Top: Regional: Africa: Algeria: Science and Environment: Land and Marine



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Area

total: 2,381,740 sq km
land: 2,381,740 sq km
water: 0 sq km

Area - comparative: slightly less than 3.5 times the size of Texas


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Land boundaries

total: 6,343 km
border countries: Libya 982 km, Mali 1,376 km, Mauritania 463 km, Morocco 1,559 km, Niger 956 km, Tunisia 965 km, Western Sahara 42 km

Coastline: 998 km


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Maritime claims

territorial sea: 12 nm
exclusive fishing zone: 32-52 nm


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Land use

arable land: 3.22%
permanent crops: 0.25%
other: 96.53% (2001)

Irrigated land - 5,600 sq km (1998 est.) 



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