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Spotlight WED · 13 MAY 2026

Algeria

Algeria is the largest country in Africa by area, dominated by the Sahara Desert, with a Mediterranean coastline that hosts most of its population and capital Algiers — a UNESCO casbah of…

Capital
Algiers
Population
45M
Currency
Algerian Dinar (DZD)
Continent
Africa
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