Government1 (Algeria)
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     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Abderrahmane BENSID; Chancery at 2118 Kalorama Road NW,
         Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 265-2800
       US:
         Ambassador Mary Ann CASEY; Embassy at 4 Chemin Cheich Bachir El-Ibrahimi,
         Algiers (mailing address is B. P. Box 549, Alger-Gare, 16000 Algiers);
         telephone [213] (2) 601-425 or 255, 186; FAX [213] (2) 603979; there is a US
         Consulate in Oran
     Flag:
         two equal vertical bands of green (hoist side) and white with a red
         five-pointed star within a red crescent; the crescent, star, and color green
         are traditional symbols of Islam (the state religion)