Labels:text | map | screenshot | diagram | font | atlas | number OCR: ALGERIA Official Name: Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria MEDITERRANEAN SEA Capital: Algiers Population: 26.4 million ALGIERS Currency: Algerian dinar Official language: Arabic TUNISIA Oramo- AFRICA'S SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY, Algeria shares borders with Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya and Tunisia. Algeria won independence from France in 1962. Today, the military-dominated government faces a severe challenge from Islamic fundamentalists. A MOROCCO Grand Ers Oriental founder-member of OPEC, Algeria LIBYA has significant oil and gas Hamada du Dra Plateau du reserves. The country also WESTERN MAURITANIA has one of the youngest SAHARA populations, and highest birthrates, in North Africa. ERG CHECH Saharan town M - E R NI
