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People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

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The Council of the Nation

The National People’s Assembly

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Area:

2 381 741 Km², the largest country in the Mediterranean, the first in Africa and the Arab world level, 10 th in the world.

Depending on the geology and topography, the country has three major structural units: Tell, the Highlands and the Sahara and which follow from north to south

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The Territorial Entities are the "Commune" and the "Wilaya."

The Wilayate (provinces) are 48. Their code numbers are from 01 to 48.

Adrar - Chlef - Laghouat - Oum El Bouaghi - Batna - Bejaia - Biskra - Bechar - Blida - Bouira - Tamanrasset - Tebessa - Tlemcen - Tiaret - Tizi Ouzou - Algiers - Djelfa - Jijel - Setif - Saïda - Skikda - Sidi Bel Abbes - Annaba - Guelma - Constantine - Medea - Mostaganem - Msila - Mascara - Ouargla - Oran - El Bayadh - Illizi - Bordj Bou Arreridj - Boumerdes - El Tarf - Tindouf - Tissemsilt - El Oued - Khenchela - Souk Ahras - Tipaza - Mila - Aïn Defla - Naama - Aïn Temouchent - Ghardaia - Relizane.

Geography:

Algeria is a country in north Africa, it is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea in north, Morocco and Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic  (Western Sahara) in west, Mauritania and Mali in south west, Niger in south east, Libya and Tunisia in east.

Climate:

Mediterranean in the costal areas.

Semiarid in the mid-South.

Arid in the South.