Algeria

About Algeria

Algeria stretches from a fertile Mediterranean coast deep into the heart of the Sahara Desert. Its capital, Algiers, cascades down hills above a wide bay, with its whitewashed old quarter, the Casbah, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Berber kingdoms, Roman cities, Ottoman rule, and French colonization have all left their mark on this North African giant.

• ·More than four-fifths of Algeria, Africa's largest country by area, is covered by the Sahara Desert.
• ·Algeria's name comes from its capital, Algiers, from the Arabic al-Jaza'ir, meaning the islands, after islets that once faced the harbor.
• ·The Tassili n'Ajjer plateau in Algeria's deep Sahara preserves thousands of prehistoric rock paintings from an age when the desert was green savanna.

Mastery

1. Capital
2. Flag
3. Shape
4. Drop
5. Borders
6. Population
7. Landmark

Neighbours

• Libya
• Morocco
• Mali
• Mauritania
• Niger
• Tunisia