Algeria

SHORT INFORMATION

Education in Algeria

Education is officially compulsory for children between the ages of six and fifteen. Approximately 5% of the adult population of the country is illiterate.

SHORT INFORMATION

Overview of Algeria

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.

HOLIDAYS AND TRADITIONS

Eid-ul-Fitr in Algeria