Algiers الجزائر
Seal
Nickname: Algiers the White
Location of Algiers within Algeria
Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.7, 3.217
Country	Algeria
Wilaya	Algiers Province
Re-founded	AD 944
Government
- Wali (Governor)	Mohamed Kebir Addou
Population (2005)
- City	1,519,570
- Urban	2,029,936
- Metro	3,518,083
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
Postal codes	16000-16132

Algiers (Arabic: الجزائر‎, Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ([dzæjer] (From kabyle pronunciation), Kabyle: Ledzayer [ldzæjər], French: Alger [ɑlʒe]) is the capital and largest city of Algeria, and the second largest city in the Maghreb (behind Casablanca). The seal of Algiers, the capital of Algeria, was created after the country's Independence, it shows a Fortress, which symbolizes the A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's ||-|} Algeria is currently divided into 48 Wilayas ( Provinces, 553 Daïras ( circles, or Counties) and 1541 Baladiyahs Algiers ( Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital Algiers, which is also Wali (Arabic ولي, plural Awliya ' أولياء) is an Arabic word meaning trusted one or friend generally denoting A governor is a governing official usually the executive (at least nominally to different degrees also politically and administratively of a non-sovereign level of government A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central Central European Time ( CET) is one of the names of the Time zone that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. UTC+1 is used in the following locations Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Algerian Arabic is the variety or varieties of Arabic spoken in Algeria. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's The Maghreb (المغرب العربي al-Maġrib al-ʿArabī) also rendered Maghrib (or rarely Moghreb) meaning "place of Sunset Casablanca (in Standard Arabic: الدار البيضاء ad-Dār al-Bayḍāʼ; Moroccan Arabic: dar beïda الدار البيضا According to the 2005 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570; for the urban area was 2,135,630; for the metropolitan area 3,518,083; and for Algiers Province as a whole 5,723,749 (2006). Algiers ( Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital Algiers, which is also Thus the urban area of Greater Algiers is one of the largest in North Africa^[1]

Nicknamed El-Bahdja (البهجة) or Alger la Blanche ("Algiers the White") for the glistening white of its buildings as seen rising up from the sea, Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan The city name is derived from the Arabic word al-jazā’ir, which translates as the islands, referring to the four islands which lay off the city's coast until becoming part of the mainland in 1525. Al-jazā’ir is itself a truncated form of the city's older name jazā’ir banī mazghannā, "the islands of (the tribe) Bani Mazghanna", used by early medieval geographers such as al-Idrisi and Yaqut al-Hamawi. Abu Abd Allah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani al-Sabti or simply El Idrisi ( Arabic أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي Latin: Yaqut ibn-'Abdullah al-Rumi al-Hamawi) (1179-1229 (ياقوت الحموي الرومي was a Syrian Biographer and Geographer. Algiers is the only Algerian city with an English name different from its French name. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people

The modern part of the city is built on the level ground by the seashore; the old part, the ancient city of the deys, climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the casbah or citadel, 400 feet (122 m) above the sea. Dey (Arabic داي from Turkish Dayı) was the title given to the rulers of the Regency of Algiers ( Algeria) and Tunis ( Tunisia) under The Casbah ( French) or as transliterated from Arabic Qasba (from qasba, قصبة ' Citadel ' is specifically the citadel of Algiers The casbah and the two quays form a triangle.

Contents 1 History 1.1 War of Algeria 1.2 Independence 1.3 Crisis of the 1990s 1.4 Algiers in the 21st century 1.4.1 Bombings 2 Districts of Algiers 3 Local architecture 3.1 Monuments 4 Demographics 5 Economy 6 Tourist installations 7 Public transport 8 Quinquennial projects of the wilaya of Algiers 9 Sports 9.1 Football clubs 10 Sister relationships 11 Films about Algiers 12 Bibliography 13 References 14 See also 15 External links

History

A Phoenician commercial outpost called Ikosim which later developed into a small Roman town called Icosium existed on what is now the marine quarter of the city. Phoenicia ( Phoenician: Phoenician nunsvg|12px|נ]]Phoenician nun Ancient Rome was a Civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC The rue de la Marine follows the lines of what used to be a Roman street. Roman cemeteries existed near Bab-el-Oued and Bab Azoun. Bab el-Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the Capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the City centre. Bab Azoun ("Gate of Grief" is the name of a city gate of Algiers. The city was given Latin rights by Vespasian. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Titus Flavius Vespasianus, commonly known as Vespasian ( November 17 9 &ndash June 23 79) was a Roman Emperor who The bishops of Icosium are mentioned as late as the 5th century. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight

The present-day city was founded in 944 by Buluggin ibn Ziri, the founder of the Berber Zirid-Senhaja dynasty, which was overthrown by Roger II of Sicily in 1148, although the Zirids had already lost control of Algiers before the final fall of the dynasty. Abul-Futuh Sayf ad-Dawla Buluggin ibn Ziri (died 984 was the first ruler of the Zirids in Ifriqiya (972-984 Berbers are the indigenous peoples of North Africa west of the Nile Valley. The Zirids (زيريون were a Berber dynasty originating in Petite Kabylie among the Kutama tribe that ruled Ifriqiya (in modern day Eastern The Sanhaja (also commonly spelled "Sanhadja" were one of the largest Berber tribal confederations of the Maghreb, along with the Zanata Roger II ( 22 December 1095 &ndash 26 February 1154) was King of Sicily, son of Roger I of Sicily and successor to his The city was occupied by the Almohades in 1159, and in the 13th century came under the dominion of the Abd-el-Wadid sultans of Tlemcen. The Almohad Dynasty (From Arabic الموحدون al-Muwahhidun, i Tlemcen is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the capital of the the province of the same name. Nominally part of the sultanate of Tlemcen, Algiers had a large measure of independence under amirs of its own due to Oran being the chief seaport and center of power of the Abd-el-Wahid. Emir ( Arabic: ar أمير;, female أميرة; emira;) ( Farsi and Urdu: امیر) Oran ( Arabic:ar وهران pronounced Wahran; also transliterated as Ouahran, Spanish: Orán.

As early as 1302 the islet of Penon in front of Algiers harbour had been occupied by Spaniards. Thereafter, a considerable amount of trade began to flow between Algiers and Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. However, Algiers continued to be of comparatively little importance until after the expulsion of the Moors from Spain, many of whom sought asylum in the city. The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim (and earlier non-Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent In 1510, following their occupation of Oran and other towns on the coast of Africa, the Spaniards fortified the islet of Penon. In 1516, the amir of Algiers, Selim b. Teumi, invited the corsair brothers Aruj and Khair ad-Din Barbarossa to expel the Spaniards. Corsairs were French Privateers from the north-western French port of St-Malo, located on the northern coast of Brittany. Oruç Reis (also called Barbarossa or Redbeard) ( Turkish: Aruj or Oruç Reis, Arabic: عروج بربروس Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha ( Turkish: Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa or Hızır Hayreddin Paşa; also Hızır Reis before being promoted to the Aruj came to Algiers, ordered the assassination of Selim, and seized the town. Khair ad-Din, succeeding Arouj after the latter was killed in battle against the Spaniards at Tlemcen, was the founder of the pashaluk, which subsequently became the beylik, of Algeria after formally inviting the Sultan to accept sovereignty over the territory and to annex Algiers to the Ottoman Empire. The subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire were Administrative divisions of the State organisation of the Ottoman Empire based on military administration but The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish

Algiers from this time became the chief seat of the Barbary pirates. A coat of arms or armorial bearings (often just arms for short in European tradition is a design belonging to a particular person (or group of people The Barbary pirates, also sometimes called Ottoman corsairs, were Muslim Pirates and Privateers that operated from North Africa, from In October 1541, the King of Spain and Holy Roman Emperor Charles V sought to capture the city, but a storm destroyed a great number of his ships, and his army of some 30,000, chiefly made up of Spaniards, was defeated by the Algerians under their Pasha, Hassan. Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was Pasha or pacha, formerly bashaw, (paşa پاشا ( Persian: پاشا ( Armenian: Փաշա was a high rank in the Ottoman Empire Formally part of the Ottoman Empire but essentially free from Ottoman control, starting in the 17th century Algiers turned to piracy and ransoming. Due to its location on the periphery of both the Ottoman and European economic spheres, and depending for its existence on a Mediterranean that was increasingly controlled by European shipping, backed by European navies, piracy became the primary economic activity. Repeated attempts were made by various nations to subdue the pirates that disturbed shipping in the western Mediterranean and engaged in slave raids as far north as Cornwall. The United States fought two wars (the First and Second Barbary Wars) over Algiers' attacks on shipping. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The First Barbary War (1801&ndash1805 also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War, was the first of two wars fought between the United The Second Barbary War (1815 also known as the Algerine or Algerian War) was the second of two wars fought between the United States of America

In 1816, the city was bombarded by a British squadron under Lord Exmouth (a descendant of Thomas Pellew, taken in an Algerian slave raid in 1715), assisted by Dutch men-of-war, destroying the corsair fleet harboured in Algiers. Admiral Edward Pellew 1st Viscount Exmouth, GCB ( April 9, 1757 &ndash January 23, 1833) was a British naval The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands

The history of Algiers from 1830 to 1962 is bound to the larger history of Algeria and its relationship to France. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. On July 4, 1827, under the pretext of an affront to the French consul — whom the dey had hit with a fly-whisk when the counsul said the French government was not prepared to pay its large outstanding debts to two Algerian Jewish merchants — a French army under General de Bourmont attacked the city, which capitulated the following day. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Dey (Arabic داي from Turkish Dayı) was the title given to the rulers of the Regency of Algiers ( Algeria) and Tunis ( Tunisia) under A fly-whisk is a tool to swat or disturb flies It is used as a Regalia in some cultures Louis-Auguste-Victor Count de Ghaisnes de Bourmont ( September 2, 1773 - October 27, 1846) was a Marshal of France. Algiers became a French colony.

In 1962, after a bloody independence struggle in which up to 1. 5 million Algerians died at the hands of the French Army and the Algerian Front de Libération Nationale, Algeria finally gained its independence, with Algiers as its capital. The French Army, officially the Armée de Terre (Land Army is the land-based component of the French Armed Forces and its largest The National Liberation Front ( Arabic: جبهة التحرير الوطني transliterated: Jabhat al-Taḩrīr al-Waţanī French: Front Since then, despite losing its entire European or pied-noir population, the city has expanded massively. Pied-Noir ("Black-Foot" plural Pieds-Noirs, pronounced /pje It now has about 3 million inhabitants, or 10 percent of Algeria's population — and its suburbs now cover most of the surrounding Metidja plain.

Having hosted the All-Africa Games in 1978, Algiers will again host the games in 2007. The All-Africa Games, sometimes called the African Games or Pan African Games, are a regional Multi-sport event held every four years organized by the Algiers is also the "Capital of Arabic Culture" for 2007.

War of Algeria

Algiers also played a decisive part in the War of Algeria (1954-1962), particularly during the Battle of Algiers when the 10th Parachute Division of the French Army, starting on January 7, 1957 and on the orders of then French Minister of Justice François Mitterrand (who authorized any means "to eliminate the insurrectionists"), led attacks against the Algerian fighters for independence. The Algerian War ( French: Guerre d'Algérie; 1954-1962 also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria 's independence from Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand ( 26 October 1916 8 January 1996 served as President of France from 1981 to 1995 elected as representative of the Socialist Algiers remains marked by this battle, which was characterized by merciless fighting between Algerian forces who, on the one hand, resorted to attacking the French colonists, and the French Army who, on the other, carried out a bloody repression including the quasi-systematic use of torture on protesters of the colonial order. Two such victims were the nationalist leader, Larbi Ben M'Hidi, and a young professor of mathematics, Maurice Audin, both of whom have since been honored by the municipality with principal arteries of the city named after them. Mohammed Larbi Ben M'hidi (1923&ndash1957 ( محمد العربي بن مهيدي) was a prominent Algerian leader during the war of independence. Maurice Audin (1932-1957 was a French mathematics assistant at the University of Algiers, a member of the Algerian Communist Party and an activist in the anticolonialist The demonstrations of May 13 during the crisis of 1958 provoked the fall of the Fourth Republic in France, as well as the return of General de Gaulle to power. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola. Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The founding of the Fourth Republic (1944-47 See also Three Parties, Third Force (France European Unity The creation of the Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle ( ( 22 November 1890 – 9 November 1970) was a French General and statesman who led the Free French

Independence

Algeria achieved independence on July 5, 1962. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Run by the military that had liberated it, Algiers became a member of Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War. The Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM) is an International organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the In October 1988, one year before the fall of the Berlin Wall, Algiers was the site of demonstrations demanding the end of the single party system and the creation of a real democracy baptized the “Spring of Algiers”. The Berlin Wall (Berliner Mauer was a physical barrier separating West Berlin from the German Democratic Republic (GDR ( East Germany) including Democracy is a form of government in which the supreme power is held completely by the people under a free electoral system The demonstrators were repressed by the authorities (more than 300 dead), but the movement constituted a turning point in the political history of modern Algeria. In 1989, a new constitution was adopted that put an end to the reign of the single party and saw the creation of more than fifty political parties, as well as official freedom of the press.

Crisis of the 1990s

The city became the theatre of many political demonstrations of all descriptions until 1992. In 1991, a political entity dominated by religious conservatives called the Islamic Salvation Front engaged in a political test of wills with the authorities. The Islamic Salvation Front ( Arabic: الجبهة الإسلامية للإنقاذ al-Jabhah al-Islāmiyah lil-Inqādh) (Front Islamique du Salut is an outlawed In the 1992 elections for the Algerian National Assembly, the Islamists garnered a large amount of support in the first round, helped by a massive abstention from disillusioned Algerian voters by the of turn events. Fearing an eventual win by the Islamists, the army cancelled the election process, setting off a civil war between the State and armed religious conservatives which would last for a decade. The Algerian Civil War was an armed conflict between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups which began in 1991

Algiers in the 21st century

Today, in 2007, Algiers is seeking to once again become an important African and Mediterranean capital, envisioning having a comparable level of infrastructure development to what it had in 1962 relative to other countries. Algiers is opening itself up to the world by hosting a variety of international conferences and events. This new openness has attracted the investment of a number of multinational companies in recent years, such as: Carrefour, Yves Rocher, and even Quick. However, many large infrastructure projects are struggling to be completed: the Algiers subway, the tramway, urban renewal projects, the creation of new urban centers on the periphery. The current infrastructure has not been able to keep up with Algiers' rapid growth.

Algiers is currently ranked lowest out of 132 capitals in the Economist Intellegince Unit's quality of life survey. The survey takes into consideration 40 different criteria divided into 5 categories: stability, health services, culture and environment, education, and the availability of basic services. Algiers was ranked lower than such cities as Karachi (Pakistan), Tripoli (Libya), Abidjan (Côte-d'Ivoire), and even Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. In 2005 the same survey ranked Algiers 125th out of 129 cities.

Bombings

2007 has brought mixed results for Algiers. On the positive side the city has been named the capital of "Arab culture" for 2007. On the negative side, a double bombing attack occurred on April 11 with one bomb targeting the government building housing the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior; and another bomb targeting the police station in Bab-Ezzouar. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. The attacks were claimed by an organization calling themselves the Maghreb branch of Al-Qaida.

On December 11, 2007, two car bombs exploded in the city of Algiers. Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. One bomb targeted two United Nations buildings and the other targeted a government building housing the Supreme Court. The death toll is at least 62, with over two hundred injured in the attacks. ^[2] However, only 26 remained hospitalized the following day. ^[3] As of now, it is speculated that the attack was carried out by the Al Qaida cell within the city. ^[4]

Indigenous terrorist groups have been actively operating in Algeria since around 2002. For accurate information on these groups, who could very well have been responsible, please follow this link to an article on the Islamic insurgency in Algeria. The Maghreb (more specifically Algeria, Mauritania and Morocco) has been the subject of an Insurgency since 2002 waged by the neo-

Districts of Algiers

Kasbah of Algiers*
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, v
Reference	565
Region†	Arab States
Inscription history
Inscription	1992  (16th Session)
* Name as inscribed on World Heritage List. † Region as classified by UNESCO.

• The Casbah (of Al Qasbah , “the Citadel”), Ier District of Algiers: called Al-Djazaïr Al Mahroussa (“Well Kept Algiers”), it is founded on the ruins of old Icosium. A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex A UNESCO World Heritage Site is a site (such as a Forest, Mountain, Lake, Desert, Monument, Building, complex The Casbah ( French) or as transliterated from Arabic Qasba (from qasba, قصبة ' Citadel ' is specifically the citadel of Algiers It is a small city which, built on a hill, goes down towards the sea, divided in two: the High city and the Low city. One finds there masonries and mosques of the 17th century; Ketchaoua mosque (built in 1794 by the Dey Baba Hassan) flanked by two minarets, mosque el Djedid (built in 1660, at the time of Turkish regency) with its large finished ovoid cupola points some and its four coupolettes, mosque El Kébir (oldest of the mosques, it was built by almoravide Youssef Ibn Tachfin and rebuilt later in 1794), mosque Ali Betchnin (Raïs, 1623), Dar Aziza, palate of Jénina. The Almoravids, was a Berber dynasty from the Sahara that spread over a wide area of North-Western Africa and the Iberian peninsula during In the Kasbah, there are also labyrinths of lanes and houses that are very picturesque; and if one gets lost there, it is enough to go down again towards the sea to reposition oneself.

• Bab El Oued : popular district which extends from the Casbah beyond "the gate of the river". Bab el-Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the Capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the City centre. It is the district more chouchouté and more liked of all the districts of the capital. Famous for its place “the three clocks” and for its “market Triplet”, it is also a district of workshops and manufactures.
• Edge of sea : from 1840, the architects Pierre-August Guiauchain and Frederic Chassériau designed new buildings apart from the Kasbah, town hall, law courts, buildings, theatre, palace of the Governor, casino. . . to form an elegant walk bordered by arcades which is the boulevard today Che Guevara (ex-boulevard of Republic). Ernesto "Che" Guevara (June 14 Following the Cuban revolution,Guevara reviewed A republic is a State or Country that is not led by a hereditary Monarch, but in which the people (or at least a part of its people have impact on its

• Kouba (will daira of Hussein-dey): Kouba is an old village which was absorbed by the expansion of the town of Algiers. Of village, Kouba quickly developed under the French colonial era then continued growing due to formidable demographic expansion that Algiers knew after the independence of Algeria in 1962. It is today a district of Algiers which is largely made up of houses, villas and buildings not exceeding five stories.

• El Harrach, according to the name of the river which crosses this district. El Harrach (الـحرّاش is a suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers, located about 10 km to the east of the city The mouth of this river played a very important part in the catch of Algiers and the Dogvane, this rock opposite Algiers occupied by the Spaniards. Indeed, at the beginning of the 16th century, with the call of the one of the dignitaries of Algiers autochthones who saw the progressive loss of the authority of the city in front of the occupation of the Dogvane by the Spaniards, one of the Barberousse brothers hid his fleet there before taking Algiers by surprised by the south-eastern side. This district of Algiers will be named Square-House by the French, who will make of it the industrial park of the city. Thus, during colonization, as well El-Harrach as Hussein-Dey will be satellite towns of Algiers where Algerian autochthones more or less will cohabit with French, but in clearly separate zones. This city will be a residential district for an easy layer of French, but a true ghetto for the Algerians, especially those pushed by the rural migration.
  

  Commune d' El Biar
  El-Harrach was also a city which wrote a large page of sporting history with boxes and it football. Elaborate wood box Tom TanakaJPG|thumb|An elaborate wooden box]] Box describes a variety of containers and receptacles Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered After independence, El-Harrach will become gradually a district of Algiers, and later on chief town of Daira with a new cutting in districts, like Mohammadia, Belfort, Bellevue, the Park, Wadi-Smar, Five-Houses, the dunes, theMaritime ones, Beaulieu, etc.
• The communes of Hydra, Ben Aknoun, El-Biar and Bouzareah form what the inhabitants of Algiers call the heights of Algiers. Ben Aknoun is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. El Biar (from the arabic "الأبيار" meaning "The Wells" is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. Bouzareah is a suburb of Algiers, the capital of Algeria, North Africa, and its eleventh district These communes, sometimes famous knacks, shelter the majority of the foreign embassies of Algiers, of many ministries and university centers, which makes it one of the administrative and policy centers of the country.

• The street Didouche Mourade Ex Rue Michelet is located in the 3rd district Of Algiers. It extends from the Grande Post office to the Heights of Algiers. It crosses in particular the place Audin , the Faculty of Algiers , The Crowned Heart and the park of Galland . It is bordered by smart stores and restaurants along most of its length. It is regarded as the heart of the capital.

Local architecture

There are many public buildings of interest, including the whole Kasbah quarter, Martyrs Square (Sahat ech-Chouhada ساحة الشهداء), the government offices (formerly the British consulate), the "Grand", "New", and Ketchaoua Mosques, the Roman Catholic cathedral of Notre Dame d'Afrique, the Bardo Museum (a former Turkish mansion), the old Bibliotheque Nationale d'Alger — a Turkish palace built in 1799–1800 — and the new National Library, built in a style reminiscent of the British Library. A kasbah ( Arabic: "القصبة" or Qassabah is a unique kind of medina, Islamic city or fortress The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger Notre Dame d'Afrique (Our Lady of Africa is a Roman Catholic church that is the Basilica of Algiers, Algeria. Bardo Museum is a Museum in Tunis, Tunisia. It displays objects ranging from prehistorical artefacts to modern jewellery Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The British Library ( BL) is the National library of the United Kingdom.

The main building in the Kasbah was begun in 1516 on the site of an older building, and served as the palace of the deys until the French conquest. A road has been cut through the centre of the building, the mosque turned into barracks, and the hall of audience allowed to fall into ruin. Barracks are living quarters for personnel on a Military post There still remain a minaret and some marble arches and columns. For the mountain formation see Minarets (California. Minarets ( Arabic manara (lighthouse منارة but more usually مئذنة Traces exist of the vaults in which were stored the treasures of the dey.

The Great Mosque (Jamaa-el-Kebir الجامع الكبير) is the oldest mosque in Algiers. The Great Mosque of Algiers (الجامع الكبير Jemaa Kebir) was built in Algiers, Algeria in 1097 It was first built by Yusuf ibn Tashfin, but reconstructed many times. Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashafin (reigned c 1061 - 1106 (يوسف بن تاشفين or يوسف بن تشفين was an ethnic Berber and Al-Murabitoon ruler The pulpit (minbar منبر) bears an inscription showing that the building existed in 1097. A minbar ( Arabic: منبر also spelt mimbar) is a Pulpit in the Mosque where the Imam (leader of prayer stands to deliver sermons The minaret was built by the sultan of Tlemcen, in 1324. Tlemcen is a town in Northwestern Algeria, and the capital of the the province of the same name. The interior of the mosque is square and is divided into aisles by columns joined by Moorish arches. The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim (and earlier non-Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent

The New Mosque (Jamaa-el-Jedid الجامع الجديد), dating from the 17th century, is in the form of a Greek cross, surmounted by a large white cupola, with four small cupolas at the corners. A cross is a geometrical figure consisting of two lines or bars perpendicular to each other dividing one or two of the lines in half The minaret is 90 feet (27 m) high. The interior resembles that of the Grand Mosque.

The church of the Holy Trinity (built in 1870) stands at the southern end of the rue d'Isly near the site of the demolished Fort Bab Azoun باب عزون. The interior is richly decorated with various coloured marbles. Many of these marbles contain memorial inscriptions relating to the English residents (voluntary and involuntary) of Algiers from the time of John Tipton, British consul in 1580. One tablet records that in 1631 two Algerine pirate crews landed in Ireland, sacked Baltimore. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world Baltimore (Dún na Séad is a harbour town in western County Cork, Province of Munster, Ireland.

The Ketchaoua mosque (Djamaa Ketchaoua جامع كتشاوة), at the foot of the Casbah, was before independence in 1962 the cathedral of St Philippe, itself made in 1845 from a mosque dating from 1612. The principal entrance, reached by a flight of 23 steps, is ornamented with a portico supported by four black-veined marble columns. A portico is a Porch that is leading to the entrance of a building or extended as a Colonnade, with a roof structure over a walkway supported by Columns The roof of the nave is of Moorish plaster work. The description Moors has referred to several historic and modern populations of Muslim (and earlier non-Muslim people of Berber and Arab descent The term plaster can refer to plaster of Paris Lime plaster, or Cement plaster. It rests on a series of arcades supported by white marble columns. Several of these columns belonged to the original mosque. In one of the chapels was a tomb containing the bones of San Geronimo. The alleged finding of human remains designated San Geronimo, in 1853 afforded striking confirmation of an incident recorded by a Spanish Benedictine named The building seems a curious blend of Moorish and Byzantine styles.

Algiers possesses a college with schools of law, medicine, science and letters. The college buildings are large and handsome. The Bardo museum holds some of the ancient sculptures and mosaics discovered in Algeria, together with medals and Algerian money. This is an article on a Buddhist concept For other meanings of the word Bardo, see Bardo (disambiguation The Tibetan word Bardo The port of Algiers is sheltered from all winds. There are two harbours, both artificial — the old or northern harbour and the southern or Agha harbour. The northern harbour covers an area of 235 acres (95 ha). Explanation The hectare is commonly used in most countries around the world especially in domains concerned with land planning and management such as Agriculture, An opening in the south jetty affords an entrance into Agha harbour, constructed in Agha Bay. Agha harbour has also an independent entrance on its southern side. The inner harbour was begun in 1518 by Khair-ad-Din Barbarossa (see History, below), who, to accommodated his pirate vessels, caused the island on which was Fort Penon to be connected with the mainland by a mole. Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha ( Turkish: Barbaros Hayreddin Paşa or Hızır Hayreddin Paşa; also Hızır Reis before being promoted to the A mole is a massive structure usually of stone, used as a Pier, breakwater, or junction between places separated by water The lighthouse which occupies the site of Fort Penon was built in 1544.

Algiers was a walled city from the time of the deys until the close of the 19th century. The French, after their occupation of the city (1830), built a rampart, parapet and ditch, with two terminal forts, Bab Azoun باب عزون to the south and Bab-el-Oued باب الواد to the north. See also List of cities with defensive walls A defensive wall is a Fortification used to defend a city or settlement from potential aggressors A parapet is a wall-like barrier at the edge of a Roof or structure. A ditch is usually defined as a small to moderate depression created to channel Water. Bab Azoun ("Gate of Grief" is the name of a city gate of Algiers. Bab el-Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the Capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the City centre. The forts and part of the ramparts were demolished at the beginning of the 20th century, when a line of forts occupying the heights of Bouzareah بوزريعة (at an elevation of 1,300 feet (396 m) above the sea) took their place. Bouzareah is a suburb of Algiers, the capital of Algeria, North Africa, and its eleventh district Notre-Dame d'Afrique, a church built (1858–1872) in a mixture of the Roman and Byzantine styles, is conspicuously situated, overlooking the sea, on the shoulder of the Bouzareah hills, 2 miles (3. The Roman Empire was the post-Republican phase of the ancient Roman civilization, characterised by an autocratic form of government and large territorial Bouzareah is a suburb of Algiers, the capital of Algeria, North Africa, and its eleventh district 2 km) to the north of the city. Above the altar is a statue of the Virgin depicted as a black woman. The church also contains a solid silver statue of the archangel Michael, belonging to the confraternity of Neapolitan fishermen. Michael (מִיכָאֵל Micha'el or Mîkhā'ēl; Μιχαήλ Mikhaíl; Michael or Míchaël; ميخائيل Mikhā'īl) is an Naples ( Napoli, Neapolitan: Nàpule) is a historic City in southern Italy, the Capital of the

Villa Abd-el-Tif, former residence of the dey, was used during the French period, to accommodate French artists, chiefly painters, and winners of the Abd-el-Tif prize, among whom Maurice Boitel, for a while of two years. Dey (Arabic داي from Turkish Dayı) was the title given to the rulers of the Regency of Algiers ( Algeria) and Tunis ( Tunisia) under The Abd-el-Tif prize was an award for painter artists Decreed on contest it was created in 1907 under the impulse of Leonce Maurice Boitel (born July 31, 1919 - died August 11, 2007 in Audresselles Nowadays, Algerian artists are back in the villa's studios.

Monuments

• Notre Dame d'Afrique , accessible by one cable car, is one of its most outstanding monuments: located in the district of Z' will ghara, the basilica was built around 1858. Notre Dame d'Afrique (Our Lady of Africa is a Roman Catholic church that is the Basilica of Algiers, Algeria. An aerial tramway is a type of Aerial lift in which a cabin is suspended from a cable and is pulled by another cable

• Monument des Martyrs ( Maquam E' chahid ): an iconic concrete monument commemorating the Algerian war for independence. The Monument des Martyrs ( Maquam E' chahid) is an iconic concrete monument commemorating the Algerian war for independence. The Algerian War ( French: Guerre d'Algérie; 1954-1962 also known as Algerian War of Independence, led to Algeria 's independence from The monument was opened in 1982 on the 20th anniversary of Algeria's independence. It is fashioned in the shape of three standing palm leaves which shelter the "Eternal Flame" beneath. At the edge of each palm leaf stands a statue of a soldier, each representing a stage of Algeria's struggle.

• The El Jedid mosque at the Places des Martyrs near the port.
• Place of the Emir Abdelkader (ex-place Bugeaud): in memory of the famous emir Abd El-Kader, resistant during conquête of Algeria. `Abd al-Qādir al-Jazā'irī ( 6 September, 1808 - 26 May, 1883, in Arabic عبد القادر الجزائري was an
• Grand Post Office (1910, by Voinot and Tondoire): construction of the néo-Moorish type which is in full centre town of Algiers.
• Garden of Test ( El-Hamma ): located has Is of Algiers, it extends on a surface from 80 hectares (198 acres). Explanation The hectare is commonly used in most countries around the world especially in domains concerned with land planning and management such as Agriculture, The acre is a unit of Area in a number of different systems including the imperial and U It was created in 1832 by A. Hardy. Exotic plants and gardens there are found.
• Villa Abd-el-Hair , with the top of the Garden of test, one of the old residences of the dey, where until 1962, were placed the artists prizes winner of Price Abd-el-Hair, and in particular Maurice Boitel and Andre Hamburg. Maurice Boitel (born July 31, 1919 - died August 11, 2007 in Audresselles
• Citadel .
• Riadh El-Feth (shopping centre and art gallery).
• Ketchoua Mosque (This mosque became the Saint-Philippe cathedral during colonization before becoming again a mosque). The Ketchaoua Mosque (Djamaa Ketchaoua جامع كتشاوة is a Mosque in Algiers at the foot of the Casbah noted for its blend of Moorish and Byzantine
• National Library , is in the district of El HAMMA. Elle has an architecture modèrne and marries the decoration perfectly.
• The Great Mosque of Algiers at he Rue de la Marine. The Great Mosque of Algiers (الجامع الكبير Jemaa Kebir) was built in Algiers, Algeria in 1097 It is the oldest mosque of Algiers and was built during the reign of the Almoravid sultan Yusuf ibn Tashfin. The Almoravids, was a Berber dynasty from the Sahara that spread over a wide area of North-Western Africa and the Iberian peninsula during Yusuf ibn Tashfin or Tashafin (reigned c 1061 - 1106 (يوسف بن تاشفين or يوسف بن تشفين was an ethnic Berber and Al-Murabitoon ruler

Demographics

Algiers has a population of 2,072,993 (2007 estimates). ^[5]

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Year	Population
1977 (Census)	1,353,826
1987 (Census)	1,507,241
1998 (Census)	1,519,570
2007 (Estimate)	2,072,993

Economy

Algiers is an important economic, commercial and financial center, with in particular a stock exchange with a capitalisation of 60 billion euros. The port of Algiers is also the most important of West Africa. The city has the highest cost of living of any city in North Africa, as well as the 50th highest worldwide, as of March 2007, having gained one position comparet to the previous year. North Africa or Northern Africa is the Northernmost Region of the African Continent, separated by the Sahara from Sub-Saharan ^[6] Mohamed Ben Ali El Abbar, president of the Council d administration of the emirate group EMAAR, presented five "megaprojects" to Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, during a ceremony which took place Saturday, July 15 with the Palate of the People of Algiers. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final The projects will transform the city of Algiers and its surroundings by equipping them with a retail area, and restoration and leisure facilities. The first project will concentrate on the reorganization and the development of the infrastructures of the railway station "Aga" located in the downtown area. Ultramodern, the station, intended to accommodate more than 80. 000 passengers per day, will become a center of circulation in the heart of the grid system, surrounded by commercial offices and buildings and hotels intended for travelers in transit. A shopping centre and three high-rise office buildings rising with the top of the commercial zone will accompany the project. The second project will relate to the bay of Algiers and aims to revitalize the sea front. The development of the 44 km (27 mi) sea front will include marinas, channels, luxury hotels, offices, apartments of great standing, luxury stores and leisure amenities. A crescent-shaped peninsula will be set up on the open sea. The project of the bay of Algiers will also comprise six small islands, of which four of round form, connected to each other by bridges and marinas and will include tourist and residential complexes. The third project will relate to restructuring an area of Algiers, qualified by the originators of the project of "city of wellness". El Abbar indicated to the journalists that the complex would be "agréable for all those which will want to combine tourism and wellbeing or tourism and relaxation". The complex will include a university, a research center and a medical centre. It should also include a hospital complex, a care, centre, a hotel zone, an urban centre and a thermal spa with villas and apartments. The university will include a medical school and a school for care male nurses which will be able to accommodate 500 students. The university campus will have the possibility of seeing setting up broad ranges of buildings of research laboratories and residences. Another project relates to technological implantation of a campus in Sidi Abdellah, 25 km (16 mi) south-east from Algiers. This 90 hectares (222 acres) site will include shopping centres, residential zones with high standard apartments and a golf course surrounded by villas and hotels. Two other residential zones, including 1. 800 apartments and 40 high standard villas, will be built on the surrounding hills. The fifth project is that of the tourist complex Colonel Abbès, which will be located 25 km (16 mi) west from Algiers. This complex will include several retail zones, meetingplaces, and residential zones composed of apartments and villas with views of the sea.

Tourist installations

Some 20 km (12 mi) to the west of Algiers are such seaside resorts as Sidi Fredj (ex-Sidi Ferruch), Palm Beach, Douaouda, Zéralda, and the Club of the Pines (residence of State); there are tourist complexes, Algerian and other restaurants, souvenir shops, supervised beaches, and other amenities. Zeralda is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. The city is also equipped with important hotel complexes such as the hotel Hilton, El-Aurassi or El Djazair. Algiers (الجزائر Algerian Arabic: Dzayer ( (From kabyle pronunciation Kabyle: Ledzayer, Alger) is the Capital and largest Algiers also has the first water park in the country. See List of waterparks (for a list of all waterparks in the world A waterpark is an Amusement park that features waterplay areas such Located ten minutes from the city to the East, Kiffan Club extends over a surface of 2 hectares (5 acres). With a large adult pool, several child pools, as well as large toboggans, the site includes several points of restoration. With dimensions is the Karting Escape, which opened its doors in 2005, with a long track 700 metres (2,300 ft) and three different categories of karts. Aquafortland http://www.aquafortland.com supplements this decoration with a ludic swimming pool spread out over 1. 5 hectares (4 acres), and with all the conveniences necessary for the wellbeing of the customer. The tourism of Algiers is in ascendance but is not as developed as that of a larger city of Morocco or of Tunisia. Tourism is Travel for Recreational or Leisure purposes The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel Morocco (المغرب "al-Maghrib" officially the Kingdom of Morocco (المملكة المغربية is a country located in North Africa Tunisia (تونس Tūnis officially the Tunisian Republic ( is a country located in North Africa.

Public transport

• ETUSA (urban and suburban bus transportation for Algiers) operates bus service in Algiers and the surrounding suburbs. 54 lines are currently operating, with service from 5:30 a. m. to 12:45 a. m.

• SNTF (national railroad company) operates commuter-rail lines connecting the capital to the surrounding suburbs. SNTF (in French - S ocieté N ationale des T ransports F errovaires i

• Algiers Metro open in 2008. The Algiers Metro in Algiers, Algeria, is an urban project which dates from the years 1970 designed to avoid the demographic explosion and with the need for collective

• Houari Boumedienne Airport is located 20 km (12 mi) from the city. Houari Boumedienne Airport is a public Airport located 9 miles (17 km southeast of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The airport serves many European cities, West Africa, the Middle East and North America (Montreal). West Africa or Western Africa is the Westernmost Region of the African Continent. The Middle East is a Subcontinent with no clear boundaries often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East. On July 5, 2006 a new international air terminal was opened for service. Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. The terminal is managed by Aéroports de Paris. Aéroports de Paris or ADP ( Paris Airports) is the airport authority that owns and manages the 14 civil Airports and airfields in the Île-de-France

Quinquennial projects of the wilaya of Algiers

• To make up the enormous deficit which the city of Algiers as regards transport knows, this one will be equipped with one tram which will connect it downtown area to Dergana (operational in 2009), of a line of subway Tafourah-Large Harrach Post office-El (operational in 2008) and several lines RER Algiers-Aga-Thenia, Algiers-Aga-Elafroun, Algiers-Aga-Zeralda. A tram, tramcar, trolley, trolley car, or streetcar is a railborne vehicle, of lighter weight and construction than a Train A rapid transit, underground, subway, elevated railway or metro(politan system is an electric passenger railway The RER ( R éseau E xpress R égional, ɛʀøɛʀ "Regional Express Network" is a Rapid transit system in France serving Be added to all this the reorganization of Etusa (Haulage company Urbain and Suburbain of Algiers), the realization of three new cable cars from here 2009, the rehabilitation of four what exists as well as the refitting of roadway system. A cable car is any of a variety of transportation systems relying on cables to pull vehicles along or lower them at a steady rate or a vehicle on these systems It is also a question of the restoration of the station of Algiers (Aga) to accommodate the future line High-speed rail Annaba-Algiers-Oran.
• Most important, c'est the d'Emaar project which discusses with the government on the rehabilitation and modernization d'une good part of the bay d'Alger. An investment of more than 28 billion dollars spread out over several years which will change l'image completely l'est capital, with buildings and hotels high standing, a city of medicine.
• In addition, in response to the increase always increasing in the automobile park, and parallel to the installation of way S and roundabouts, of échangeurs and of the sections of motorway were built right now, and others are in the course of construction in order to improve the traffic in the metropolis. A roundabout is a type of Road junction at which Traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island Motorway is a term for both a type of Road and a classification or designation

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• One of the most ambitious projects is the installation of bay of Algiers which will consist of a mall of two kilometers, it Marriots hotel Algiers, spaces of relaxation, a business district a with shopping centre, and finally, the future large one mosque of Algiers. A "mosque" in English refers to all types of buildings dedicated for Islamic worship although there is a distinction in Arabic between the smaller privately owned mosque and the larger This mosque will be the second largest in the world with a capacity of reception of more than 80,000 faithful. A school - at the same time école and school of science the S - y will be attached, bordered by parks. Science (from the Latin scientia, meaning " Knowledge " or "knowing" is the effort to discover, and increase human understanding

• Construction of two seaside resorts on the of Algiers littoral.

• Park of the high winds which is located at the west of Algiers: it will be largest in the world; many species of trees and plants will be planted there.

• The new town of Sidi Abdellah which will include/understand a technological pole and of research, like residences.

• Within the framework of the project of a million residences that the state launched, Algiers will benefit from additional residences to the program of 2001 and 2004, in order to fight effectively against the current housing shortage.

Sports

Algiers is the largest sporting pole of Algeria. Algeria ( ar [[Arabic]] الجزائر, Al Jaza'ir ælʤæˈzæːʔir Amazigh: ⴷⵥⴰⵢⴻⵔ Dzayer) officially the People's Cash clubs in the whole of the disciplines, and which conquered many national and international titles, it also counts an enormous sporting complex (Complex of OCO - Mohamed Boudiaf), which gathers the Olympic stage of July 5 (of a capacity of 80,000 places), a stage annexes for athletics, an Olympic swimming pool, a room multisports (the Cupola), a golf 18 holes, and several courts of tennis. The Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO is a new Earth-orbiting NASA satellite mission that will provide global space-based observations of atmospheric Carbon dioxide (CO2 Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England.

Algiers already accommodated the following sporting events (not-exhaustive list):

• Mediterranean Games 1975. The Mediterranean Games are a multi-sport games held every four years mainly for nations bordering the Mediterranean Sea, where Europe Africa and Asia meet
• All-Africa Games 1978, 2007. The All-Africa Games, sometimes called the African Games or Pan African Games, are a regional Multi-sport event held every four years organized by the
• African Cup of Nations 1990. The Africa Cup of Nations, also referred to as the African Nations Cup (ANC is the main international Association football competition in Africa. The 1990 African Cup of Nations was the 17th edition of the African Cup of Nations, the Soccer championship of Africa ( CAF)
• African Handball Nations Championship 1989, 2001. The African Handball Nations Championship is the official competition for senior men's national handball teams of Africa, and
• Pan Arab Games 2004. The Pan Arab Games are a regional Multi-sport event held between nations from the Arab World.
• FIBA Africa Championship 2005. The FIBA Africa Championship (alternatively the FIBA African Championship) is the men's Basketball continental championship of Africa, played biennially
• Men's U19 World Championship 2005. The Boys' U19 World Championship is a men's under-19 only Volleyball competition

Football clubs

Principal clubs of association football of the city (having already evolved/moved in Division 1):

• MC Alger
• USM Alger
• CR Belouizdad
• NA Hussein Dey
• Paradou AC
• USM El Harrach
• RC Kouba
• OMR El Annasser
• DNC Algiers (now defunct)

Sister relationships

Algiers has sister relationships with a number of cities worldwide:

Beijing, People's Republic of China Berlin, Germany Cairo, Egypt Paris, France Montreal, Canada Rabat, Morocco London, United Kingdom Tunis, Tunisia Moscow, Russia Barcelona, Spain Geneva, Switzerland

Tripoli, Libya Rome, Italy Dakar, Senegal Amsterdam, Netherlands Washington, D.C, United States Shanghai, People's Republic of China Bordeaux, France Dubai, United Arab Emirates Santiago, Chile Sao Paulo, Brazil Buenos Aires, Argentina

In addition, many of the wards and cities within Algiers maintain sister-city relationships with other foreign cities. Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered MC Algiers (Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( Arabic: مولودية الجزائر is an Algerian football club based in Algiers, founded in 1921 USM Alger ( Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger) is one of the biggest teams in Algeria Chabab Riadhi de Belouizdad (الشباب الرياضي لبلوزداد ( CR Belouizdad) is an Algerian football club based in Mohamed Belouizdad Nasr Athlétique de Hussein Dey (نصرية حسين ديه الرياضي ( NA Hussein Dey) is an Algerian football club based in Hussein Dey Paradou AC is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. They play their home games at the Omar Hammadi Stadium. Union Sportive de la Médina d'El Harrach (اتحاد مدينة الهراش الرياضي ( USM El Harrach) is an Algerian football club based in Raed Chabab Kouba (رائد شباب كوبا ( RC Kouba) is an Algerian football club based in Kouba, a district of Algiers. Olympic Mostakbel Ruisseau de El Annasser ( OMR El Annasser) is an Algerian football club based in Mohamed Belouizdad, quarter of Algiers Talk People's Republic of China) PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ARTICLE GUIDELINES Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Cairo () which means "the Vanquisher" or "the Triumphant" is the capital and largest city of Egypt. This article is about the country of Egypt For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Egypt topics. 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Films about Algiers

• The Battle of Algiers, 1966, directed by Gillo Pontecorvo;
• Tahya ya Didou, Alger Insolite, 1970, Mohammed Zinet;
• Bab City El-Wadi, 1994, directed by Merzak Allouache;
• Viva aldjery, 2003, directed by Nadir Moknèche, with Biyouna and Lubna Azabal;
• Bab el Web, 2004, directed by Merzak Allouache, with Samy Naceri, Julie Gayet, Faudel;
• It was once in the wadi, 2005, directed by Djamel Bensalah;
• Beur, White, Red, 2005, directed by Mahmoud Zemmouri. The Battle of Algiers (La battaglia di Algeri is a 1966 Black-and-white film by Gillo Pontecorvo based on events during the 1954-1962 Algerian Gillo Pontecorvo ( November 19 1919 &ndash October 12 2006) was an Italian filmmaker, best known for La battaglia di Algeri Merzak Allouache ( 6 October, 1944 &ndash is an Algerian Film director and Screenwriter. Biyouna (Baya Bouzar is an Algerian singer dancer actress born in 1952 in Belcourt, Algiers. Lubna Azabal is a Belgian actress born in Brussels to parents of Moroccan origin Samy Naceri (born 2 July 1961) is a French Actor, known for his work in the four ''Taxi'' movies and The Code Faudel (فضيل, born Faudel Belloua (فضيل بيلوى on June 6, 1978 in Mantes-la-Jolie, is a French singer of Algerian descent
• Delice Paloma, 2007, directed by Nadir Moknèche, with Biyouna and Nadia Kaci. Délice Paloma is the last film Nadir Moknèche with Biyouna. Biyouna (Baya Bouzar is an Algerian singer dancer actress born in 1952 in Belcourt, Algiers.

Bibliography

• Nacéra Benseddik, Chronique d’une cité antique, dans Alger. Lumières sur la ville, Actes du colloque de l’EPAU 4-6 mai 200l, Alger 2004, p. 29-34.

References

• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain. The Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition (1910–1911 is a 29-volume reference work that marked the beginning of the Encyclopædia Britannica The public domain is a range of abstract materials &ndash commonly referred to as Intellectual property &ndash which are not owned or controlled by anyone
• This article is based on a translation of the French Wikipedia's article of the same name. The French Wikipedia (Wikipédia francophone Wikipédia en français is the French language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Wikipédia.

See also

• List of Pasha and Dey of Algiers

External links

• Map of Algiers
• Algermag: Algiers is cool
• Algiers news

• Algiers is at coordinates 36°46′35″N 3°03′31″E / 36.7763, 3.0585 (Algiers)Coordinates: 36°46′35″N 3°03′31″E / 36.7763, 3.0585 (Algiers)

Pasha (1535-1700 Muhammad Hassan 1535-1545 Hasan Pasha 1545-1552 (son of Barbarossa Hayreddin Pasha) A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system.

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