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What is the capital of Algeria?
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What is the capital of Algeria?
Algiers, on the Bay of Algiers.
2
What is the largest country in Africa by area?
Algeria, with about 2.38 million square kilometres.
3
Which seven countries border Algeria?
Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Mali, Mauritania, Western Sahara and Morocco.
4
Which two languages are official?
Arabic and Tamazight (official since 2016).
5
What is the currency?
The Algerian dinar.
6
What is the highest mountain?
Mount Tahat (2,908 m) in the Hoggar.
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Which sea lies to the north?
The Mediterranean Sea, along a coast of about 1,200 km.
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What share of the country is Sahara?
More than four fifths.
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When did the war of independence begin?
1 November 1954, when the FLN launched its attacks.
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When was independence proclaimed?
5 July 1962, after the referendum of 1 July.
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Which accords ended the war?
The Evian Accords of March 1962.
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Who was the first president?
Ahmed Ben Bella (1963).
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Who led resistance to the French conquest from 1832 to 1847?
Emir Abdelkader.
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When did French forces capture Algiers?
July 1830, after landing at Sidi Ferruch.
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What is the state oil and gas company?
Sonatrach, founded in 1963.
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Which field is the main oil field?
Hassi Messaoud, found in 1956.
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Which field is the main gas field?
Hassi R'Mel.
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Which group of oil producers did Algeria join in 1969?
OPEC.
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What is the national anthem?
Kassaman ('We Pledge'), with words by Moufdi Zakaria.
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What colours is the flag?
Green and white halves with a red crescent and star.
21
Which music style comes from Oran?
Raï, made famous by Cheb Khaled.
22
Name two Roman UNESCO sites.
Timgad and Djémila (also Tipasa).
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Which Saharan plateau has prehistoric rock art?
The Tassili n'Ajjer, UNESCO-listed in 1982.
24
What is the Amazigh new year called?
Yennayer, on 12 January.
25
Which Nobel author was born in Algeria in 1913?
Albert Camus.

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