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Algeria

Al·ge·ri·a [ al jree ə ] country in northwestern Africa. It became independent from France in 1962.
Languages: Arabic.
Currency: Algerian dinar.
Capital: Algiers.
Population: 32,818,500 (2003).
Area: 2,381,741 sq km (919,595 sq mi.) 
Official name  Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria

Al·ge·ri·an adjective, noun
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