Key facts about location, terrain, climate, and borders.
Continent
Africa
Area
2,381,741 km²
Country Bounds
N: 37.0937, S: 18.96, W: -8.67387, E: 11.9795
Landlocked
No
Terrain
mostly high plateau and desertAtlas Mountains in the far north and Hoggar Mountains in the southnarrow, discontinuous coastal plain
Climate
arid to semiaridmild, wet winters with hot, dry summers along coastdrier with cold winters and hot summers on high plateausirocco is a hot, dust/sand-laden wind especially common in summer
the vast majority of the populace is found in the extreme northern part of the country along the Mediterranean Coast, as shown in this population distribution map