Saharan Algeria
The Algerian Sahara, also known as the Algerian Desert or the Great South, is the portion of the Sahara located within Algeria. It occupies most of the country's territory, approximately covering 80% of the total land area, and forms one of the largest national portions of the Sahara, the world's largest hot desert.
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Saharan Algeria
- Desert
- Description: north-central African region
- Also known as“Algerian Desert”“Algerian Sahara”
- Location
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Latitude of center
25.94° or 25° 56′ 24″ north
Longitude of center
2.48° or 2° 28′ 48″ east
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Saharan Algeria” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الصحراء الجزائرية”
- Arabic: “صحراء الجزائر”
- Azerbaijani: “Əlcəzair səhrası”
- Belarusian: “Алжырская пустыня”
- Bulgarian: “Алжирска пустиня”
- Chinese: “撒哈拉地区 (阿尔及利亚)”
- Chinese: “撒哈拉地区”
- Chinese: “阿尔及利亚沙漠”
- Czech: “Alžírská poušť”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الصحرا الجزايريه”
- Esperanto: “Alĝeria Dezerto”
- Esperanto: “Alĝeria Saharo”
- Esperanto: “Sahara Alĝerio”
- French: “Désert algérien”
- French: “Sahara algérien”
- Galician: “Deserto de Alxeria”
- Georgian: “ალჟირის უდაბნო”
- German: “Algerische Sahara”
- German: “Algerische Wüste”
- Hebrew: “המדבר האלג’ירי”
- Indonesian: “Gurun Aljazair”
- Italian: “Algeria sahariana”
- Italian: “deserto dell’Algeria”
- Italian: “Deserto dell’Algeria”
- Japanese: “アルジェリア領サハラ砂漠”
- Kabyle: “Aneẓruf azzayri”
- Korean: “알제리 사막”
- Lithuanian: “Alžyro dykuma”
- Malay: “Gurun Algeria”
- Mingrelian: “ალჟირიშ ტიოზი”
- Persian: “صحرای الجزایر”
- Portuguese: “Argélia Saariana”
- Portuguese: “Deserto da Argélia”
- Russian: “Алжирская пустыня”
- Serbian: “Алжирска пустиња”
- Slovak: “Alžírska púšť”
- Slovenian: “Alžirska puščava”
- Slovenian: “Saharska Alžirija”
- Spanish: “Sáhara argelino”
- Thai: “ทะเลทรายแอลจีเรีย”
- Turkish: “Cezayir Çölü”
- Ukrainian: “Алжирська пустеля”
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