- Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia, Western Sahara
- Independent
- Yes
- Flag
Flag Description
The flag of this country features two equal vertical bands of green and white. A five-pointed red star within a fly-side facing red crescent is centered over the two-color boundary.
- Capital
- Algiers
- Language
- Arabic
- Currency
- (dinar)
- Size
- 919,595 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km) — 11th largest
- Total Population
- 47,400,000 people — 32nd largest
- Population Density
- 51.5 people per sq mi (19.9 people per sq km) — 204th largest