<P> Algeria ( Arabic : الجزائر ‎ al - Jazā'ir ; Berber : ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ , 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 . </P>
<P> Algeria ( Arabic : الجزائر ‎ al - Jazā'ir ; Berber : ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ , 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 . </P>
what is the name of the capital city of algeria
what is the name of the capital city of algeria
Algiers
Algiers