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Algeria says kidnappers win $19 mln ransom in 07Reuters South Africa, South Africa - 4 hours agoInterior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni, in remarks quoted by government daily El Moudjahid, said abductors kidnapped 375 people in Algeria last year, ... |
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Algeria keen to get Indian IT skillThe Statesman, India - 20 hours agoKOLKATA, May 16: Algeria is keen on getting Indian expertise for setting up IT hubs. Mr Noureddine Bardad-Daidj, ambassador of Algeria, had visited the IT ... |
| | 5/16/2008 1:38:09 PM |
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Algeria opens up on terrorism attacksafrol News, Norway - 21 hours agoafrol News, 16 May - Algeria's Minister of Interior and Local Communities has confirmed 375 abduction cases in 2007. Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni told the ... |
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الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية
Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jazā’irīyah
ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah ash-Sha’bīyah
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria |
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Motto: من الشعب و للشعب (Arabic)
"From the people and for the people." |
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Capital
(and largest city) |
 Algiers
36°42′N 3°13′type:country(2,381,741) |
| Official languages |
Arabic (de jure), and French (de facto)1 |
| Government |
Semi-presidential republic |
| - President |
Abdelaziz Bouteflika |
| - Prime Minister |
Abdelaziz Belkhadem |
| Etablishment |
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| - Ziyanid dynasty |
from 1236 |
| - Ottoman rule |
from 1516 |
| - French rule |
from 1830 |
| - Republic |
July 5, 1962 |
| Area |
| - Total |
2,381,741 km² (11th)
919,595 sq mi |
| - Water (%) |
negligible |
| Population |
| - 2005 estimate |
32,930,091 (35th) |
| - 1998 census |
29,100,867 |
| - Density |
14/km² (196th)
36/sq mi |
| GDP (PPP) |
2006 estimate |
| - Total |
$253.4 billion (38th) |
| - Per capita |
$7,700 (88th) |
| GDP (nominal) |
2005 estimate |
| - Total |
$102,026 billion (48th) |
| - Per capita |
$3,086 (84th) |
| HDI (2004) |
 0.728 (medium) (102nd) |
| Currency |
Algerian dinar (DZD) |
| Time zone |
CET (UTC+1) |
| Internet TLD |
.dz |
| Calling code |
+213 |
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