PORTAL:ALGERIA

Algeria
الجزائر ( Arabic)
*al-Jazair*
Algeria الجزائر ( Arabic); al-Jazair
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	Location of Algeria (dark green)
ISO 3166 code	DZ

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Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in North Africa. Algeria 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. It is considered part of the Maghreb region of North Africa. It has a semi-arid climate, with most of the population living in the fertile north and the Sahara dominating the geography of the south. Algeria covers an area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), making it the world's tenth largest nation by area, and the largest nation in Africa, more than 200 times as large as the continent's smallest country, The Gambia. With a population of 44 million, Algeria is the tenth-most populous country in Africa, and the 32nd-most populous country in the world. The capital and largest city is Algiers, located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast.

The official languages of Algeria are Arabic and Tamazight. The majority of Algeria's population is Arab, practicing Islam. The native Algerian Arabic is the main spoken language. French also serves as an administrative and educational language in some contexts, but it has no official status. ( Full article...)

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The Mozabite people or Banu Mzab ( Arabic: بني مزاب) are a Berber ethnic group inhabiting the M'zab natural region in the northern Sahara in Algeria, numbering about 150,000 to 300,000 people. They speak primarily the Mozabite language, one of the Zenati languages in the Berber branch of the Afroasiatic family. Mozabites are primarily Ibadi Muslims, but there was a small population of Jews as well.

Mozabites mainly live in five oases; namely, Ghardaïa, Beni Isguen, El Atteuf, Melika and Bounoura, as well as two other isolated oases farther north: Berriane and El_Guerrara. Ghardaïa is the capital of the confederation, followed in importance by Beni Isguen, the chief commercial centre. ( Full article...)

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Image 1Algeria in 1824 alongside Alaouite Morocco before the French colonisation. (from History of Algeria)
Image 2Phases of the expansion of the Almohad state (from History of Algeria)
Image 3Map of Numidia (from History of Algeria)
Image 4The Almohads transferred the capital of Al-Andalus to Seville. (from History of Algeria)
Image 5Maximum extent of the Zirid Kingdom (from History of Algeria)
Image 6Coin minted during the reign of Abu Yaqub Yusuf (from History of Algeria)
Image 7The Bombardment of Algiers in 1816, by Martinus Schouman (from History of Algeria)
Image 8Kingdom of Beni Abbas in the 16th century during the reign of Ahmed Amokrane (from History of Algeria)
Image 9Roman inscription from Agueneb in the Laghouat Province (from History of Algeria)
Image 10A man of Tlemcen (from History of Algeria)
Image 11Almohad dynasty and surrounding states, c. 1200. (from History of Algeria)
Image 12Purchase of Christian slaves by French friars ( Religieux de la Mercy de France) in Algiers in 1662 (from History of Algeria)
Image 13Coin of the Hafsids with ornemental Kufic, Bougie, Algeria, 1249–1276. (from History of Algeria)
Image 14Monument to the victims of the Sétif and Guelma massacre, Kherrata (from History of Algeria)
Image 15Lands controlled by the Maghrawa in the first half of the 11th century (from History of Algeria)
Image 16Chronological map of the conquest of Algeria (1830-1956) (from History of Algeria)
Image 17Liberation of slaves after the Bombardment of Algiers (1683) (from History of Algeria)
Image 18 Masinissa (from History of Algeria)
Image 19Ottoman Algeria in 1560. (from History of Algeria)
Image 20Algerian traditional clothing (from Culture of Algeria)
Image 21The mausoleum of king Juba II and Cleopatra Selene II in Tipaza (from History of Algeria)
Image 22Kingdom of Kuku (blue) just east of Algiers (from History of Algeria)
Image 23Poster to garner Algerian support for the struggle in France during World War 2. "France is speaking to you" with clippings from French Resistance newspapers from 1942 and 1943 (from History of Algeria)
Image 24The kingdom of Tlemcen at the beginning of the 14th century. (from History of Algeria)
Image 25Ruins of the Mansura Mosque, begun by the Marinids in 1303 during their siege of Tlemcen (from History of Algeria)
Image 26Hammadid territory circa 1050 (in green), and extended territories (dotted line) controlled in certain periods (from History of Algeria)
Image 27Statue of Abd al Mumin in Tlemcen, Algeria (from History of Algeria)
Image 28 Couscous ( Arabic: كسكس) with vegetables and chickpeas, the national dish of Algeria (from Culture of Algeria)
Image 29 Moufdi Zakaria, a 1908-1977 poet from the Algerian Revolution (from Culture of Algeria)

Did you know

... that in 2022, Emmanuel Macron recognized the 1962 Isly killings of French citizens in Algeria by the French army as a massacre?
... that when offered, soldiers under Russian general V. P. Taranovsky chose imprisonment in Algeria rather than continuing to fight or serving as labourers?
... that Zahia Mentouri was credited with training all pediatric anesthetists in western Algeria?
... that the 14th-century Tashfiniya Madrasa in Tlemcen was demolished by French colonial authorities in 1876?
... that the 1994 Mascara earthquake destroyed every house in the Algerian villages of Shadlia, Hacine and Sidi Ali Cherif?
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Bouteflika in 2012

Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; Arabic: عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, romanized: ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa [ʕabd elʕaziːz buːtefliːqa]; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as the seventh president of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019.

Before his stint as an Algerian politician, Bouteflika served during the Algerian War as a member of the National Liberation Front. After Algeria gained its independence from France, he served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs between 1963 until 1979. He served as President of the United Nations General Assembly during the 1974–1975 session. In 1983 he was convicted of stealing millions of dinars from Algerian embassies during his diplomatic career. ( Full article...)

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Abdelmadjid Tebboune Houari Boumediene Omar Derdour Albert Camus Ahmed Ben Bella

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Makroudh covered in honey

Makroudh ( Arabic: مقروض, romanized: maqrūḍ), also spelled Makrout, is a cookie from the cuisine of the Maghreb. It is filled with dates and nuts or almond paste, that has a diamond shape – the name derives from this characteristic shape. ( Full article...)

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Chakhchoukha Algerian cuisine Couscous Karantita Mazagran (drink) Shakshouka Algerian wine Sidi Brahim (wine) Mouna Sfenj Chermoula Chorba Mesfouf Méchoui M'semen Potato production in Algeria

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