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Geography - note Algeria, in 30 editions.
The entry for Algeria published Geography - note in 30 editions of 36, from 1996 to 2025. The text changed in 4 editions. Each is shown as published. Geography - note in every entry.
- editions changed the text
- 4
- the first edition with it
- 1996
- the latest edition with it
- 2025
Published as “Geographic note” (1996), “Geography - note” (1997 to 2025), “Geography-note” (1998) and “Geography--note” (1999).
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2025 edition
Changed since 2024Published as “Geographic note”
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
Published as “Geography-note”
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
Published as “Geography--note”
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
The same text in 11 editions, 2000 to 2010.
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
second-largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
The same text in 7 editions, 2011 to 2017.
largest country in Africa
second-largest largest country in Africa (after Sudan)
The same text in 6 editions, 2018 to 2023.
- largest country in Africa but 80% desert;
- canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art - rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) - that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated
Rewritten: too little of the 2017 text remains to mark the changes.
largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art - rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) - that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated
largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art -- rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) -- that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated
largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art - -- rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) - -- that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated
largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art -- rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) -- that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 5,000 to 11,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated
largest country in Africa but 80% desert; canyons and caves in the southern Hoggar Mountains and in the barren Tassili n'Ajjer area in the southeast of the country contain numerous examples of prehistoric art -- rock paintings and carvings depicting human activities and wild and domestic animals (elephants, giraffes, cattle) -- that date to the African Humid Period, roughly 11,000 to 5,000 to 11,000 years ago, when the region was completely vegetated
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Central Intelligence Agency. “Algeria: Geography - note.” The World Factbook, 1996–2025 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/algeria/geography-note.