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Description[]
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in North Africa. Algeria 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. It is considered part of the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has a semi-arid geography, with most of the population living in the fertile north and the Sahara dominating the geography of the south. Algeria covers an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), making it the world's tenth largest nation by area, and the largest nation in Africa, more than 200 times as large as the continent's smallest country, The Gambia. With a population of 44 million, Algeria is the tenth-most populous country in Africa, and the 32nd-most populous country in the world. The capital and largest city is Algiers, located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast.
History[]
Near ~1.8-million-year-old stone artifacts from Algeria was mostly consider to represent old materials from North Africa. Stone artifacts and cut-marked bones that were excavated estimated to be ~1.9 million years old, and there was another stone artifact that was ~2.4 million years. The earliest blade industries in North Africa were called Iberomaurusian . This industry seemed to have spread throughout the coastal regions of the Maghreb between 15,000 and 10,000 BC. Neolithic civilization developed in the Saharan and Mediterranean Maghreb perhaps as early as 11,000 BC or as late as between 6000 and 2000 BC. This life depicted in the Tassili n'Ajjer paintings, predominated in Algeria until the classical period. 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 at Tipasa, east of Cherchell, Hippo Regius and Rusicade. These settlements served as market towns as well as anchorages.
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Algeria's Government is a Semi-presidential system which is a form of a Government.
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The Algerian government bans the import of firearms, explosives, narcotics, around 350 pharmaceutical products, some types of medical equipment, all types of used equipment, genetically modified seeds, and pork products. Animal and plant products that risk propagating diseases cannot be imported. In these matters, Algeria adheres to the principle of precaution. For example, meat of U.S.-origin is prohibited because of allegedly high hormone content. Additionally, when food products arrive in Algeria, they must have at least 80 percent of their remaining shelf life. While specific regulations exist for a few products, most food products must conform to the standards defined in the Codex Alimentarius.
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Trivia[]
- the Sahara covers 85 percent of the nation
- The rock art at Tassili-n-Ajjer dates back to 6000 BC. The paintings depict a green and lush landscape than a dry desert
- Algeria became independent from French after 130 years of French rule