Algeria (Capital: Algiers)
Earthquake of 5.8 magnitude strikes Algeria’s Tebessa province.
Political Features
- Location: Largest country in North Africa.
- Land Boundary: Tunisia (Northeast), Libya (East), Niger & Mali (South), Mauritania & Western Sahara (Southwest), Morocco (West).
- Maritime Boundary: Mediterranean Sea (North).
Geographical Features
- Relief: Tell in the North, the highlands and the Saharan Atlas in the center, and the Sahara in the South.
- Climate: Mediterranean in north to desert type in south.
- Tlemcen: Known for Moorish architecture, called “city of cherries.”
- M’zab Valley: 5 fortified oases towns is a UNESCO World Heritage site.