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 The People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria, or Algeria, is a nation in north Africa, and the second largest country on the African continent. It is bordered by Tunisia in the northeast, Libya in the east, Niger in the southeast, Mali and Mauritania in the southwest, and Morocco as well as a few kilometers of its annexed territory, Western Sahara, in the west. Constitutionally, it is defined as an Islamic, Arab, and Amazigh (Berber) country. The name Algeria is derived from the name of the city of Algiers, from the Arabic word al-jazā’ir, which translates as the islands, referring to the four islands which lay off that city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in 1525.
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The Tassili n'Ajjer is a mountain range in the Sahara desert in southeast Algeria. It extends about 500 km from 26°20′N, 5°00′E east-south-east to 24°00′N, 10°00′E, and the highest point is Adrar Afao, 2158 m, at 25°10′N, 8°11′E.
The range is composed largely of sandstone. Erosion in the area has resulted in nearly 300 natural rock arches being formed, along with many other spectacular landforms.
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The dinar is the currency of Algeria. Its ISO 4217 code is "DZD". The name is ultimately derived from the Roman denarius. It is subdivided into 100 centimes. The dinar was introduced in 1964, replacing the Algerian new franc at par.
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| ...that the Rustamid dynasty was the first Muslim state to have its capital in Algeria?
...that Chakib Khelil went to the same university as Gene Wolfe?
...that the Saharan oasis of Tabelbala, in Bechar, has its own unique language, called Korandje?
...that Jacques Gaillot's Partenia is a former Algerian city consumed by the Sahara ?
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March 16, 2006 (Thursday)
- Kamal Boussaad and Berkane Bouderbala, editors of the weekly Errisala and its religious supplement Essafir, released after having been imprisoned for republishing the Jyllands-Posten cartoons. (RSF)
March 15, 2006 (Wednesday)
- Law passed against "proselytism and illegal evangelization campaigns" and attempts to convert Muslims. (APS)
March 14, 2006 (Tuesday)
- Algeria-Russia deal revealed to include monopoly rights for Russian companies including Lukoil and Gazprom to Saharan oil (RIAN)
March 13, 2006 (Monday)
March 10, 2006 (Friday)
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