Algeria,[e] officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria,[f] is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Spanning over 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), it is the largest country in Africa and the tenth largest in the world. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of over 47 million, Algeria is the tenth-most populous country in Africa. Its capital and largest city is Algiers.
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria Name in official languages
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| Motto: بِالشَّعْبِ و لِلشَّعْبِ Bi-sh-shaʿb wa li-sh-shaʿb "By the people and for the people"[1][2] | |||||
| Anthem: قَسَمًا Qasaman "We Pledge" | |||||
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| Capital and largest city | Algiers 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E | ||||
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| National vernacular | Algerian Arabic[b] | ||||
| Foreign languages | French[c] English[d] | ||||
| Ethnic groups | See Ethnic groups | ||||
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| Demonym | Algerian | ||||
| Government | Unitary semi-presidential republic | ||||
| Abdelmadjid Tebboune | |||||
| Sifi Ghrieb | |||||
| Azouz Nasri | |||||
| Ibrahim Boughali | |||||
| Legislature | Parliament | ||||
| Council of the Nation | |||||
| People's National Assembly | |||||
| Formation | |||||
• Numidia | 202 BC | ||||
| 777 | |||||
| 972 | |||||
| 1014 | |||||
| 1121 | |||||
| 1235 | |||||
| 1515 | |||||
| 5 July 1830 | |||||
| 1832 | |||||
| 1 November 1954-19 March 1962 | |||||
| 5 July 1962 | |||||
| Area | |||||
• Total | 2,381,741 km2 (919,595 sq mi) (10th) | ||||
| Population | |||||
• 2025 estimate |  47,400,000[6][7] (32nd) | ||||
• Density | 19/km2 (49.2/sq mi) (206th) | ||||
| GDP (PPP) | 2026 estimate | ||||
• Total |  $941.544 billion[8] (39th) | ||||
• Per capita | $19,677[8] (100th) | ||||
| GDP (nominal) | 2026 estimate | ||||
• Total | $317.173 billion[8] (49th) | ||||
• Per capita | $6,628[8] (111th) | ||||
| Gini (2011) | 27.6[9][10] low inequality | ||||
| HDI (2023) | 0.763[11] high (96th) | ||||
| Currency | Algerian dinar (DZD) | ||||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||||
| Calling code | +213 | ||||
| ISO 3166 code | DZ | ||||
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Algeria has been at the crossroads of numerous cultures and civilisations for millennia, including the Phoenicians, Numidians, Romans, Vandals, and Byzantine Greeks. Its modern identity is rooted in centuries of Arab Muslim migration since the seventh century and the subsequent Arabisation of indigenous Berber populations. Following a succession of Islamic Arab and Berber dynasties between the eighth and 15th centuries, the Regency of Algiers was established in 1516 as a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire. After nearly three centuries as a major power in the Mediterranean, the country was invaded by France in 1830 and formally annexed in 1848, though it was not fully conquered and pacified until 1903. French rule brought mass European settlement that displaced the local population; by mid-1870, indigenous Algerians declined by up to a third due to warfare, disease, and starvation.[12] The Sétif and Guelma massacre in 1945 catalysed local resistance that culminated in the outbreak of the Algerian War in 1954. Algeria gained independence in 1962. It descended into a bloody civil war from 1992 to 2002, remaining in an official state of emergency until the 2010–2012 Algerian protests during the Arab Spring.
Algeria 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. Its official languages are Arabic and Tamazight, while the vast majority of the population speak the Algerian dialect of Arabic. The usage of French persists, especially in media, education, and certain administrative matters, but has no official status. Most Algerians identify as Arabs, while Berbers form a sizeable minority. Sunni Islam is the official religion and practised by 99 percent of the population.[13]
Algeria is a semi-presidential republic composed of 69 provinces (wilayas) and 1,541 communes. It is a regional power in North Africa and a middle power in global affairs, with the largest military budget in Africa. As of 2025, Algeria has the highest Human Development Index in continental Africa, and the third largest economy in Africa, due mostly to its large petroleum and natural gas reserves, which are the sixteenth and ninth largest in the world, respectively. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa and a major supplier of natural gas to Europe. Algeria is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, the OIC, OPEC, the United Nations, and the Arab Maghreb Union, of which it is a founding member.
Name
Different forms of the name Algeria include: Arabic: الجزائر, romanised: al-Jazāʾir, Algerian Arabic: دزاير, romanised: dzāyer, French: l'Algérie. The country's full name is officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria[14] (Arabic: الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية, romanised: al-Jumhūriyah al-Jazāʾiriyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyah ash‑Shaʿbiyah; French: République algérienne démocratique et populaire, abbr. RADP; Standard Algerian Berber: Tagduda tazzayrit tamagdayt taɣerfant, ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵜⴰⵣⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⴳⴷⴰⵢⵜ ⵜⴰⵖⴻⵔⴼⴰⵏⵜ[15][16][17][g]).
Etymology
The name Algeria ultimately derives from the city of Algiers, whose Arabic name, al-Jazāʾir (الجزائر, meaning “the islands”), referred to the small islands once located off the city’s coast.[19] The term itself was a shortened form of Jazāʾir Banī Mazghanna (جزائر بني مزغنة, “the islands of the Bani Mazghanna”), named after a local Berber tribe. The city was founded in 950 by the Sanhaja Berber Emir Buluggin ibn Ziri on the site of the ancient city of Icosium, and its name later appeared in the writings of medieval Muslim geographers such as Al-Bakri.[20]
The modern state took its name from the Regency of Algiers, the Ottoman polity established in the central Maghreb during the early 16th century. Under Ottoman rule, a political and administrative structure gradually emerged that helped define the territory and borders of what would become Algeria.[21] Contemporary sources referred to the land as Watan al-Jazāʾir (وطن الجزائر, “the country of Algiers”), while the Ottoman Turkish aristocracy settled in the region identified both itself and the local population as “Algerians.”[22][23][24]
History
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Prehistory and ancient history
Around ~1.8-million-year-old stone artifacts from Ain Hanech (Algeria) were considered to represent the oldest archaeological materials in North Africa.[25] Stone artifacts and cut-marked bones that were excavated from two nearby deposits at Ain Boucherit are estimated to be ~1.9 million years old, and even older stone artifacts to be as old as ~2.4 million years.[25] Hence, the Ain Boucherit evidence shows that ancestral hominins inhabited the Mediterranean fringe in northern Africa much earlier than previously thought. The evidence strongly argues for early dispersal of stone tool manufacture and use from East Africa, or a possible multiple-origin scenario of stone technology in both East and North Africa.
Neanderthal tool makers produced hand axes in the Levalloisian and Mousterian styles (43,000 BC) similar to those in the Levant.[26][27] Algeria was the site of the highest state of development of Middle Paleolithic Flake tool techniques.[28] Tools of this era, starting about 30,000 BC, are called Aterian (after the archaeological site of Bir el Ater, south of Tebessa).
The earliest blade industries in North Africa are called Iberomaurusian (located mainly in the Oran region). This industry appears to have spread throughout the coastal regions of the Maghreb between 15,000 and 10,000 BC. Neolithic civilisation (animal domestication and agriculture) developed in the Saharan and Mediterranean Maghreb perhaps as early as 11,000 BC[29] or as late as between 6000 and 2000 BC. This life, richly depicted in the Tassili n'Ajjer paintings, predominated in Algeria until the classical period. The mixture of peoples of North Africa coalesced eventually into a distinct native population that came to be called Berbers, who are the indigenous peoples of northern Africa.[30]
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From their principal center of power at Carthage, the Carthaginians expanded and established small settlements along the North African coast; by 600 BC, a Phoenician presence existed in the Algerian coast, such as Icosium in modern day Algiers and Hippo Regius (modern Annaba). These settlements served as market towns as well as anchorages.[31] The Carthaginians avoided conquering the strong Berber tribes in the interior. Instead, they collected tribute, focused on trade (especially metals), and maintained friendly relations. The Berbers supplied them with goods, slaves, and skilled cavalry through trans-Saharan networks.[32] Carthaginian culture strongly influenced nearby Berber tribes, who adopted many of its elements. From the sixth century BC, under the Magonid dynasty, Carthage became more aggressive, partly due to rivalry with the Greeks, leading to conflict in Sicily in 580 BC.[32]
As Carthaginian power grew, its impact on the indigenous population increased dramatically. By the fifth century BC, Berbers in what is now Algeria had developed mixed farming and pastoral economies, advanced manufacturing, trade and political organisation supported several states.[33][32] By the third century BC, two major Berber kingdoms existed: the Masaesyli (from the Moulouya River in eastern Morocco to the Rhummel in Algeria) and the Massyli (in extreme eastern Algeria and western Tunisia).[34] In 203–202 BC, Masinissa of the Massyli, after being supported by Rome and playing a key role in the Battle of Zama against Carthaginian general Hannibal, defeated his western rivals (including Syphax) and unified the territories into the Kingdom of Numidia.[35] Stretching from Tabarka in Tunisia to the Moulouya River, with its capital at Cirta (Constantine), Numidia represented a high point of Berber civilization.[36] Masinissa promoted agriculture, built a strong army and navy, and was praised by ancient writers such as Roman historian Livy as an exceptional ruler.[37] After Masinissa’s death in 148 BC, succession struggles arose. His grandson Jugurtha (r. 118–106 BC) reunified Numidia through ruthless means but provoked Rome through conflict and the massacre of Roman citizens at Cirta. Despite brilliant resistance, Jugurtha was defeated and captured in 106 BC with the betrayal of his father-in-law Bocchus of Mauretania.[38]
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Rome gradually tightened control: first turning Numidia into a protectorate, then dividing and weakening it. Later Berber client kings, such as Juba I (who supported Pompey and was defeated by Caesar at Thapsus in 46 BC), continued to rule diminished territories. Augustus installed Juba II (r. 25 BC–c. 23 AD), a highly cultured scholar and husband of Cleopatra Selene, as client king of Mauretania (central Algeria and Morocco), bringing a period of prosperity.[39] In 40 AD, Emperor Caligula executed Juba II’s son Ptolemy. Following a subsequent Berber revolt, Rome abolished the last client kingdoms and imposed direct rule, dividing the territory into provinces (Mauretania Caesariensis, Mauretania Tingitana, and Africa Proconsularis).[40]
Roman rule had a largely negative long-term impact on Berber society. While coastal areas saw grand Roman construction, much of the interior was turned into grain-exporting latifundia, pushing Berbers into the hinterland where they retribalized and resisted for generations. By the time the Vandals ended Roman control in 429 AD, most of Algeria had returned to Berber tribal rule.[36] Christianity spread in the 3rd–4th centuries. Its most prominent Berber figures were Saint Augustine, the bishop of Hippo Regius (modern-day Annaba, Algeria) and his mother, Saint Monica. However, Christianity rapidly declined among Berbers after being associated with Roman exploitation, especially following the suppression of the Donatist movement.[36]
Under King Genseric, the Vandal Kingdom successfully defended Carthage against two Byzantine expeditions from Constantinople in 460 and 468. A peace treaty in 474 brought several decades of stability. This period ended when Gelimer deposed his cousin Hilderic and seized power.[41]
In 533, Emperor Justinian I, seeking to restore the Roman Empire, launched a major campaign against the Vandals. A large fleet commanded by General Belisarius sailed from Constantinople. After landing near Carthage, Belisarius decisively defeated the Vandals in two battles, occupied Carthage, and captured King Gelimer, who was exiled to Anatolia. Many Vandals were enslaved or expelled from North Africa.[42][43] Byzantine rule in Africa was limited mainly to the provinces of Byzacena, Proconsular Africa, and Numidia. While some urban life persisted, rural areas suffered from heavy taxation, frequent revolts, and insecurity. The devastating Justinian Plague further weakened the region. The Byzantines then faced resistance from the Moorish tribes of the Aurès Mountains. Governor Solomon defeated them and reinforced control through an extensive fortification program, but he was killed in battle near Tebessa in 543.[40] General John Troglita later restored a fragile peace, granting significant autonomy to the Moorish kingdoms.[44] The most prominent of these were the Mauro-Roman and Altava Kingdoms.[45][46] A growing sense of local autonomy emerged, exemplified by the powerful governor Gregory the Patrician (from 646), who minted his own coins and moved the capital to Sufetula (Sbeitla).[44]
Middle Ages
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The Muslim conquest of the Maghreb took place between 647 and 709, marking the Arab-Islamic expansion into North Africa, which was then divided between Byzantine-controlled coastal territories and independent Berber kingdoms and tribes in the interior.[36] The conquest unfolded in three main phases and ultimately brought most of the region under Umayyad Caliphate control.[47]
The first invasion (647–648), led by Abdallah ibn Saad under Caliph Uthman, targeted the Exarchate of Carthage. The Arabs defeated the Byzantine patrician Gregory at the Battle of Sufetula, weakening Byzantine authority in Ifriqiya. However, the campaign did not extend beyond raiding.[48] After a period of civil war in the Muslim world, a second wave began around 665–689. Oqba ibn Nafi played a central role: in 670, he founded the city of Kairouan, which became a major Islamic base and cultural center.[49] He led ambitious campaigns deep into the interior, reportedly reaching the Atlantic coast, but faced strong resistance from Byzantine and Berber forces. A coalition led by the Berber leader Kusayla ambushed and killed Oqba at the Battle of Tahouda in 683. Kusayla temporarily captured Kairouan before being defeated.[50]
The third and decisive phase (697–709) was led by Hassan ibn al-Nu'man and later Musa ibn Nusayr. Hassan recaptured and destroyed Carthage in 697 after fierce fighting against Byzantine reinforcements. A major Berber resistance then emerged under the legendary queen Kahina (Dihya), who initially defeated the Arabs in the Aurès Mountains. However, Hassan returned with fresh troops, defeated and killed Kahina around 697.[51] Musa ibn Nusayr completed the conquest of the western Maghreb, subduing Berber tribes, capturing Tangier, and integrating many converted Berbers into the Muslim army. By 709, the entire Maghreb was under Umayyad control.[52]
Following the Berber general Tariq ibn Ziyad’s conquest of Visigothic Spain in 711,[53] Islam had already spread throughout North Africa, and Berbers actively participated in raids into Europe, reaching as far as Lyon and Autun in France.[54] However, Berber converts were still treated as second-class non-Arabs;[55] the difficult conquest of the Maghreb prompted the Umayyads to impose heavy taxation and oppressive governance.[56] Attracted by ideals of equality and religious purity, many Berbers supported Kharijite movements, triggering frequent revolts in Ifriqiya.[55][57]
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Following the Berber revolt numerous independent states emerged across the Maghreb. In 778, Abdel Rahman Ibn Rustam established a Kharijite emirate at Tahert in central Algeria known as the Rustamid imamate, marking the first independent Muslim state in the Maghrib. At its peak, the kingdom extended from Tlemcen to Tripoli.[58] It prospered through trans-Saharan trade. The Rustamids faced constant threats from the Aghlabids, backed by the Abbasid Caliphate, in the east, and the Alid Idrisids in the west. Due to the strict religious nature of Ibadi society, the imams frequently dealt with internal rebellions, which weakened their authority unless the ruler was particularly charismatic.[58] The dynasty was defeated by the Fatimids in 909, prompting the Ibadis to settle in the M'zab region.[59]
The Fatimid da'wa entered the Maghreb through the skilled Ismaili Shia missionary Abu Abdullah al-San'ani (al-Shi'i), who arrived around 900 and settled among the Kabyle Kutama Berbers near Sétif. He gradually gained their support through preaching the coming of the Mahdi, organized them militarily, and succeeded in overthrowing the Aghlabid dynasty. In 909, he captured Kairouan and prepared the ground for the Fatimid state.[60][61] He then liberated Ubayd Allah al-Mahdi from prison in Sijilmasa and handed him power. Al-Mahdi declared himself Caliph in 910, becoming the founder of the Fatimid Caliphate in Ifriqiya (Tunisia). The Fatimids imposed Ismaili Shia doctrine, faced strong opposition from the Sunni Maliki population,[62] and dealt with several revolts, especially the major rebellion of Abu Yazid (the Man of the Donkey).[63]
The Fatimids built a powerful army and navy and achieved military successes. They maintained control of Sicily, raided northern Italy (934–935 and 1004–1015), and developed a prosperous economy there, with many mosques, sugar cane, papyrus, and cotton production that rivaled Spain. In this way, the Fatimids established a powerful North African empire that would not be rivaled until the rise of the Almoravids and Almohads.[64] Their greatest achievement was the successful shift of the caliphate's center to Egypt; Under al-Mu'izz, the brilliant general Jawhar al-Siqilli conquered Egypt in 969, founded Cairo and al-Azhar University, and the Fatimids moved their capital to Egypt in 971.[65]
After the Fatimids transferred their capital to Egypt in 971, they appointed Buluggin ibn Ziri, a Sanhaja Berber leader, as their governor over Ifriqiya and the central Maghreb. This marked the beginning of the Zirid Dynasty (362–543 AH / 973–1152 CE), which ruled from Achir then al-Mansuriyya near Kairouan.[66][67] Buluggin founded the cities of Algiers, Médéa and Miliana, making central Algeria politically important.[60] He then expanded his authority across Algeria and most of Morocco briefly, fighting Zenata tribes.[66] Under al-Mu'izz ibn Badis, the Zirids cut ties with the Shia Fatimids in 1043, adopted Sunni Islam, and recognized the Abbasid Caliphate. In retaliation, the Fatimids sent the Arab tribes of Banū Hilāl and Banū Sulaym, whose invasion caused widespread destruction, especially in Kairouan.[68] The Zirid state gradually weakened and fragmented.[69]
A branch of the family, led by Hammad ibn Buluggin, broke away and established the Hammadid Dynasty (408–552 AH / 1018–1152 CE) in central Algeria. Their first capital was Qal'at Bani Hammad, later moving to Béjaïa (Bougie), which became a major prosperous city.[70] The Hammadids developed a strong navy, promoted agriculture, industry, trade, and culture. Cities like Al-Qal’a' and Béjaïa flourished with scholars, poets, and architects.[71] However, the dynasty suffered from internal divisions, revolts, attacks by the Almoravids, and Genoese raids on the coast. The Hammadids were finally defeated by Abd al-Mu'min, the founder of the Almohad Caliphate, in 1152, ending both Sanhaja dynasties in the region.[70]
The Almoravids (Al-Murabitun), a puritanical religious-military movement of Sanhaja Berbers (mainly the Lamtuna tribe) from the Sahara in Mauritania, was founded in the mid-11th century by the Maliki scholar Abd Allah ibn Yasin. The movement emphasized strict adherence to Maliki Sunni Islam.[72] Under leaders like Yusuf ibn Tashfin, they built a powerful empire, establishing Marrakesh as their capital in 1062.[73] They conquered Sijilmasa, Fez, much of western and central Algeria (including Tlemcen, Oran, and Algiers in 1082), and defeated the Ghana Empire in the south. They also intervened in al-Andalus (Spain), defeating Christian forces and extending their rule there.[73] The Almoravids strengthened Maliki Islam and brought Andalusian cultural influence to the Maghreb, but their rigid legalism later contributed to their downfall.[74] They were overthrown by the Almohads, who captured Marrakesh in 1147.[75]
The Almoravids' successors were the Almohads (Al-Muwahhidun), meaning "Unitarians"; a reformist movement founded by Muhammad ibn Tumart, a Masmuda Berber who proclaimed himself the Mahdi.[76] They emphasized the absolute unity of God (Tawhid) and opposed what they viewed as Almoravid religious errors. Abd al-Mu'min became the first Almohad Caliph and completed the conquest of the Maghreb by 1147, unifying the region for the first time.[77] In Algeria, they ended the Hammadid dynasty by capturing Béjaïa, Algiers, and Qal'at Bani Hammad.[78] The empire reached its peak under Abu Yaqub Yusuf and Yaqub al-Mansur, who patronized philosophy (including Ibn Rushd/Averroes and Ibn Tufayl), arts, and architecture, while maintaining control in al-Andalus.[79] However, major defeats against Christian forces, especially at Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212, and internal divisions led to the empire's collapse.[79] By the mid-13th century, the Almohad state fragmented, giving rise to the Hafsids in Ifriqiya, the Zayyanids in Tlemcen, and the Marinids in Fez.[80]
Following the collapse of the Almohad Empire, Yaghmurasen ibn Zayyan founded a Zanata Berber dynasty known as the Zayyanid or Abd al-Wadid dynasty, which ruled the central Maghrib from 1236 to 1550.[81] The dynasty produced 27 rulers and made Tlemcen its capital.[82] The Zayyanids generally used the title of emir, though some adopted shaykh or khalifa. Their administration included qadis and wazirs.[82] Thanks to its strategic location on the trans-Saharan trade routes, Tlemcen flourished as a major political, economic, and cultural center, famous for trade in leather goods, precious metals, and slaves. Zayyanid rulers actively supported learning by constructing mosques and madrasas, turning their capital into an important theological and intellectual hub.[82] Their history is relatively well documented, particularly through the works of the famous historian Ibn Khaldun.[83]
Geopolitically, the kingdom was constantly threatened by its powerful neighbors — the Marinids of Morocco to the west and the Hafsids of Ifriqiya to the east[83] — while also facing internal family intrigues and hostility from rival Zanata tribes.[84] Several rulers stood out in the 14th century, notably Abu Hammu I (1308–1318), who restored Tlemcen and expanded influence eastward; Abu Tashfin I (1318–1337), a patron of education and literature who died defending the city against the Marinids; Abu Hammu II (1359–1389), known for his resilience in recovering Tlemcen multiple times; and his son Abu Tashfin II, who conspired against him, making Tlemcen a Marinid vassal.[85] Over time, the dynasty weakened due to endless external conflicts and internal betrayals, with the last Zayyanid rulers becoming Spanish then Ottoman vassals.[86]
Early modern era
After the fall of Granada in 1492, the Ottoman Regency of Algiers on the North African coast emerged during the Ottoman–Habsburg struggles of the 16th century as a response to increasing Spanish encroachement on Algerian coastal cities.[87] The regency was founded in 1516 by the corsair brothers Aruj Barbarossa and Hayreddin Barbarossa, who seized Algiers with local support against Spanish expansion and placed the territory under the protection of the Ottoman Empire.[88] Although nominally loyal to the Ottoman sultan, the Regency gradually evolved into a highly autonomous “imperial state” dominated by janissaries, corsair captains, and the divan council rather than direct Ottoman administration.[89]
Over the centuries, power shifted through several ruling systems: beylerbeys appointed by Istanbul, then pashas and aghas, before the era of the deys began in 1671. In practice, authority often rested with the Odjak (the janissary corps) and the ta'ifa of corsair captains, while the dey ruled through negotiation with military elites.[90] Historians have described the Regency as a “military republic”,[91] combining Ottoman administrative institutions with local political traditions inherited from medieval North African states.
The Regency became one of the major naval powers of the Mediterranean during the 16th and 17th centuries.[92] Its economy relied heavily on privateering, slave-taking, ransom, tribute payments, agriculture, artisanal production, and trans-Saharan trade.[93] Corsair fleets operating from Algiers attacked European shipping across the Mediterranean and even into the Atlantic, forcing states such as Britain, France, Spain, the Netherlands, Denmark, and later the young United States to pay tribute or negotiate treaties directly with Algiers.[94] The city itself became wealthy and heavily fortified, especially after failed European expeditions such as the attack of Emperor Charles V in 1541.[95] The Casbah, one of the most fascinating urban neighborhoods in the world, was built during this period.[93]
Internally, the Regency expanded its authority over much of present-day Algeria while allowing considerable autonomy to tribal and regional leaders. Political and military power in Algeria was largely controlled by the Turks, while Algerian locals mainly served as taxpayers, soldiers, merchants and religious officials.[96] Socially, Algeria resembled pre-Revolutionary southern European societies, with a powerful aristocracy, a poor peasantry, a weak middle class, and little influence from Enlightenment ideas.[97] Tensions sometimes emerged between the Turkish janissary elite, local populations, and the Kouloughlis (people of mixed Turkish and Algerian ancestry), leading to revolts and political instability. Although dissatisfaction with Ottoman injustice and corruption was widespread, it was counterbalanced by religious loyalty to the Ottoman Caliphate, gratitude for Ottoman protection against the Spanish, fear of European ambitions, strong cultural links,[98] and the absence of a strong middle class or national unity.[96] Algerian society was deeply influenced by religion and absolute rule, with education centered on religious studies under clerical authority.[99]
Algiers maintained diplomatic relations with European powers and acted increasingly independently from Istanbul,[100] especially after the janissary coup of 1659 and the consolidation of dey rule in the 18th century.[101] By the early 19th century, the Regency began to decline. European naval superiority, the weakening of corsair warfare after the Napoleonic era, internal unrest, economic difficulties, and repeated bombardments reduced Algerian power.[102] The Barbary Wars and the Anglo-Dutch bombardment of Algiers further weakened the state and forced concessions to the United States and European powers.[103] Relations with France deteriorated after the 1827 Fly Whisk Incident, when Dey Hussein struck the French consul during a dispute over debts and grain payments.[104] France used the episode as a pretext to invade in 1830, capturing Algiers and ending the Regency after more than three centuries of existence.[105] Resistance continued in Constantine under Ahmed Bey ben Mohamed Chérif until 1837.[106]
Today, many Algerian historians regard the Regency period as a foundational stage of modern Algerian statehood and national consciousness, since it unified much of the territory, developed enduring political institutions, and fostered an early sense of Algerian identity under the name “Al-Jaza’ir.”[107] Prominent historian Abou el-Kacem Saadallah refers to the Regency as the "Algerian Ancien régime".[96] Historian Ahmad Tawfiq al-Madani regards it as the "first Algerian state" and the "Algerian Ottoman republic".[107][108][109]
French colonisation (1830–1962)
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Although the French dismantled the Ottoman Regency of Algiers, an embryonic form of Algerian nationalism and state consciousness already existed. When the French invaded, local tribes rallied to support the Ottomans despite their resistance to the Regency.[110] The French gradually expanded control, capturing Constantine in 1837. In western Algeria, Emir Abdelkader organized a real state and led fierce resistance against the French, notably at the Battle of Macta (1835).[111] After years of war, marked by ruthless French tactics including razzias, he surrendered in 1847.[112] He remains Algeria’s greatest national hero, and his struggle deeply inspired future Algerian nationalism. Resistance continued through revolts by the Kabyles in the 1850s and 1871,[113] and other uprisings, all brutally suppressed, followed by massive land expropriation.[114] According to several historians, the methods used by the French to establish control over Algeria reached genocidal proportions.[115][116][117] Historian Ben Kiernan wrote on the French conquest of Algeria: "By 1875, the French conquest was complete. The war had killed approximately 825,000 indigenous Algerians since 1830".[118] French losses from 1831 to 1851 were 92,329 dead in the hospital and only 3,336 killed in action.[119][120]
Colonial Algeria was marked by tensions between military rule and European settlers. While formally assimilated as French departments in 1848,[121] it operated under a governor-general and institutions that strongly favored settlers, who became known as colons and later, as Pied-Noirs.[122] By 1848, European population stood at more than 100.000,[123] and reached 244.600 by 1872.[124] Napoleon III’s more sympathetic policies toward Muslims alarmed the settlers.[125] After the Franco-Prussian War, the Third Republic firmly established settler dominance, reinforced by figures like Eugène Étienne. A settler uprising in 1898 led to greater autonomy for the colonial administration in Algiers. The economy became heavily dependent on France, dominated by vineyards at the expense of food production,[126] leaving the Muslim population marginalized, discriminated against, and impoverished. By the early 20th century, the colons formed a majority of the population in both Algiers and Oran.[127]
Algerian nationalism emerged before World War I through moderate, French-educated Jeunes Algériens, who demanded genuine assimilation and equal rights.[128] World War I proved transformative: Algerians fought bravely (25,000 dead) and worked in French factories, yet promised reforms like the Jonnart Law (1919) were largely undermined by settler opposition.[129] This radicalized the movement. Emir Khaled (grandson of Abdelkader) called for broader democratic rights and was deported in 1923.[130] Ferhat Abbas shifted from assimilationism after the rejection of the Blum-Viollette bill (1936). Messali Hadj consistently demanded full independence through the ENA and PPA, while Shaykh Ben Badis fostered cultural and Islamic nationalism via the AUMA (1931), promoting Arabic and Algerian identity.[131]
During the Second World War, Algeria came under Vichy control before being liberated by the Allies in Operation Torch, which saw the first large-scale deployment of American troops in the North African campaign.[132] In 1943, Abbas issued the Manifesto of the Algerian People demanding autonomy.[133] Growing unity among nationalists through the AML movement,[134] combined with French repression, led to the violent massacre at Sétif and Guelma in May 1945,[135] where brutal colonial reprisals convinced many that armed struggle was the only solution.[136] The flawed Organic Statute of 1947 further alienated the younger generation.[131] A group of militants, including Ahmed Ben Bella, Hocine Ait Ahmed, Rabah Bitat, Larbi Ben M’hidi, and others — later known as the historic leaders — broke away and formed the CRUA in 1953, which became the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) in 1954, preparing the country for the Algerian War of Independence.[137]
The Algerian War was one of the most important Third World anti-colonial struggles. It succeeded due to the FLN’s consistent pursuit of its core objectives (as outlined in the 1 November 1954 Proclamation and the 1956 Soummam Conference);[137] attracting international attention to the struggle for "the restoration of the Algerian state."[138][137][139] The FLN's military wing, known as the ALN, managed to pose a serious security threat to France while surviving deep internal rivalries.[137]
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The war began with coordinated FLN attacks on 31 October–1 November 1954.[140] France responded with military force combined with social and economic measures under leaders like Mendès-France, Soustelle (who promoted "integration"),[141] and later Guy Mollet.[142] Violence escalated dramatically after the FLN’s brutal attacks in the Nord Constantinois in August 1955.[143] The FLN used hit and run attacks in Algeria and France as part of its war, and the French conducted severe reprisals. In addition, the French destroyed over 8,000 villages[144] and relocated over 2 million Algerians to concentration camps.[145] The Battle of Algiers (1956–57) saw the FLN resort to urban terrorism and bombings, which the French paratroopers crushed using torture — gaining military victory but suffering major political damage.[146] The conflict was marked by fierce internal divisions: FLN vs. Messali Hadj’s MNA (resulting in bloody fratricidal massacres like Mélouza),[147] and tensions between “internal” and “external” FLN forces.[148] The French army, drawing lessons from Indochina, achieved significant military successes, notably with the Morice Line and General Challe’s campaigns, but faced growing political frustration.[149]
After Charles de Gaulle’s return to power in 1958, the FLN created the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic (GPRA) and appointed Ferhat Abbas as its president. The GPRA rejected de Gaulle's ceasefire proposal termed "Peace of the Brave",[150] causing him to shift his position toward self-determination (announced in 1959).[151][152] This triggered settler and military revolts, including the failed putsch of April 1961 by generals led by Challe and Salan, who later joined the terrorist OAS.[151] After difficult negotiations, the Évian Accords were signed in March 1962,[153] leading to a ceasefire and a referendum in which Algerians overwhelmingly voted for independence. Algeria became independent on 5 July 1962, ending 132 years of French colonial rule.[154]
The human cost was immense, Historians, like Alistair Horne and Raymond Aron, state that the actual number of Algerian Muslim war dead was far greater than the original FLN and official French estimates but was less than the 1 million deaths claimed by the Algerian government after independence. Horne estimated Algerian casualties during the span of eight years to be around 700,000.[155] The war uprooted more than 2 million Algerians.[156]
The number of European Pied-Noirs who fled Algeria totalled more than 900,000 between 1962 and 1964.[157] The exodus to mainland France accelerated after the Oran massacre of 1962, in which many Europeans were murdered as reprisal for OAS terror attacks.[158] It is estimated that between 30,000 and 150,000 Harkis and their dependents were killed by the FLN or by lynch mobs in Algeria.[159] The country was left devastated: massive displacement, economic collapse due to the sudden departure of most European settlers, and deep social trauma.[160]
The first three decades of independence (1962–1991)
The FLN’s fragile unity broke down immediately after independence, leading to power struggles between the GPRA's president Ben Youcef Ben Khedda, other GPRA members including Ait Ahmed, Rabah Bitat and Ahmed Ben Bella. The latter was supported by the external ALN under Houari Boumedienne who marched on Algiers. After mass demonstrations organised by the UGTA, civil war was avoided and Ben Bella took power in September 1962.[161] The new nation faced enormous challenges in rebuilding a dislocated economy and forging a coherent national identity.[162]
Algeria's first president was the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN) leader Ahmed Ben Bella. Morocco's claim to portions of western Algeria led to the Sand War in 1963. Ben Bella was overthrown in 1965 by Houari Boumédiène, his former ally and defence minister. Under Ben Bella, the government had become increasingly socialist and authoritarian; Boumédienne continued this trend. However, he relied much more on the army for his support, and reduced the sole legal party to a symbolic role. He collectivised agriculture and launched a massive industrialisation drive. Oil extraction facilities were nationalised. This was especially beneficial to the leadership after the international 1973 oil crisis.
Boumédienne's successor, Chadli Bendjedid, introduced some liberal economic reforms. He promoted a policy of Arabisation in Algerian society and public life. Teachers of Arabic, brought in from other Muslim countries, spread conventional Islamic thought in schools and sowed the seeds of a return to Orthodox Islam.[163]
The Algerian economy became increasingly dependent on oil, leading to hardship when the price collapsed during the 1980s oil glut.[164] Economic recession caused by the crash in world oil prices resulted in Algerian social unrest during the 1980s; by the end of the decade, Bendjedid introduced a multi-party system. Political parties developed, such as the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS), a broad coalition of Muslim groups.[163]
Civil War (1991–2002) and aftermath
In December 1991 the Islamic Salvation Front dominated the first of two rounds of legislative elections. Fearing the election of an Islamist government, the authorities intervened on 11 January 1992, cancelling the elections. Bendjedid resigned and a High Council of State was installed to act as the Presidency. It banned the FIS, triggering a civil insurgency between the Front's armed wing, the Armed Islamic Group, and the national armed forces, in which more than 100,000 people are thought to have died. The Islamist militants conducted a violent campaign of civilian massacres.[165][failed verification] At several points in the conflict, the situation in Algeria became a point of international concern, most notably during the crisis surrounding Air France Flight 8969, a hijacking perpetrated by the Armed Islamic Group. The Armed Islamic Group declared a ceasefire in October 1997.[163]
Algeria held elections in 1999, considered biased by international observers and most opposition groups[166] which were won by President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. He worked to restore political stability to the country and announced a "Civil Concord" initiative, approved in a referendum, under which many political prisoners were pardoned, and several thousand members of armed groups were granted exemption from prosecution under a limited amnesty, in force until 13 January 2000. The AIS disbanded and levels of insurgent violence fell rapidly. The Groupe Salafiste pour la Prédication et le Combat (GSPC), a splinter group of the Armed Islamic Group, continued a terrorist campaign against the Government.[163]
Bouteflika was re-elected in the April 2004 presidential election after campaigning on a programme of national reconciliation. The programme comprised economic, institutional, political and social reform to modernise the country, raise living standards, and tackle the causes of alienation. It also included a second amnesty initiative, the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, which was approved in a referendum in September 2005. It offered amnesty to most guerrillas and Government security forces.[163]
In November 2008, the Algerian Constitution was amended following a vote in Parliament, removing the two-term limit on Presidential incumbents. This change enabled Bouteflika to stand for re-election in the 2009 presidential elections, and he was re-elected in April 2009. During his election campaign and following his re-election, Bouteflika promised to extend the programme of national reconciliation and a $150-billion spending programme to create three million new jobs, the construction of one million new housing units, and to continue public sector and infrastructure modernisation programmes.[163]
A continuing series of protests throughout the country started on 28 December 2010, inspired by similar protests across the Middle East and North Africa. On 24 February 2011, the government lifted Algeria's 19-year-old state of emergency.[167] The government enacted legislation dealing with political parties, the electoral code, and the representation of women in elected bodies.[168] In April 2011, Bouteflika promised further constitutional and political reform.[163] However, elections are routinely criticised by opposition groups as unfair and international human rights groups say that media censorship and harassment of political opponents continue.
On 2 April 2019, Bouteflika resigned from the presidency after mass protests against his candidacy for a fifth term in office.[169]
In December 2019, Abdelmadjid Tebboune became Algeria's president, after winning the first round of the presidential election with a record abstention rate – the highest of all presidential elections since Algeria's democracy in 1989. Tebboune is accused of being close to the military and being loyal to the deposed president. Tebboune rejects these accusations, claiming to be the victim of a witch hunt. He also reminds his detractors that he was expelled from the Government in August 2017 at the instigation of oligarchs languishing in prison.[170] In September 2024, President Tebboune won a second term with a landslide 84.3 percent of the vote, although his opponents called the results fraud.[171]
Geography
Since the 2011 breakup of Sudan, and the creation of South Sudan, Algeria has been the largest country in Africa. It is also the largest country of the Mediterranean basin. Its southern part includes a significant portion of the Sahara. To the north, the Tell Atlas forms with the Saharan Atlas, further south, two parallel sets of reliefs in approaching eastbound, and between which are inserted vast plains and highlands. Both Atlas tend to merge in eastern Algeria. The vast mountain ranges of Aures and Nememcha occupy the entire northeastern Algeria and are delineated by the Tunisian border. The highest point is Mount Tahat (3,003 metres or 9,852 feet).
Algeria lies mostly between latitudes 19° and 37°N (a small area is north of 37°N and south of 19°N), 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 ending with the Saharan Atlas; farther south, there is the Sahara desert.[173]
The Hoggar 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 east of Tamanghasset. Algiers, Oran, Constantine, and Annaba are Algeria's main cities.[173]
Climate and hydrology
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In this region, midday desert temperatures can be hot year round. After sunset, however, the clear, dry air permits rapid loss of heat, and the nights are cool to chilly. Enormous daily ranges in temperature are recorded.
Rainfall is fairly plentiful along the coastal part of the Tell Atlas, ranging from 400 to 670 mm (15.7 to 26.4 in) annually, the amount of precipitation increasing from west to east. Precipitation is heaviest in the northern part of eastern Algeria, where it reaches as much as 1,000 mm (39.4 in) in some years.
Farther inland, the rainfall is less plentiful. Algeria also has ergs, or sand dunes, between mountains. Among these, in the summer time when winds are heavy and gusty, temperatures can go up to 43.3 °C (110 °F).
Climate change in Algeria has wide-reaching effects on the country. Algeria was not a significant contributor to climate change,[174] but, like other countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, is expected to be among the most affected by climate change impacts.[175] Because a large part of the country is in already hot and arid geographies, including part of the Sahara, already strong heat and water resource access challenges are expected to get worse.[174] As early as 2014, scientists were attributing extreme heat waves to climate change in Algeria.[174] Algeria was ranked 46th of countries in the 2020 Climate Change Performance Index.[176]
Fauna and flora
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The varied vegetation of Algeria includes coastal, mountainous and grassy desert-like regions which all support a wide range of wildlife.
In Algeria forest cover is around 1% of the total land area, equivalent to 1,949,000 hectares (ha) of forest in 2020, up from 1,667,000 hectares (ha) in 1990. In 2020, naturally regenerating forest covered 1,439,000 hectares (ha) and planted forest covered 510,000 hectares (ha). Of the naturally regenerating forest 0% was reported to be primary forest (consisting of native tree species with no clearly visible indications of human activity) and around 6% of the forest area was found within protected areas. For the year 2015, 80% of the forest area was reported to be under public ownership, 18% private ownership and 2% with ownership listed as other or unknown.[177][178]
Many of the creatures constituting the Algerian wildlife live in close proximity to civilisation. The most commonly seen animals include the wild boars, jackals, and gazelles, although it is not uncommon to spot fennecs (foxes), and jerboas. Algeria also has a small African leopard and Saharan cheetah population, but these are seldom seen. A species of deer, the Barbary stag, inhabits the dense humid forests in the north-eastern areas. The fennec fox is the national animal of Algeria.[179]
A variety of bird species makes the country an attraction for bird watchers. The forests are inhabited by boars and jackals. Barbary macaques are the sole native monkey. Snakes, monitor lizards, and numerous other reptiles can be found living among an array of rodents throughout the semi arid regions of Algeria. Many animals are now extinct, including the Barbary lions, Atlas bears and crocodiles.[180]
In the north, some of the native flora includes Macchia scrub, olive trees, oaks, cedars and other conifers. The mountain regions contain large forests of evergreens (Aleppo pine, juniper, and evergreen oak) and some deciduous trees. Fig, eucalyptus, agave, and various palm trees grow in the warmer areas. The grape vine is indigenous to the coast. In the Sahara region, some oases have palm trees. Acacias with wild olives are the predominant flora in the remainder of the Sahara. Algeria had a 2018 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 5.22/10, ranking it 106th globally out of 172 countries.[181]
Camels are used extensively; the desert also abounds with venomous and nonvenomous snakes, scorpions, and numerous insects.
Government and politics
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Algeria's government has been described as authoritarian,[182][183][184][185] and elected politicians have relatively little sway over affairs in the country. Instead, a group of unelected civilian and military "décideurs" ("deciders") known as "le pouvoir" ("the power") exercise de facto rule over the country, even deciding who should be president.[186][187][188] The most powerful man might have been Mohamed Mediène, the head of military intelligence, before he was brought down during the 2019 protests.[189] In recent years, many of these generals have died, retired, or been imprisoned. After the death of General Larbi Belkheir, previous president Bouteflika put loyalists in key posts, notably at Sonatrach, and secured constitutional amendments that made him re-electable indefinitely, until he was brought down in 2019 during protests.[190]
The head of state is the President of Algeria, who is elected for a five-year term. The president is limited to two five-year terms. The most recent presidential election was planned to be in April 2019, but widespread protests erupted on 22 February against the president's decision to participate in the election, which resulted in President Bouteflika announcing his resignation on 3 April.[191] Abdelmadjid Tebboune, an independent candidate, was elected as president after the election eventually took place on 12 December 2019. Protestors refused to recognise Tebboune as president, citing demands for comprehensive reform of the political system.[192] Algeria has universal suffrage at 18 years of age.[5] The President is the head of the army, the Council of Ministers and the High Security Council. He appoints the Prime Minister who is also the head of government.[193]
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The Algerian parliament is bicameral; the lower house, the People's National Assembly, has 462 members who are directly elected for five-year terms, while the upper house, the Council of the Nation, has 144 members serving six-year terms, of which 96 members are chosen by local assemblies and 48 are appointed by the president.[194] According to the constitution, no political association may be formed if it is "based on differences in religion, language, race, gender, profession, or region". In addition, political campaigns must be exempt from the aforementioned subjects.[195]
Parliamentary elections were last held in June 2021. In the elections, the FLN lost 66 of its seats, but remained the largest party with 98 seats. Other parties included the Movement of the Society for Peace which won 65 seats, the National Rally for Democracy which won 58 seats, the Future Front which won 48 seats, and the National Construction Movement which won 39 seats.
Foreign relations
Algeria is included in the European Union's European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) which aims at bringing the EU and its neighbours closer. Giving incentives and rewarding best performers, as well as offering funds in a faster and more flexible manner, are the two main principles underlying the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) that came into force in 2014. It has a budget of €15.4 billion and provides the bulk of funding through a number of programmes.
In 2009, the French government agreed to compensate victims of nuclear tests in Algeria. Defence Minister Hervé Morin stated that "It's time for our country to be at peace with itself, at peace thanks to a system of compensation and reparations", when presenting the draft law on the payouts. Algerian officials and activists believe that this is a good first step and hope that this move would encourage broader reparation.[196]
Tensions between Algeria and Morocco in relation to the Western Sahara have been an obstacle to tightening the Arab Maghreb Union, nominally established in 1989, but which has carried little practical weight.[197] On 24 August 2021, Algeria announced the break of diplomatic relations with Morocco.[198]
Algeria's current foreign minister is Ahmed Attaf. Their representative to the United Nations is Amar Bendjama.[199]
Military
The military of Algeria consists of the People's National Army (ANP), the Algerian National Navy (MRA), and the Algerian Air Force (QJJ), plus the Territorial Air Defence Forces.[13] It is the direct successor of the National Liberation Army (Armée de Libération Nationale or ALN), the armed wing of the nationalist National Liberation Front which fought French colonial occupation during the Algerian War of Independence (1954–62).
Total military personnel include 147,000 active, 150,000 reserve, and 187,000 paramilitary staff (2008 estimate).[200] Service in the military is compulsory for men aged 19–30, for a total of 12 months.[201] The military expenditure was 4.3% of the gross domestic product (GDP) in 2012.[13] Algeria has the second-largest military in North Africa with the largest defence budget in Africa ($10 billion).[202] Most of Algeria's weapons are imported from Russia, with whom they are a close ally.[202][203]
In 2007, the Algerian Air Force signed a deal with Russia to purchase 49 MiG-29SMT and 6 MiG-29UBT at an estimated cost of $1.9 billion. Russia is also building two 636-type diesel submarines for Algeria.[204]
Human rights
Algeria has been categorised by the US government funded Freedom House as "not free" since it began publishing such ratings in 1972, with the exception of 1989, 1990, and 1991, when the country was labelled "partly free".[205] In December 2016, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor issued a report regarding violation of media freedom in Algeria. It clarified that the Algerian government imposed restrictions on freedom of the press; expression; and right to peaceful demonstration, protest and assembly as well as intensified censorship of the media and websites. Due to the fact that the journalists and activists criticise the ruling government, some media organisations' licenses are cancelled.[206]
Independent and autonomous trade unions face routine harassment from the government, with many leaders imprisoned and protests suppressed. In 2016, a number of unions, many of which were involved in the 2010–2012 Algerian Protests, have been deregistered by the government.[207][208][209]
Homosexuality is illegal in Algeria.[210] Public homosexual behavior is punishable by up to two years in prison.[211] Despite this, about 26% of Algerians think that homosexuality should be accepted, according to the survey conducted by the BBC News Arabic-Arab Barometer in 2019. Algeria showed the highest LGBT acceptance compared to other Arab countries where the survey was conducted.[212]
Human Rights Watch has accused the Algerian authorities of using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to prevent pro-democracy movements and protests in the country, leading to the arrest of youths as part of social distancing.[213]
Administrative divisions
Algeria is divided into 69 provinces (wilayas), 553 districts (daïras)[214] and 1,541 municipalities (baladiyahs). Each province, district, and municipality is named after its seat, which is usually the largest city.
The administrative divisions have changed several times since independence. When introducing new provinces, the numbers of old provinces are kept, hence the non-alphabetical order. With their official numbers, currently (since 1983) they are:[13]
| # | Wilaya | Area (km2) | Population | map | # | Wilaya | Area (km2) | Population |
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| 1 | Adrar | 402,197 | 439,700 |  |
36 | El Taref | 3,339 | 411,783 |
| 2 | Chlef | 4,975 | 1,013,718 | 37 | Tindouf | 58,193 | 159,000 | |
| 3 | Laghouat | 25,057 | 477,328 | 38 | Tissemsilt | 3,152 | 296,366 | |
| 4 | Oum El Bouaghi | 6,768 | 644,364 | 39 | El Oued | 54,573 | 673,934 | |
| 5 | Batna | 12,192 | 1,128,030 | 40 | Khenchela | 9,811 | 384,268 | |
| 6 | Béjaïa | 3,268 | 915,835 | 41 | Souk Ahras | 4,541 | 440,299 | |
| 7 | Biskra | 20,986 | 730,262 | 42 | Tipaza | 2,166 | 617,661 | |
| 8 | Béchar | 161,400 | 274,866 | 43 | Mila | 9,375 | 768,419 | |
| 9 | Blida | 1,696 | 1,009,892 | 44 | Ain Defla | 4,897 | 771,890 | |
| 10 | Bouïra | 4,439 | 694,750 | 45 | Naâma | 29,950 | 209,470 | |
| 11 | Tamanrasset | 556,200 | 198,691 | 46 | Ain Timouchent | 2,376 | 384,565 | |
| 12 | Tébessa | 14,227 | 657,227 | 47 | Ghardaia | 86,105 | 375,988 | |
| 13 | Tlemcen | 9,061 | 945,525 | 48 | Relizane | 4,870 | 733,060 | |
| 14 | Tiaret | 20,673 | 842,060 | 49 | Timimoun | 8,835 | 162,267 | |
| 15 | Tizi Ouzou | 3,568 | 1,119,646 | 50 | Bordj Baji Mokhtar | 62,215 | 57,276 | |
| 16 | Algiers | 273 | 2,947,461 | 51 | Ouled Djellal | 11,410 | 174,219 | |
| 17 | Djelfa | 66,415 | 1,223,223 | 52 | Béni Abbès | 120,026 | 16,437 | |
| 18 | Jijel | 2,577 | 634,412 | 53 | In Salah | 101,350 | 50,163 | |
| 19 | Sétif | 6,504 | 1,496,150 | 54 | In Guezzam | 65,203 | 122,019 | |
| 20 | Saïda | 6,764 | 328,685 | 55 | Touggourt | 17,428 | 247,221 | |
| 21 | Skikda | 4,026 | 904,195 | 56 | Djanet | 86,185 | 17,618 | |
| 22 | Sidi Bel Abbès | 9,150 | 603,369 | 57 | El M'Ghair | 131,220 | 50,392 | |
| 23 | Annaba | 1,439 | 640,050 | 58 | El Menia | 88,126 | 11,202 | |
| 24 | Guelma | 4,101 | 482,261 | 59 | Aflou | |||
| 25 | Constantine | 2,187 | 943,112 | 60 | El Abiodh Sidi Cheikh | |||
| 26 | Médéa | 8,866 | 830,943 | 61 | El Aricha | |||
| 27 | Mostaganem | 2,269 | 746,947 | 62 | El Kantara | |||
| 28 | M'Sila | 18,718 | 991,846 | 63 | Barika | |||
| 29 | Mascara | 5,941 | 780,959 | 64 | Bousaâda | |||
| 30 | Ouargla | 211,980 | 552,539 | 65 | Bir El Ater | |||
| 31 | Oran | 2,114 | 1,584,607 | 66 | Ksar El Boukhari | |||
| 32 | El Bayadh | 78,870 | 262,187 | 67 | Ksar Chellala | |||
| 33 | Illizi | 285,000 | 54,490 | 68 | Aïn Oussera | |||
| 34 | Bordj Bou Arréridj | 4,115 | 634,396 | 69 | Messaad | |||
| 35 | Boumerdes | 1,591 | 795,019 |
Economy
Algeria's currency is the dinar (DZD). The economy remains dominated by the state, a legacy of the country's socialist post-independence development model. In June 2024 The World Bank's 2024 report marks a turning point for Algeria, which joins the select club of upper-middle-income countries. This economic rise, the result of an ambitious development strategy, places the country in the same category as emerging powers such as China, Brazil and Turkey[216][217][218] In recent years, the Algerian government has halted the privatisation of state-owned industries and imposed restrictions on imports and foreign involvement in its economy.[219] These restrictions are just starting to be lifted off recently although questions about Algeria's slowly-diversifying economy remain.[220][221]
Algeria has struggled to develop industries outside hydrocarbons in part because of high costs and an inert state bureaucracy. The government's efforts to diversify the economy by attracting foreign and domestic investment outside the energy sector have done little to reduce high youth unemployment rates or to address housing shortages.[13] The country is facing a number of short-term and medium-term problems, including the need to diversify the economy, strengthen political, economic and financial reforms, improve the business climate and reduce inequalities among regions.[168]
A wave of economic protests in February and March 2011 prompted the Algerian government to offer more than $23 billion in public grants and retroactive salary and benefit increases. Public spending has increased by 27% annually during the past five years. The 2010–14 public-investment programme will cost US$286 billion, 40% of which will go to human development.[168]
Thanks to strong hydrocarbon revenues, Algeria has a cushion of $173 billion in foreign currency reserves and a large hydrocarbon stabilization fund. In addition, Algeria's external debt is extremely low at about 2% of GDP.[13] The economy remains very dependent on hydrocarbon wealth, and, despite high foreign exchange reserves (US$178 billion, equivalent to three years of imports), current expenditure growth makes Algeria's budget more vulnerable to the risk of prolonged lower hydrocarbon revenues.[222]
Algeria has not joined the WTO, despite several years of negotiations but is a member of the Greater Arab Free Trade Area,[223][unreliable source] the African Continental Free Trade Area,[224] and has an association agreement with the European Union.[225][226]
Turkish direct investments have accelerated in Algeria, with total value reaching $5 billion. As of 2022, the number of Turkish companies present in Algeria has reached 1,400. In 2020, despite the pandemic, more than 130 Turkish companies were created in Algeria.[227]
Oil and natural resources
Algeria, whose economy is reliant on petroleum, has been an OPEC member since 1969. Its crude oil production stands at around 1.1 million barrels/day, but it is also a major gas producer and exporter, with important links to Europe.[228] Hydrocarbons have long been the backbone of the economy, accounting for roughly 60% of budget revenues, 30% of GDP, and 87.7%[229] of export earnings. Algeria has the 10th-largest reserves of natural gas in the world and is the sixth-largest gas exporter. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that in 2005, Algeria had 4.5 trillion cubic metres (160×1012 cu ft) of proven natural gas reserves.[230] It also ranks 16th in oil reserves.[13]
Non-hydrocarbon growth for 2011 was projected at 5%. To cope with social demands, the authorities raised expenditure, especially on basic food support, employment creation, support for SMEs, and higher salaries. High hydrocarbon prices have improved the current account and the already large international reserves position.[222]
Income from oil and gas rose in 2011 as a result of continuing high oil prices, though the trend in production volume is downward.[168] Production from the oil and gas sector in terms of volume continues to decline, dropping from 43.2 million tonnes to 32 million tonnes between 2007 and 2011. Nevertheless, the sector accounted for 98% of the total volume of exports in 2011, against 48% in 1962,[231] and 70% of budgetary receipts, or US$71.4 billion.[168]
The Algerian national oil company is Sonatrach, which plays a key role in all aspects of the oil and natural gas sectors in Algeria. All foreign operators must work in partnership with Sonatrach, which usually has majority ownership in production-sharing agreements.[232]
Access to biocapacity in Algeria is lower than world average. In 2016, Algeria had 0.53 global hectares[233] of biocapacity per person within its territory, much less than the world average of 1.6 global hectares per person.[234] In 2016, Algeria used 2.4 global hectares of biocapacity per person – their ecological footprint of consumption. This means they use just under 4.5 times as much biocapacity as Algeria contains. As a result, Algeria is running a biocapacity deficit.[233] In April 2022, diplomats from Italy and Spain held talks after Rome's move to secure large volume of Algerian gas stoked concerns in Madrid.[235] Under the deal between Algeria's Sonatrach and Italy's Eni, Algeria will send an additional 9 billion cubic metres of gas to Italy by next year and in 2024.[236]
Research and alternative energy sources
Algeria has invested an estimated 100 billion dinars towards developing research facilities and paying researchers. This development programme is meant to advance alternative energy production, especially solar and wind power.[237] Algeria is estimated to have the largest solar energy potential in the Mediterranean, so the government has funded the creation of a solar science park in Hassi R'Mel. Currently, Algeria has 20,000 research professors at various universities and over 780 research labs, with state-set goals to expand to 1,000. Besides solar energy, areas of research in Algeria include space and satellite telecommunications, nuclear power and medical research.
Labour market
The overall rate of unemployment was 11.8% in 2023.[238] The government strengthened in 2011 the job programmes introduced in 1988, in particular in the framework of the programme to aid those seeking work (Dispositif d'Aide à l'Insertion Professionnelle).[168]
Despite a decline in total unemployment, youth and women unemployment is high.[222]
Tourism
The development of the tourism sector in Algeria had previously been hampered by a lack of facilities, but since 2004 a broad tourism development strategy has been implemented resulting in many hotels of a high modern standard being built.
There are several UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Algeria[239] which includes Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad, the first capital of the Hammadid empire; Tipasa, a Phoenician and later Roman town; Djémila and Timgad, both Roman ruins; M'Zab Valley, a limestone valley containing a large urbanised oasis; and the Casbah of Algiers, an important citadel. The only natural World Heritage Site in Algeria is the Tassili n'Ajjer, a mountain range.
Transport
Two trans-African automobile routes pass through Algeria:
The Algerian road network is the densest in Africa; its length is estimated at 180,000 km (110,000 mi) of highways, with more than 3,756 structures and a paving rate of 85%. This network has been complemented by the East-West Highway, a major infrastructure project completed in 2023. It is a three-way, 1,216-kilometre-long (756 mi) highway, linking Annaba in the extreme east to the Tlemcen in the far west. Algeria is also crossed by the Trans-Sahara Highway, which is now completely paved. This road is supported by the Algerian government to increase trade between the six countries crossed: Algeria, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Chad, and Tunisia.
Demographics
Algeria has a population of an estimated 47.4 million,[6][240] of which 75%[241] to 85% are Arabs and Arabized Berbers.[13][242][243] The majority of the population is of Berber ancestry, though only around 20% identify as Berber.[244] At the outset of the 20th century, its population was approximately 4 million.[245] About 90% of Algerians live in the northern, coastal area; the inhabitants of the Sahara desert are mainly concentrated in oases, although some 1.5 million remain nomadic or partly nomadic. 28.1% of Algerians are under the age of 15.[13]
Between 90,000 and 165,000 Sahrawis from Western Sahara live in the Sahrawi refugee camps,[246][247] in the western Algerian Sahara desert.[248] There are also more than 4,000 Palestinian refugees, who are well integrated and have not asked for assistance from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).[246][247] In 2009, 35,000 Chinese migrant workers lived in Algeria.[249]
The largest concentration of Algerian migrants outside Algeria is in France, which has reportedly over 1.7 million Algerians of up to the second generation.[250]
There are also many foreign communities in Algeria, though these do not make up a significant portion of the population.
| Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | Rank | Name | Province | Pop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Algiers | Algiers Province | 2,364,230 | 11 | Tébessa | Tébessa Province | 194,461 | ||
| 2 | Oran | Oran Province | 803,329 | 12 | El Oued | El Oued Province | 186,525 | ||
| 3 | Constantine | Constantine Province | 448,028 | 13 | Skikda | Skikda Province | 182,903 | ||
| 4 | Annaba | Annaba Province | 342,703 | 14 | Tiaret | Tiaret Province | 178,915 | ||
| 5 | Blida | Blida Province | 331,779 | 15 | Béjaïa | Béjaïa Province | 176,139 | ||
| 6 | Batna | Batna Province | 289,504 | 16 | Tlemcen | Tlemcen Province | 173,531 | ||
| 7 | Djelfa | Djelfa Province | 265,833 | 17 | Ouargla | Ouargla Province | 169,928 | ||
| 8 | Sétif | Sétif Province | 252,127 | 18 | Béchar | Béchar Province | 165,241 | ||
| 9 | Sidi Bel Abbès | Sidi Bel Abbès Province | 210,146 | 19 | Mostaganem | Mostaganem Province | 162,885 | ||
| 10 | Biskra | Biskra Province | 204,661 | 20 | Bordj Bou Arréridj | Bordj Bou Arréridj Province | 158,812 | ||
Ethnic groups
Arabs and indigenous Berbers as well as Phoenicians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantine Greeks, Turks, various Sub-Saharan Africans, and French have contributed to the history and culture of Algeria.[252] Descendants of Andalusi refugees are also present in the population of Algiers and other cities.[253] Moreover, Spanish was spoken by these Aragonese and Castillian Morisco descendants deep into the 18th century, and even Catalan was spoken at the same time by Catalan Morisco descendants in the small town of Grish El-Oued.[254]
Centuries of Arab migrations to the Maghreb since the seventh century shifted the demographic scope in Algeria. Estimates vary based on different sources. The majority of the population of Algeria is ethnically Arab, constituting between 75%[241][255][256][257] and 80%[258][259][260] to 85%[261][262] of the population. Berbers who make up between 15%[13] and 20%[259][258][263] to 24%[255][256][257] of the population are divided into many groups with varying languages. The largest of these are the Kabyles, who live in the Kabylie region east of Algiers, the Chaoui of Northeast Algeria, the Tuaregs in the southern desert and the Shenwa people of North Algeria.[264][page needed] During the colonial period, there was a large (10% in 1960)[265] European population who became known as Pied-Noirs. They were primarily of French, Spanish and Italian origin. Almost all of this population left during the war of independence or immediately after its end.[266]
Languages
Modern Standard Arabic and Berber are the official languages.[267] Algerian Arabic (Darja) is the language used by the majority of the population. Colloquial Algerian Arabic has some Berber loanwords which represent 8% to 9% of its vocabulary.[268]
Berber has been recognised as a "national language" by the constitutional amendment of 8 May 2002.[269] Kabyle, the predominant Berber language, is taught and is partially co-official (with a few restrictions) in parts of Kabylie. Kabyle has a significant Arabic, French, Latin, Greek, Phoenician and Punic substratum, and Arabic loanwords represent 35% of the total Kabyle vocabulary.[270] In February 2016, the Algerian constitution passed a resolution that made Berber an official language alongside Arabic. Algeria emerged as a bilingual state after 1962.[271] Colloquial Algerian Arabic is spoken by about 83% of the population and Berber by 27%.[272]
Although French has no official status in Algeria, it has one of the largest Francophone populations in the world,[273] and French is widely used in government, media (newspapers, radio, local television), and both the education system (from primary school onwards) and academia due to Algeria's colonial history. It can be regarded as a lingua franca of Algeria. In 2008, 11.2 million Algerians could read and write in French.[274] In 2013, it was estimated that 60% of the population could speak or understand French.[275] In 2022, it was estimated that 33% of the population was Francophone.[276]
The use of English in Algeria, though limited in comparison to the previously mentioned languages, has increased due to globalisation.[277][278] In 2022 it was announced that English would be taught in elementary schools.[279]
Religion
Islam is the predominant religion in Algeria, with its adherents, mostly Sunnis, accounting for 99% of the population according to a 2021 CIA World Factbook estimate,[13] and 98.4% according to Pew Research in 2020.[280] There are about 290,000 Ibadis in the M'zab Valley in the region of Ghardaia.
Prior to independence, Algeria was home to more than 1.3 million Christians (mostly of European ancestry).[281] Most of the Christian settlers left to France after the country's independence.[282][283] Today, estimates of the Christian population range from 100,000 to 200,000.[284] Algerian citizens who are Christians predominantly belong to Protestant denominations, which have seen increased pressure from the government in recent years including many forced closures.[284]
According to the Arab Barometer in 2018–2019, the vast majority of Algerians (99.1%) continue to identify as Muslim.[285] The June 2019 Arab Barometer-BBC News report found that the percentage of Algerians identifying as non-religious has grown from around 8% in 2013 to around 15% in 2018.[286] The Arab Barometer December 2019, found that the growth in the percentage of Algerians identifying as non-religious is largely driven by young Algerians, with roughly 25% describing themselves as non-religious.[287] However, the 2021 Arab Barometer report found that those who said they were not religious among Algerians has decreased, with just 2.6% identifying as non-religious. In that same report, 69.5% of Algerians identified as religious and another 27.8% identifying as somewhat religious.[285][288]
Algeria has given the Muslim world a number of prominent thinkers, including Emir Abdelkader, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Mouloud Kacem Naît Belkacem, Malek Bennabi and Mohamed Arkoun.
Health
In 2018, Algeria had the highest numbers of physicians in the Maghreb region (1.72 per 1,000 people), nurses (2.23 per 1,000 people), and dentists (0.31 per 1,000 people). Access to "improved water sources" was around 97.4% of the population in urban areas and 98.7% of the population in the rural areas. Some 99% of Algerians living in urban areas, and around 93.4% of those living in rural areas, had access to "improved sanitation". According to the World Bank, Algeria is making progress towards its goal of "reducing by half the number of people without sustainable access to improved drinking water and basic sanitation by 2015". Given Algeria's young population, policy favours preventive health care and clinics over hospitals. In keeping with this policy, the government maintains an immunisation programme. However, poor sanitation and unclean water still cause tuberculosis, hepatitis, measles, typhoid fever, cholera and dysentery. The poor generally receive healthcare free of charge.[289]
Health records have been maintained in Algeria since 1882 and began adding Muslims living in the south to their vital record database in 1905 during French rule.[290]
Education
Since the 1970s, in a centralised system that was designed to significantly reduce the rate of illiteracy, the Algerian government introduced a decree by which school attendance became compulsory for all children aged between 6 and 15 years who have the ability to track their learning through the 20 facilities built since independence, now the literacy rate is around 92.6%.[291] Since 1972, Arabic is used as the language of instruction during the first nine years of schooling. From the third year, French is taught and it is also the language of instruction for science classes. The students can also learn English, Italian, Spanish and German. In 2008, new programmes at the elementary appeared, therefore the compulsory schooling does not start at the age of six anymore, but at the age of five.[292] Apart from the 122 private schools, the Universities of the State are free of charge. After nine years of primary school, students can go to a high school or to an educational institution. The school offers two programmes: general or technical. At the end of the third year of secondary school, students pass the exam of the baccalaureate, which allows once it is successful to pursue graduate studies in universities and institutes.[293]
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Education is officially compulsory for children between the ages of six and 15. In 2008, the illiteracy rate for people over 10 was 22.3%, 15.6% for men and 29.0% for women. The province with the lowest rate of illiteracy was Algiers Province at 11.6%, while the province with the highest rate was Djelfa Province at 35.5%.[294]
Algeria has 26 universities and 67 institutions of higher education, which must accommodate a million Algerians and 80,000 foreign students in 2008. The University of Algiers, founded in 1879, is the oldest, it offers education in various disciplines (law, medicine, science and letters). Twenty-five of these universities and almost all of the institutions of higher education were founded after the independence of the country.
Even if some of them offer instruction in Arabic like areas of law and the economy, most of the other sectors such as science and medicine continue to be provided in French and English. Among the most important universities, there are the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene, the University of Mentouri Constantine, and University of Oran Es-Senia. The University of Abou Bekr Belkaïd in Tlemcen and University of Batna Hadj Lakhdar occupy the 26th and 45th row in Africa.[295] Algeria was ranked 115th in the Global Innovation Index in 2024,[296] and kept the same rank in the index of 2025.[297]
Culture
Modern Algerian literature, split between Arabic, Tamazight and French, has been strongly influenced by the country's recent history. Famous novelists of the 20th century include Mohammed Dib, Albert Camus, Kateb Yacine and Ahlam Mosteghanemi while Assia Djebar is widely translated. Among the important novelists of the 1980s were Rachid Mimouni, later vice-president of Amnesty International, and Tahar Djaout, murdered by an Islamist group in 1993 for his secularist views.[298]
Malek Bennabi and Frantz Fanon are noted for their thoughts on decolonisation; Augustine of Hippo was born in Tagaste (modern-day Souk Ahras); and Ibn Khaldun, though born in Tunis, wrote the Muqaddima while staying in Algeria. The works of the Sanusi family in pre-colonial times, and of Emir Abdelkader and Sheikh Ben Badis in colonial times, are widely noted. The Latin author Apuleius was born in Madaurus (Mdaourouch), in what later became Algeria.
Contemporary Algerian cinema is varied in terms of genre, exploring a wider range of themes and issues. There has been a transition from cinema which focused on the war of independence to films more concerned with the everyday lives of Algerians.[299]
Media
Art
Algerian painters, like Mohammed Racim and Baya, attempted to revive the prestigious Algerian past prior to French colonisation, at the same time that they have contributed to the preservation of the authentic values of Algeria. In this line, Mohamed Temam, Abdelkhader Houamel have also returned through this art, scenes from the history of the country, the habits and customs of the past and the country life. Other new artistic currents including the one of M'hamed Issiakhem, Mohammed Khadda and Bachir Yelles, appeared on the scene of Algerian painting, abandoning figurative classical painting to find new pictorial ways, to adapt Algerian paintings to the new realities of the country through its struggle and its aspirations. Mohammed Khadda[300] and M'hamed Issiakhem have been notable in recent years.[300]
Literature
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The roots of Algerian literature go back to the Numidian and Roman African era, when Apuleius wrote The Golden Ass, the only Latin novel to survive in its entirety.[301] This period also saw Augustine of Hippo, Nonius Marcellus and Martianus Capella. The Middle Ages also saw several Arabic writers who contributed to Arab literature, with authors like Ahmad al-Buni, Ibn Manzur and Ibn Khaldun, who wrote the Muqaddimah while staying in Algeria. Albert Camus was an Algerian-born French Pied-Noir author. In 1957, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Algerian literature contains works whose main concern is the assertion of Algerian national entity. Examples include novels such as the Algerian trilogy by Mohammed Dib, and Nedjma by Kateb Yacine.[302] Other writers in Algerian literature include Mouloud Feraoun, Malek Bennabi, Malek Haddad, Moufdi Zakaria, Abdelhamid Ben Badis, Mohamed Laïd Al-Khalifa, Mouloud Mammeri, Frantz Fanon, and Assia Djebar.[303]
In the aftermath of Independence, new authors emerged on the Algerian literary scene, they attempted to expose social problems, among them there are Rachid Boudjedra, Rachid Mimouni, Leila Sebbar, Tahar Djaout and Tahar Ouettar.
Algerian literature includes shocking expression, due to the terrorism that occurred during the 1990s. Other styles have an individualistic conception of the human condition. Among noted more recent work is The Swallows of Kabul and The Attack by Yasmina Khadra, The Oath of Barbarians by Boualem Sansal, Memory of the Flesh by Ahlam Mosteghanemi and the last novel of Assia Djebar Nowhere in My Father's House.[305][306][307][308]
Cinema
The Algerian state's interest in film-industry activities can be seen in the annual budget of DZD 200 million (EUR 1.3 million) allocated to production, specific measures and an ambitious programme plan implemented by the Ministry of Culture to promote national production, renovate the cinema stock and remedy the weak links in distribution and exploitation.
The financial support provided by the state, through the Fund for the Development of the Arts, Techniques and the Film Industry (FDATIC) and the Algerian Agency for Cultural Influence (AARC), plays a key role in the promotion of national production. Between 2007 and 2013, FDATIC subsidised 98 films (feature films, documentaries and short films). In mid-2013, AARC had already supported a total of 78 films, including 42 feature films, 6 short films and 30 documentaries.
According to the European Audiovisual Observatory's LUMIERE database, 41 Algerian films were distributed in Europe between 1996 and 2013; 21 films in this repertoire were Algerian-French co-productions. Days of Glory (2006) and Outside the Law (2010) recorded the highest number of admissions in the European Union, 3,172,612 and 474,722, respectively.[309]
Algeria won the Palme d'Or for Chronicle of the Years of Fire (1975), two Oscars for Z (1969), and other awards for the Italian-Algerian movie The Battle of Algiers.
Cuisine
Algerian cuisine is rich and diverse as a result of interactions and exchanges with other cultures and nations over the centuries.[310] It is based on both land and sea products. Conquests or demographic movement towards the Algerian territory were two of the main factors of exchanges between the different peoples and cultures. The Algerian cuisine is a mix of Arab, Berber, Turkish and French roots.[311][310]
Algerian cuisine offers a variety of dishes depending on the region and the season, but vegetables and cereals remain at its core. Most of the Algerian dishes are centred around bread, meats (lamb, beef or poultry), olive oil, vegetables, and fresh herbs. Vegetables are often used for salads, soups, tajines, couscous, and sauce-based dishes. Of all the Algerian traditional dishes available, the most famous one is couscous, recognised as a national dish.[312]
Sports
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Various games have existed in Algeria since antiquity. In the Aures, people played several games such as El Kherba or El Khergueba (chess variant). Playing cards, checkers and chess games are part of Algerian culture. Racing (fantasia) and rifle shooting are part of cultural recreation of the Algerians.[313]
Football is the most popular sport in the country. The Algerian national football team, known as the Desert Foxes, has a strong fan base and has achieved success both domestically and internationally.[314][315]
Algeria has a long history in other sports such as athletics, boxing, volleyball, handball and the study of martial arts.[316] Algerian athletes have competed in the Olympic Games and have won medals in various events.[317] Many sports clubs and organisations exist in Algeria to promote and develop sports among young people.[318] The Ministry of Youth and Sports in Algeria manages sport-related activities.[319]
See also
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Explanatory notes
- ↑ The Algerian constitutional amendment of 2016 officialised Berber as Algeria's second "official" language. The revised constitution also created the Algerian Academy of Amazigh Language, which is responsible for promoting Berber "in view of cementing, in the future, its official language status".[3]
- ↑ The official languages are Modern Standard Arabic and, since 2016, Standard Algerian Berber.[4] Algerian Arabic is the spoken language used by the vast majority of the population. Other Arabic dialects and minority languages are spoken regionally.
- ↑ See French language in Algeria.
- ↑ See English language in Algeria.
- ↑ /ælˈdʒɪəriə/ ⓘ al-JEER-ee-ə
- Arabic: الجزائر, romanised: al-Jazāʾir, pronounced [æl.d͡ʒæzæːʔɪr] ⓘ
locally [(ɪ)ˈd͡ːzæːjɪr] - Standard Algerian Berber: Dzayer, ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ, لزاير
- French: Algérie, [alʒeʁi]
- Arabic: الجزائر, romanised: al-Jazāʾir, pronounced [æl.d͡ʒæzæːʔɪr] ⓘ
- ↑
- Arabic: الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية, romanised: al-Jumhūriyyah al-Jazāʾiriyyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah ash‑Shaʿbiyyah
- Standard Algerian Berber: Tagduda tazzayrit tamagdayt taɣerfant
ⵜⴰⴳⴷⵓⴷⴰ ⵜⴰⵣⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉⵜ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⴳⴷⴰⵢⵜ ⵜⴰⵖⴻⵔⴼⴰⵏⵜ
ثاڨدودا ثازايريث ثاماڨدايث ثاغيرفانث - French: République algérienne démocratique et populaire
- Formerly also rendered as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria in English, as seen on the 1981 Algiers Accords.[verification needed]
- ↑ The transcription of Tamazight in the Tifinagh alphabet is not codified.[18]
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General bibliography
- Ageron, Charles-Robert (1991). Modern Algeria – A History from 1830 to the Present. Translated from French and edited by Michael Brett. London: Hurst. ISBN 978-0-86543-266-6.
- Aghrout, Ahmed; Bougherira, Redha M. (2004). Algeria in Transition – Reforms and Development Prospects. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-34848-5.
- Bennoune, Mahfoud (1988). The Making of Contemporary Algeria – Colonial Upheavals and Post-Independence Development, 1830–1987. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-30150-3.
- Christelow, Allan (1985) Muslim Law Courts and the French Colonial State in Algeria. Princeton University Press.
- Fanon, Frantz (1966; 2005 paperback). The Wretched of the Earth. Grove Press. ASIN B0007FW4AW, ISBN 978-0-8021-4132-3.
- Gibson, Walcot; Cana, Frank Richardson; Girault, Arthur (1911). . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 642–653.
- Horne, Alistair (1977). A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954–1962. Viking Adult. ISBN 978-0-670-61964-1, ISBN 978-1-59017-218-6 (2006 reprint)
- Laouisset, Djamel (2009). A Retrospective Study of the Algerian Iron and Steel Industry. New York City: Nova Publishers. ISBN 978-1-61761-190-2.
- Roberts, Hugh (2003). The Battlefield – Algeria, 1988–2002. Studies in a Broken Polity. London: Verso Books. ISBN 978-1-85984-684-1.
- Ruedy, John (1992). Modern Algeria – The Origins and Development of a Nation. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34998-9.
- Stora, Benjamin (2001). Algeria, 1830–2000 – A Short History. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3715-1.
- Sidaoui, Riadh (2009). "Islamic Politics and the Military – Algeria 1962–2008". Religion and Politics – Islam and Muslim Civilisation. Farnham: Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 0-7546-7418-5.
External links
Government
- Public Services Archived 20 April 2025 at the Wayback Machine – gateway to government sites
- El Mouradia Palace Archived 10 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine – official website of the president of Algeria
- Statistics – official website of National Office of Statistics
History
- "History" – Algerian history at Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Tourism
- Visit Algeria Archived 6 February 2023 at the Wayback Machine – Algeria's official tourism portal
Maps
Wikimedia Atlas of Algeria
Geographic data related to Algeria at OpenStreetMap
