Official name: Democratic Republic of Algeria
Algeria is bordered in the northeast by Tunisia, in the east by Libya, in the west by Morocco, in the southwest by Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Mali, in the southeast by Niger, and in the north by the Mediterranean Sea.
Muslim festivals are timed according to local sightings of various phases of the moon and the dates given above are approximations.
Algeria’s culture is strongly influenced by its religion, Islam, although in the past it was mainly influenced by the French culture.