![[map of Algeria]](ncd06230.gif "??kb gif map of Algeria; swiped off the World Fact Book web site; please do not write to ask about the image")
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Northern Africa country bordering the Mediterranean Sea, between Morocco and Tunisia.
Socialist republic based on French and Islamic law.
The country is 99% Sunni Muslim, the official state religion, with the remainder being Christian or Jewish.
With of a population of over 32 million, there are around 5,000 Catholics.
Ecclesiastically the country is governed by the archdiocese of
- Alger
- Constantine-Hippone
- Laghouat
- Oran
- World Fact Book
- Catholic-Hierarchy.Org
- patron saints index: Algeria
- patron saints index: Oran, Algeria
New Catholic Dictionary
