Wikipedia readers turned to Algeria at 12x the usual rate

What this article is

Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. Spanning over 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), it is the largest country in Africa and the tenth largest in the world. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. With a population of over 47 million, Algeria is the tenth-most populous country in Africa. Its capital and largest city is Algiers.

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Rose at the same time

4 other articles that this one is connected to surged alongside it. What they have in common is left to you — the pageview record shows that attention moved together, not why.

• Yassine Bounou Morocco international footballer (born 1991)
• Morocco Country in North Africa
• Issa Diop (footballer) Moroccan footballer (born 1997)
• Mohamed Ouahbi Moroccan football manager (born 1976)

How this was measured

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