Algeria (Arabic: الجزائر, al-Jazā'ir; Berber: Dzayer), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية, al-Jumhūriyyah al-Jazāʾiriyyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭiyyah ash-Shaʿbiyyah),[note 1] also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Africa, with Algiers as its capital and most populous city.