Algeria | |
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| Land Area | 2381741km² |
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| Population | 40263711 |
| Population density | 16.9 / km² |
Algeria ( (listen) al-JEER-ee-ə, Arabic: الجزائر al-Jazā'ir), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. The capital and most populous city is Algiers, located in the far north of the country on the Mediterranean shore. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the tenth-largest country on earth, and the largest by area from the African Union and the Arab world. With an estimated population of over 44 million, it is the eighth-most populous country in Africa. Algeria is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia, to the east by Libya, to the southeast by Niger, to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and the Western Saharan territory, to the west by Morocco, and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. The country has a semi-arid geography, with the majority of the populace living in the fertile north and the Sahara dominating the geography of the south. This arid geography makes the country very vulnerable to climate change.Pre-1962 Algeria has known many empires and dynasties, including early Numidians, Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Vandals, Byzantines, Umayyads, Abbasids, Idrisid, Aghlabid, Rustamid, Fatimids, Zirid, Hammadids, Almoravids, Almohads, Zayyanids, Spaniards, Ottomans and finally, the French colonial empire. The majority of the populace is Arab-Berber, practicing Islam and using the official languages of Arabic and Berber. However, French functions as an administrative and education language in certain contexts, and Algerian Arabic is the primary spoken language. Algeria has a semi-presidential republic, with local constituencies comprising 58 provinces and 1,541 communes. Algeria is a regional and middle power. It has the highest human development index of all non-island African countries and one of the biggest economies on the continent, based mostly on energy exports. Algeria has the 16th largest oil reserves in the world and the second biggest in Africa, while it has the ninth largest reserves of natural gas. Sonatrach, the national oil company, is the largest company in Africa, supplying large amounts of natural gas to Europe. Algeria has one of the largest militaries in Africa and the largest defence budget. It is a member of the African Union, the Arab League, OPEC, the United Nations, and the Arab Maghreb Union, of which it is a founding member.
Source: WikipediaGambia | |
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| Land Area | 10120km² |
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| Population | 1713267 |
| Population density | 169.3 / km² |
<p>The Gambia ( (listen); Mandinka: Kambiya; Wolof: Gámbi), officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in Western Africa. </p>The Gambia is referred to as'The Smiling Coast'. It's the smallest country within Africa, and is surrounded by Senegal, except for its coast on the Atlantic Ocean. The Gambia is located on both sides of the lower reaches of the Gambia River, the nation's namesake, which flows through the middle of The Gambia and empties into the Atlantic Ocean. It's an area of 10,689 square kilometres (4,127 sq mi) with a population of 1,857,181 as of the April 2013 census. Banjul is the Gambian capital and the largest cities are Serekunda and Brikama.The Gambia shares historic roots with a number of other West African nations in the slave trade, which was the essential factor in the placing and maintaining of a colony on the Gambia River, first by the Portuguese, during which era it was called A Gâmbia. Once the government formally assumed control, establishing the Province of 29, later, on 25 May 1765, The Gambia was made a part of the British Empire. Under the leadership of Dawda Jawara, who ruled until Yahya Jammeh seized power, The Gambia gained independence in 1965. After beating Jammeh in the December 2016 elections, adama Barrow became the third president of The Gambia in January 2017. Jammeh initially accepted the results, then refused to take them, which triggered a constitutional crisis and military intervention by the Economic Community of West African States, leading to his exile.The Gambia's economy is dominated by farming, fishing and, particularly, tourism. In 2015, 48.6% of the population lived in poverty. Poverty is more widespread, at nearly 70%.
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