Northern Africa, bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia
28 00 N, 3 00 E
Africa
total: 2,381,740 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km
slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas
total: 6,734 km
border countries (6): Libya 989 km, Mali 1359 km, Mauritania 460 km, Morocco 1941 km, Niger 951 km, Tunisia 1034 km
998 km
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm
arid to semiarid; mild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coast; drier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateau; sirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
mostly high plateau and desert; Atlas Mountains in the far north and Hoggar Mountains in the south; narrow, discontinuous coastal plain
highest point: Tahat 2,908 m
lowest point: Chott Melrhir -40 m
mean elevation: 800 m
petroleum, natural gas, iron ore, phosphates, uranium, lead, zinc
agricultural land: 17.4% (2018 est.)
arable land: 3.1% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 0.4% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 13.8% (2018 est.)
forest: 0.8% (2018 est.)
other: 81.8% (2018 est.)
13,600 sq km (2014)
11.667 billion cubic meters (2017 est.)
the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast as shown in this population distribution map
mountainous areas subject to severe earthquakes; mudslides and floods in rainy season; droughts
party to: Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetlands
signed, but not ratified: Nuclear Test Ban
largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art - rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) - that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated
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