Some random facts about Algeria
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| Location: | Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia |
| Languages: | Arabic (official), French, Berber dialects |
| Birth rate: | 17.11 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Net migration rate: | -0.33 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
| Disputes - international: | Algeria supports the Polisario Front exiled in Algeria and who represent the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; Algeria rejects Moroccan administration of Western Sahara; most of the approximately 90,000 Western Saharan Sahrawi refugees are sheltered in camps in Tindouf, Algeria; Algeria's border with Morocco remains an irritant to bilateral relations, each nation accusing the other of harboring militants and arms smuggling; Algeria remains concerned about armed bandits operating throughout the Sahel who sometimes destabilize southern Algerian towns; dormant disputes include Libyan claims of about 32,000 sq km still reflected on its maps of southeastern Algeria and the FLN's assertions of a claim to Chirac Pastures in southeastern Morocco |
M'sila, Algeria