Argelia

"Argelia (en árabe: , al-Yaz'ir; en bereber:[cita requerida] , Dzayer) cuyo nombre oficial es República Argelina Democrática y Popular ( , al-Yumhuriyya al-Yaz'iriyya ad-Dmuqriyya ash-Shabiyya; , Tagduda tamegdayt taerfant tazzayrit) es un país del Magreb, el norte de África. Desde la división de Sudán, el 9 de julio de 2011, es el país de mayor superficie de África. Limita con el mar Mediterráneo al norte, Túnez al noreste, Libia al este, Níger al sureste, Malí y Mauritania al suroeste, y Marruecos y el Sáhara Occidental al oeste. Constitucionalmente se define como país árabe, amazigh y musulmán. Es miembro de la Unión Africana y de la Liga Árabe desde prácticamente su independencia, y contribuyó a la creación de la Unión del Magreb Árabe (UMA) en 1988."

"Algeria (Arabic: al-Jaz'ir; Berber: Dzayer, ; French: Algérie), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a sovereign state in North Africa on the Mediterranean coast. Its capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the country's far north. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, and the largest in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the west by Morocco, to the southwest by the Western Saharan territory, Mauritania, and Mali, to the southeast by Niger, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country is a semi-presidential republic consisting of 48 provinces and 1,541 communes (counties). Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been President since 1999. Ancient Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including ancient Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Idrisid, Aghlabid, Rustamid, Fatimids, Zirid, Hammadids, Almoravids, Almohads, Ottomans and the French colonial empire. Berbers are generally considered to be the indigenous inhabitants of Algeria. Following the Arab conquest of North Africa, most indigenous inhabitants were Arabised; thus, although most Algerians are Berber in origin, most identify with Arab identity. En masse, Algerians are a mix of Berbers with some additional elements from Arabs, Turks, Sub-Saharan Africans and Andalusians (people from southern Spain who migrated after the reconquista). Algeria is a regional and middle power. The North African country supplies large amounts of natural gas to Europe, and energy exports are the backbone of the economy. According to OPEC Algeria has the 17th largest oil reserves in the world and the second largest in Africa, while it has the 9th largest reserves of natural gas. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa. Algeria has one of the largest militaries in Africa and the largest defence budget on the continent; most of Algeria's weapons are imported from Russia, with whom they are a close ally. Algeria is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, OPEC, the United Nations and is the founding member of the Maghreb Union."