Algeria

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Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Algiers. Shaped first by indigenous Amazigh societies, including the Numidians, whose kingdom became one of the earliest major states in the region, as well as by Phoenician, Roman, Vandal, and Byzantine influences. From the 7th century onward, the spread of Islam and arrival of Arab tribes gradually transformed the region, contributing to the development of a distinct Algerian identity rooted in both Arab, Islamic and Amazigh heritage. Between the 8th and 15th centuries, Algeria was ruled by a succession of local Islamic dynasties. In 1516, the Regency of Algiers was established, gradually emerging as a largely autonomous state owing nominal allegiance...

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