Algeria : officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Algerian Republic, , is a country in the Maghreb region of Africa, with Algiers as its capital and most populous city. he territory of today's Algeria was the home of many ancient cultures, including Aterian and Capsian cultures. Its area have been ruled by many empires and dynasties, including ancient Numidians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Arab Umayyads, Berber Fatimids and Almohads and later Turkish Ottomans.

Algeria is a semi presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1541 communes. With a population exceeding 37 million, it is the 34th most populated country on earth. It is linguistically an arab country with some other local dialects. Its economy is oil based, suffering from Dutch disease. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa. Algeria has the second largest army in Africa and in the arab world, after Egypt, and has Russia and China as strategic allies, and arms furnisher

Capital Algiers , Area Total 2,381,741 km2 , Population 2012 estimate 37,100,000 , Currency Algerian dinar (DZD) , Drives on the right[8] , Time zone CET (UTC+01) , Calling code 213 .