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  • Official title of the country: People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
  • National emblem 
          - Algerian Flag  
           

          - National Anthem
            score    lyrics in English    
  • Area: 2,381,741 km²
  • Population: 32.5 million
  • Capital city: Algiers ( 3 million inhabitants)
  • System of Government: Republic
  • Economic System: Market Economy
  • President: Mr. Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA
  • Head of Government: Mr.Abdelaziz BELKHADEM
  • The Parliament: bicameral
    • The Council of the Nation / Speaker : Mr. Abdelkader BENSALAH
    • The National People's Assembly / Speaker : Mr.Abdelaziz ZIARI

  • The Council of Ministers is chaired by the President of the Republic
  • The Council of Government is chaired by the Head of Government
  • National day: Anniversary of the Revolution, November 1st (1954)
  • Constitution revised in 1996, and a further amendment was adopted in 2002

  • Local Time: (unchanged throughout the year) is GMT+1
  • Electrical System: Appliances use 220V
  • Weights and Measures: The MKSA (Metre, Kilogram, Second, Ampere) system is used in Algeria
  • Official working days & hours
              from Sunday through Thursday, 8:00 -16:30 (12:30-13:30 lunch break)
           
  • National holidays
               New Year's Day : January 1st (one day)
               Labor day : May 1st (one day)
               Independence Day : July 5th (one day)
               Anniversary of Revolutaion : November 1st (one day) - National Day
  • Religious holidays  set on the basis of the lunar calendar of Islam
               Awal Mouharem (Islamic New Year / one day)
               Achoura (10th day of the lunar month of Mouharem / one day)
               Mouloud (12th day of the lunar month of Rabi-al-awal /one day)
               Eid-Al-Fitr (End of the month of Ramadan /two days)
               Eid-Al-Adha (Holiday of Sacrifice, 2months and 10 days after Eid-al-Fitr /two days)

  

Map of Algeria
 
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