Algeria

The country calling code for Algeria is +213. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Algeria number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Algeria is assigned DZ as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and DZA as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Algeria is .dz. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Algeria is the Algerian dinar, with the ISO 4217 code DZD and the symbol د.ج. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Algeria are quoted in DZD. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Algeria is +01:00, currently UTC+01:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Algeria is Algiers. Algeria sits in Africa, specifically the Northern Africa subregion. Its approximate centre point is 28.00000000, 3.00000000. Traffic in Algeria drives on the right. Languages recorded for Algeria: Arabic.

Algeria shares a land border with 7 countries: Tunisia, Libya, Niger, Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali and Morocco. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.