What are Algeria's origins?

Algeria is one of the biggest countries in Africa. It is found in Northern Africa. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea in the north, Morocco in the west, Mauritania and Mali in the southwest, and Libya and Tunisia in the east.
Its name comes from the Arab word “Al Jazain,” which means “the islands,” and refers to the small islands that surround the country’s capital, Algiers. Algeria’s indigenous population consists of Berbers, who are thought to have migrated into the country and other parts of Northern Africa from Asia. Somewhere down its history, Algeria was known as the Barbary Coast because of the large number of Berbers that populated it. The Berber dynasties were subdued by the Spaniard and Turkish colonialists around the sixteenth century. Later on, in the nineteenth century, the French took over control of the country, thereby encouraging the growth of European settlements on the land. In about the same period, there was a significant growth of the Muslim population. However, the French colonists segregated against the Muslims, resulting in resistance by the underprivileged majority in much of the twentieth century. After over a century of French rule, Algerians finally got their independence in the year 1962.
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