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Algeria map of Köppen climate classification zones Satellite map of Algeria Shaded relief map of Algeria with settlements and roads. Algeria comprises 2,381,740 square kilometres (919,590 sq mi) of land, more than 80% of which is desert, in North Africa, between Morocco and Tunisia. [2] [1] It is the largest country in Africa. [1]
Africa. Sahara Desert; North Africa. Maghreb; West Africa; Time zone: West Africa Time ; Extreme points of Algeria. High: Mount Tahat 3,003 m (9,852 ft) Low: Chott Melrhir −40 m (−131 ft) Land boundaries: 6,343 km Libya 982 km Tunisia 965 km Morocco 1,608 km Mauritania 463 km Mali 1,376 km Niger 956 km. Coastline: 998 km
Spanning 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the world's tenth-largest nation by area, and the largest nation in Africa. [14] It has a semi-arid climate, with the Sahara desert dominating most of the territory except for its fertile and mountainous north, where most of the population is concentrated.
The border starts in the north at the Mediterranean coast, proceeding overland in a broadly southwards directions via a series of overland lines. Toward the middle it curves west, and in the southern sections of the border straight lines predominate, which eventually veer to the south-east down to the tripoint with Libya.
Map of Morocco, with Algeria to the east. The Algeria–Morocco border is 1,427 km (887 mi) in length and runs from Mediterranean Sea in the north, to the tripoint with Western Sahara in the south. [1] The border has been officially closed to all travel since 1994, although clandestine crossings are common. [2]
Algiers [a] is the capital and largest city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province.The city's population at the 2008 census was 2,988,145 [3] and in 2020 was estimated to be around 4,500,000.
The capital and largest city is Algiers, located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast. Spanning 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the world's tenth-largest nation by area, and the largest nation in Africa.
The border consists of three straight lines proceeding northeast between the tripoints with Mali and Libya. [2] The westernmost line runs from the Malian tripoint to the Agadez-Tamanrasset highway for 175 km (109 mi); the middle section run for 229 km (142 mi) up to the vicinity of I-n-Azaoua; and the final and longest segment runs for 552 km (343 mi) up to the Libyan tripoint.