Algeria: Top 10 Quick Facts

Marhaba(n) or Salam, welcome to Algeria

Motto: "S weyref i weyref" which means: 'By the people and for the people'

• Algeria is located in northern Africa  

Algeria on map (photo credit: commons.wikimedia.org)

• Algeria's flag is divided vertically by two colors, the left green and the right white. In the middle of the flag, it has a crescent moon and a star inside of it as symbols of Islam.

• Algeria's capital city: Algiers with a population of more than 43,000,000 people

Algiers (photo credit: commons.wikimedia.org)

• Another city of Algeria is Oran with a population of more than 600,000 people

Oran (photo credit: commons.wikimedia.org)

• Algeria has two official languages. As you noticed from the greeting above, the first greeting Marhaban/Marhaba is Arabic, while Salam is Berber. So the official languages: Algerian Arabic and (Tamazight) Berber

Hello ( Marhaba(n) ) in Arabic

• National animal: Fennec Fox

• National plant: Iris Tectorum

• Traditional clothing

Algerian traditional clothing (photo credit: commons.wikimedia.org)

• Algeria's national and past time sport is Football/Soccer 

Algeria's football team (photo credit: commons.wikimedia.org)

• And, anybody's favorite: Food

Couscous

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Chakchouka 

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Sahlab 

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