Nearly four times the size of Texas, Algeria is bordered on the west by Morocco and Western Sahara and on the east by Tunisia and Libya. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north, and to the south are Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. The Saharan region, which is 85% of the country, is almost completely uninhabited. The highest point is Mount Tahat in the Sahara, which rises 9,850 ft (3,000 m). Since the start of the violence, Algeria is not much of a tourist destination. Very few travels still head south over the big routes through the Sahara. These routes were always the main travel attraction, although Algeria has a lot more to offer. Some of the finest Roman ruins in the world, old Arabic cities, good beaches. If...

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