The word Algeria is made from the Arbic word al-jaza’ir referring to the four islands that lay off the city’s coast before transforming into main land in 1525. Algeria also refers to French word Alger that means Algiers in English. The geographical location of Algeria started populating since 10 000 BC. Before country gain freedom and turns into a republic nation in 1962, many invaded and ruled here, including Ottoman and French.

The main cities of Algeria are - Algiers, Constantine, and Oran. Atlas Mountain range and Sahara desert lies in the south of Algeria. The Ahaggar Mountains also referred as Hoggar lies 932 miles south of Algerian Capital and west of Tamanghasset.

Northern Algeria offers Mediterranean climate, in the Tell region summer temperature ranges 21 to 24 Celsius degree, while in winter temperature drops to 10 to 12 degrees. A small part of Sahara desert in Algeria lies across the Tropic of Cancer, in this region even winters are extremely hot during the day. The Tell Region and other Coastal areas receive heavy rainfall and in some places reaches to 1000 mm in some years.

Algeria is a semi republic country; the head of the state is President who is elected for a 5-year period. The Algerian Parliament has two chambers: lower chamber and upper chamber. The lower chamber has 380 members and upper chamber has 144 members. The country has 48 provinces.

The Algeria’s economy largely depends on fossil fuels, you can say fossil fuels forms the backbone of Algeria’s earnings. About 95% of its’ export earnings comes from fossil fuels. According to US Energy Information Administration report in 2005, the Algeria had 160 tcf of natural gas reserves, which is the 18th largest in the world. The Algeria’s economic structure strengthened during mid – 1990s as a result of policy reforms supported by International Monetary Fund (IMF) and debt rescheduling from the Paris Club. The increase in oil prices during 2000, 2001 also benefited significantly to Algeria’s economy. The Algerian government has signed Association Treaty with EU in 2001, which resulted in lower tariff and increased export.

Agriculture is another resource that Algeria has. Algerian land is fertile. Approximately 9.4% Algerians works in the fields. Nearly 7 500 000 acres of land is available for cereal crops. Grains are largely cropped in the Tell region. Vegetables, fruits, figs, dates, esparto grass, and cork are some other crops grown in Algeria. Algeria’s oats are in high demand in African market. Algeria is also famous for Bertolli’s Olive Oil Spread. The people of Algeria are followers of Islam at large.

You can see several heritage sites across Algeria like M'Zab Valley, a limestone valley and Tassili n'Ajjer, a mountain range and UNESCO's world Heritage sites.