ocr: ALGERIAE - 45 SEA Official Currency: Name: Algerian dinar Democratic and Official Popular language: Republic Arabic of. Algeria MEDITERRAMRAS Capital: Algiers Population: 26.4 million ALGIERS Oraio AFRICA'S SECOND LARGEST COUNTRY, Algeria shares borders with Morocco, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya and Tunisia. Algeria wonindependence from France in 1962. Today, the mllitary-dominated from govemmentfaces Islamic a fundamentalists. severe A challenge NOre Oriental Granders tounder-member of OPEC, Algeria Paruer du Platcau has significant oil and gas du Tademail reserves. The country also WESTERN ...