ALGERIA

The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria is located in the centre of the Maghreb in North Africa. Most of its territory is occupied by the Sahara although in the north it enjoys a Mediterranean climate.
Currently, its main resources are oil, gas, iron, zinc, silver, among other minerals.
It has a great cultural and ethnic variety with a clearly European culture in the north and a more traditional one in the rest of the country, in addition, it has a large number of World Heritage properties among which are the Kasbah of Algiers or the ruins of Djemila and Tipasa.
There are 1,518 Spaniards residing in Algeria (as of 1 January 2026).

  • Surface: 2,381,740 km2
  • Population: 46.7 m hab
  • Capital: Algiers
  • Official languages: Arabic
  • Currency: Algerian dinar
  • Time zone: UTC+1
  • Internet domain: .dz
  • Telephone prefix: + 213
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