Algeria

About this destination

Algeria (Arabic: الجزائر, Al-Jazā'ir, Berber: Lz̦ayer), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in North Africa. Algeria is the largest country in Africa by surface area and lies between Morocco and Tunisia, together with which it forms the Maghreb. In the south, from west to east, it borders the disputed Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger and Libya. The Mediterranean Sea forms the northern border. The capital and largest city of the country is Algiers. Most people live in the broad, mountainous coastal strip. In the south lies part of the northern Sahara. The predominant religion is Islam, but the country also has a small percentage of Christians.