local websites end with
.dz (El Djazair,
Arabic for Algeria) or
.com
2,381,741
km2 (919, 595 miles2) 28,548,000 people
Land
boundaries: 6,343 km Libya
982 km, Mali
1,376 km, Mauritania
463 km, Morocco
1,559 km, Niger
956 km, Tunisia
965 km, Morocco 42
km
Coastline: 998 km
Country Code +213
phone system
local
and national
national prefix 0
areacode: 2- or 3- or 4-
restnumber --
-- --
(8 digits)
the
Algeria Phonesystem is logic,
numbers are always 8 digits long
no 1 like PARIS has in France
but the two digit area code
keeps the I for the 3 big cities
21 for
the capital Algiers
31 for
Constantine
41 for
Oran
mobils
mobile code: 06I
restnumber - -- --
international
calls
international prefix: 00
calling to Algeria
from USA 011 213
from Europe 00 213
+ 213 - (2 digit areacode)
-- -- -- (6 digit number)
(always 8 digits)
Algeria has the Magreb North African +21- phonecode
Democratic and Popular Republic
of Algeria
independant since 1962
from France
had become French colony in 1848