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Algeria

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Algeria (2,381,741 km2or 919,595 mi2) borders the Mediterranean Sea between Morocco and Tunisia as well as Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, and Libya. It is the largest country in Africa (Figure 1). The population of 38,813,722 (2014) is primarily one Arab-Berber ethnic group (99 %). The country has three main languages, Arabic (official), French (lingua franca), and Tamazight (Kabylie Berber), as well as other Berber languages such as Tachawit, Mozabit, and Tamahaq.

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  1. Tourism and Protected Areas Specialist Group, Sustainable Tourism Development, Bordeaux, France

    Dominique Verdugo

  2. KATLYSE, Blida, Algeria

    Nourddine Bouanani

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  1. University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, USA

    Jafar Jafari

  2. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

    Honggen Xiao

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Verdugo, D., Bouanani, N. (2016). Algeria. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01384-8_640

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