- Area: 2,381,741 km²
- Population: 35,6 million
- Capital city: Algiers ( 3 million inhabitants)
- System of Government: Republic
- Economic System: Market Economy
- President: Mr. Abdelaziz BOUTEFLIKA
- Prime Minister : Mr. Ahmed OUYAHIA
- The Parliament: bicameral
- The Council of the Nation / Speaker : Mr. Abdelkader BENSALAH
- The National People’s Assembly / Speaker : Mr.Abdelaziz ZIARI
- The Council of Ministers is chaired by the President of the Republic
- The Council of Government is chaired by the Head of Government
- National day: Anniversary of the Revolution, November 1st (1954)
- Constitution revised in 1996, and a further amendment was adopted in 2002
- Local Time: (unchanged throughout the year) is GMT+1
- Electrical System: Appliances use 220V
- Weights and Measures: The MKSA (Metre, Kilogram, Second, Ampere) system is used in Algeria
- Official working days & hours
from Sunday through Thursday, 8:00 -16:30 (12:30-13:30 lunch break)
- National holidays
- New Year’s Day : January 1st (one day)
- Labor day : May 1st (one day)
- Independence Day : July 5th (one day)
- Anniversary of Revolutaion : November 1st (one day) – National Day
- Religious holidays set on the basis of the lunar calendar of Islam
- Awal Mouharem (Islamic New Year / one day)
- Achoura (10th day of the lunar month of Mouharem / one day)
- Mouloud (12th day of the lunar month of Rabi-al-awal /one day)
- Eid-Al-Fitr (End of the month of Ramadan /two days)
- Eid-Al-Adha (Holiday of Sacrifice, 2months and 10 days after Eid-al-Fitr /two days)
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