Algeria

Algeria

Algeria ranks 60th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Peru, Morocco, and Azerbaijan. Memorable people born in present day Algeria include Augustine of Hippo, Albert Camus, and Apuleius. Memorable people who died in Algeria include Augustine of Hippo, Camille Saint-Saëns, and Abdelaziz Bouteflika. Algeria has been the birth place of many politicians and soccer players and the death place of many politicians and religious figures.

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, being more than 200 times as large as the smallest country in the continent, The Gambia. With a population of 44 million, Algeria is the ninth-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. Read more on Wikipedia