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  Algeria From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search For the unincorporated community in West Virginia, see  Algeria, West Virginia . Algeria  ( /ælˈdʒɪəriə/  ( 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  coast. With an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), Algeria is the  tenth-largest country in the world , and the largest by area in the  African Union  and the  Arab world . [10]  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 ...