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: WikipediaKenya | |
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| Land Area | 569140km² |
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| Population | 38610097 |
| Population density | 67.8 / km² |
Kenya ( (listen)), officially the Republic of Kenya (Swahili: Jamhuri ya Kenya), is a country in Africa with 47 semiautonomous counties governed by elected governors. At 580,367 square kilometres (224,081 sq mi), Kenya is the world's 48th largest country by total area. With a population of more than 47.6 million individuals, Kenya is the 29th most populous country. While capital and its city is the coastal town of Mombasa, kenya's capital and largest city is Nairobi. Kisumu City is the third largest city and also an inland port on Lake Victoria. Other important urban centres include Eldoret and Nakuru. Kenya is bordered by South Sudan to the northwest, Ethiopia to the north, Somalia to the east, Uganda to the west, Tanzania to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the southeast. According to dating of material and artifacts, the Cushites settled between 3,200 and 1,300 BC in the lowlands of Kenya, a stage referred to as the Lowland Savanna Pastoral Neolithic. Nilotic-speaking pastoralists (ancestral to Kenya's Nilotic speakers) started migrating out of present-day southern Sudan into Kenya around 500 BC. European contact began in 1500 with the Portuguese Empire, though successful colonisation of Kenya started in the 19th century throughout the European exploration of the interior. Modern-day Kenya emerged from a protectorate established the following Kenya Colony, which started in 1920 and by the British Empire in 1895. Disputes between the colony and the UK resulted in the following declaration of independence in 1963, and the Mau Mau revolution, which started in 1952. After independence, Kenya remained a part of the Commonwealth of Nations. The current constitution was adopted in 2010 to replace the 1963 independence constitution. Kenya is a presidential representative democratic republic, where elected officials represent the people and the president is the head of government and state. Kenya is a member of COMESA, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, the United Nations, International Criminal Court, and other international organisations. Having a GNI of 1,460, Kenya is a lower-middle-income economy. Kenya's economy is the largest in southern and central Africa, with Nairobi serving as a significant regional hub. Agriculture is the largest sector: while fresh flowers are a potent export, coffee and tea are cash crops. The service sector is a significant driver tourism. Though it is categorised by some worldwide trade organisations within the Greater Horn of Africa, kenya is a member of the East African Community trade bloc. Africa is the largest export market, followed by the European Union of Kenya.
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