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Algeria comprises 2,381,741 square kilometers of land, more than four-fifths of which is desert, in northern Africa, between Morocco and Tunisia. It is the largest country in Africa. Its Arabic name, Al Jazair (the islands), derives from the name of the capital Algiers (''Al Jazair'' in Arabic), after the small islands formerly found in its harbor. It has a long Mediterranean coastline, most of which is more properly termed the Alboran Sea, which is the westernmost element of the Mediterranean Sea.〔C.Michael Hogan. 2011. (''Alboran Sea''. Encyclopedia of Earth. Eds. P.Saundry & C.J.Cleveland. National Council of Science and the Environment. Washington DC )〕 The northern portion, an area of mountains, valleys, and plateaus between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert, forms an integral part of the section of North Africa known as the Maghreb. This area includes Morocco, Tunisia, and the northwestern portion of Libya known historically as Tripolitania. Geographic coordinates: ==Size and boundaries== Land boundaries: ''total:'' 6,764 km ''border countries:'' Libya 989 km, Mali 1,359 km, Mauritania 460 km, Morocco 1,900 km, Niger 951 km, Tunisia 1,034 km, Western Sahara 41 km Area - comparative: roughly 3.5 times the size of Texas and twice the size of Ontario Coastline: 998 km Maritime claims: ''exclusive fishing zone:'' ''territorial sea:'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geography of Algeria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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