Algeria

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Country information

country code: DZ
continent: Africa
capital: Algiers
languages: Arabic

EU membership: no
NATO membership: no

GSM: 900/1800
GPS: 28 00 N, 3 00 E
electricity: 230V/50Hz

currency:
Algerian Dinar: DZD
1DZD = 0.014 USD
1DZD = 0.011 EUR

phone code: +213-21

Travel advices and warnings Algeria

Tourism	Tourism in <a href="http://www.worldtravelserver.com/travel/en/algeria/all_about_algeria/travel_agencies.html" style="color: #0A76BE; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Algeria</b></a> contributes only about 1 percent of Algeria's GDP. Algeria's tourist industry lags behind that of its neighbors <a href="http://www.worldtravelserver.com/travel/en/morocco/all_about_morocco/travel_agencies.html" style="color: #0A76BE; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Morocco</b></a> and <a href="http://www.worldtravelserver.com/travel/en/tunisia/all_about_tunisia/travel_agencies.html" style="color: #0A76BE; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Tunisia</b></a>. <a href="http://www.worldtravelserver.com/travel/en/algeria/all_about_algeria/travel_agencies.html" style="color: #0A76BE; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Algeria</b></a> receives only about 200, 000 tourists and visitors annually. Ethnic Algerian French citizens represent the largest group of tourists, followed by Tunisians. The modest level of tourism[3] is attributable to a combination of poor hotel accommodations and the threat of terrorism. However, the government has adopted a plan known as "Horizon 2025", which is designed to address the lack of infrastructure. Various hotel operators are planning to build hotels, particularly along the Mediterranean coast. Another potential opportunity involves adventure holidays in the south. The Algerian government has set the goal of boosting the number of foreign visitors, including tourists, to 1. 2 million by 2010. [1]. <a href="http://www.worldtravelserver.com/travel/en/algeria/all_about_algeria/travel_agencies.html" style="color: #0A76BE; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Algeria</b></a> is also working on new target with the World Tourism Organisation. [5] The number of foreign tourists to <a href="http://www.worldtravelserver.com/travel/en/algeria/all_about_algeria/travel_agencies.html" style="color: #0A76BE; text-decoration: underline;"><b>Algeria</b></a> have increased 20% annually between 2000 and 2005[6], Tourism Minister Noureddine Moussa said Monday (October 30th) at a conference with the sector's executives. Over 140 building permits in the tourism sector have been granted by the ministry since November 2005 to nationals who want to invest in tourism infrastructures.
Traditions	The Algerian family is important and private. It often includes three or more generations in a single home. families have an average four or five children. Smaller nuclear families are found in cities. Although some Algerians live in apartments, most prefer concrete homes with four or five rooms.
Cuisine	Algerian cuisine differs slightly from region to region. Algerian cuisine has strong Berber but also Ottoman Turkish influence due to the Ottoman occupation. The main varieties are Algiers, Oran (largely influenced by Morocco), Constantine (largely influenced by Tunisia), Kabylie and Sahara. Dairy products come mainly from Kabylie. Breakfasts, which exist since the French colonization, is generally light. Tea or Turkish coffee are served with some pastries. At noon, street stalls which sell often shawarma, are very common in the cities. The dinner, which is very copious, is often eaten late in the night, especially during the month of Ramadan.
Language	The official language of Algeria is (literary) Arabic, as specified in its constitution since 1963. In addition to this, Berber has been recognized as a "national language" by constitutional amendment since May 8, 2002. Between them, these two languages are the native languages of over 99% of Algerians, with Arabic spoken by about 72% and Berber by 47%. French, though it has no official status, is widely used in government, culture, media (newspapers) and education (since primary school), due to Algeria's colonial history and can be regarded as being a de facto co-official language of Algeria. The Kabyle language, the most spoken Berber language in the country, is taught and partially co-official (with a few restrictions) in parts of Kabylia.
Language	Algerian Currency refers to Algerian Dinar. The currency code for Algerian Dinar according to ISO standard is DZD. One Algerian Dinar is equal to 100 centimes.

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From wikipedia about Algeria

Algeria (i/ælˈdʒɪəriə/; Arabic: الجزائر‎, al-Jazā’ir; Berber and Algerian Arabic: Dzayer or Ldzayer), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Al Jumhuriyah al Jazairiyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah), also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb. In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa, the Arab World and the Mediterranean Sea. It is the 10th-largest country in the world.

Algeria is bordered in the northeast by Tunisia, in the east by Libya, in the west by Morocco, in the southwest by Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Mali, in the southeast by Niger, and in the north by the Mediterranean Sea. Its size is almost 2, 400, 000 square kilometres (926, 645 sq mi), and it has an estimated population of 35. 7 million (2010). The capital of Algeria is Algiers.

Algeria is a member of the Arab League, United Nations, African Union, and OPEC. It is also a founding member of the Arab Maghreb Union.

Algeria lies mostly between latitudes 19° and 37°N (a small area is north of 37°), and longitudes 9°W and 12°E. Most of the coastal area is hilly, sometimes even mountainous, and there are a few natural harbours. The area from the coast to the Tell Atlas is fertile. South of the Tell Atlas is a steppe landscape, which ends with the Saharan Atlas; further south, there is the Sahara desert.

The Ahaggar Mountains (Arabic: جبال هقار‎), also known as the Hoggar, are a highland region in central Sahara, southern Algeria. They are located about 1, 500 km (932 mi) south of the capital, Algiers and just west of Tamanghasset. Algiers, Oran, Constantine, Tizi Ouzou and Annaba are Algeria's main cities.

Algeria is the biggest country in Africa, followed by Democratic Republic of Congo, thus more than 90% of its suface is covered by the Sahara desert.

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