Code: DZ
Location: Northern Africa
Geographic coordinates: 28 00 N, 3 00 E
Surface area: 2,381,740 km2
Population: 34,000,000
Capital city: Algiers - 2,100,000
Official language: Arabic
Religion: Sunni muslim
Climate: arid to semiarid
Tallest mountain: Tahat
Terrain: desert, some mountains, narrow, coastal plain
Coastline: 998 km
Natural resources: natural gas, petroleum, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc
Neighbours: Lybia, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Tunisia, Western Sahara
