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ALGERIA

Continent: Africa

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Background

The Salafist Group for Preaching and Combat (GSPC) in 2006 merged with al-Qa'ida to form al-Qa'ida in the Lands of the Islamic Maghreb, which has launched an ongoing series of kidnappings and bombings targeting the Algerian Government and Western interests. The government in 2011 introduced some political reforms in response to the Arab Spring, including lifting the 19-year-old state of emergency restrictions and increasing women's quotas for elected assemblies. Parliamentary elections in May 2012 and municipal and provincial elections in November 2012 saw continued dominance by the FLN, with Islamist opposition parties performing poorly. Political protest activity in the country remained low in 2013, but small, sometimes violent socioeconomic demonstrations by disparate groups continued to be a common occurrence. Parliament in 2014 is expected to revise the constitution.

Location

Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia

Area Comparative

Slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas

Maritime Claims

Territorial sea: 12 nm

Exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm

Climate
Arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer

Natural Hazards

Mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season

Environment Current Issues

Soil erosion from overgrazing and other poor farming practices; desertification; dumping of raw sewage, petroleum refining wastes, and other industrial effluents is leading to the pollution of rivers and coastal waters; Mediterranean Sea, in particular, becoming polluted from oil wastes, soil erosion, and fertilizer runoff; inadequate supplies of potable water

Environment International Agreements

Party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands

Signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements

Geography Note

Largest country in Africa
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Map Reference

  • Africa

Irrigated Land 2003

  • 5,694 sq km

Area 2015

  • Total
    2,381,741 sq km
  • Land
    2,381,741 sq km
  • Water
    0 sq km

Coastline

  • 998 km

Geographical Coordinates

  • 28 00 N, 3 00 E

Land use 2015

  • Agricultural Land
    17.3%;
  • Forest
    0.6%
  • Other
    82%

Terrain

  • Mostly high plateau and desert; some mountains; narrow
  • Discontinuous coastal plain

Land Boundaries

  • Total
    6,734 km
  • Libya km
  • Mali
    1,359 km
  • Mauritania
    460 km
  • Morocco
    1,900 km
  • Niger
    951 km
  • Tunisia
    1,034 km
  • Western Sahara
    41 km

Natural Resources

  • Petroleum
  • Natural gas
  • Iron ore
  • Phosphates
  • Uranium
  • Lead
  • Zinc
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