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Algiers is a human settlement and city located in Algeria, situated on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It serves as the capital of Algeria, the Regency of Algiers, and Algiers Province. The city has also historically been part of France and the Zayyanid Dynasty. Its native labels include الجزائر, Lezzayer, Alger, and Dzayer, with Arabic and Standard Algerian Berber as official languages.
The population of Algiers is 2,364,230. It is located within Algiers Province and has a postal code range of 16000–16132. The local dialing code is 021. Algiers has twinned administrative relationships with Caracas, Montreal, Tunis, and Tyre. The city was established in 944 and covers an area of 363. It is referenced by 7,723 other encyclopedia articles.
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Place details
- Locality
- Alger ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Region
- الجزائر ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ
- Country
- ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ الجزائر
- Population
- 2,364,230
- Timezone
- Africa/Algiers
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Key facts
- Settlement.leader_name1
- Mahdia Benghalia (since 2021)
- Settlement.established_title
- Incorporated
- Settlement.name
- Algiers
- Settlement.native_name
- الجزائر
- Settlement.native_name_lang
- ar
- Settlement.nicknames
- Algiers the White; Algiers the Dazzling; The White City
- Settlement.image_flag
- Flag of Algiers.svg
- Settlement.image_shield
- Algiers-COA.svg
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Capital city
- Settlement.imagesize
- 290px
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Algeria#Africa
- Settlement.pushpin_relief
- yes
- Settlement.pushpin_mapsize
- 275
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Algeria and Africa
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Algiers
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Algeria
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- city
- Official name
- الجزائر
- Demonym
- Algéroise
- Country
- Almohad Caliphate
- Located in
- French Algeria
- Official language
- Standard Algerian Berber
- Population
- 3415811
- Area
- 363
- Elevation
- 0
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00
- Body of water
- Mediterranean Sea
- Official website
- alger.mta.gov.dz
- Image
- Algiers Montage.png
- Dialing code
- 021
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- category for people who died here
- Category:Deaths in Algiers
- twinned administrative body
- Daejeon
- Commons category
- Algiers
- postal code
- 16000–16132
- topic's main category
- Category:Algiers
- Commons gallery
- (الجزائر (مدينة
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Algiers
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Algiers
- native label
- Dzayer
- inception
- 0944-00-00
- P8168
- Zora Folley
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- P12749
- Claudius
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Travel guide
Understand
The city's name is derived from al-Jazā'ir (Arabic: الجزائر), which is one of two broken plurals of the word jazīra (Arabic: جَزِيرَة, "island").
Get around
Algiers’ public transportation system includes a single metro line, a single tram line, and buses. Taxis are also available, and you can easily find one in the city center.
Do
thumb|Kasbah Of Algiers thumb|Algiers City Center thumb|Algerian Handicrafts
thumb|Palace23 thumb|The Ancient Civilizations Museum Taking a stroll along the beach promenade and park at is a popular family activity.
Buy
Unofficially exchanging money can be done in the Square Port Said and in Abane Ramdane Street, and in some shops in the area such as mobile phone operators. It's an incredibly common practice and transactions are done openly. The exchange rate is typically 40%-50% better than the official rate. People are most interested in exchanging euro. As of March 2024, you can get about DA235 for €1.
Eat
There are several restaurants in the Bois des Arcades area. This is the hill 500 m southeast of the big Martyrs memorial. Particularly good views over Algiers and the coast can be found from here. The hill is also a woodland, so is a nice area for walking too.
Drink
Algeria's red wine is of very high quality and will be appreciated by wine aficionados. It is rarely found on the international market. Locally produced beer is good quality. Alcohol is readily available in hotels, good restaurants and shops.
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Article · Français
Alger (en arabe : الجزائر العاصمة, Al-Jazāʾir El ʿĀṣima, en berbère : ⵍⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵏⴰⵖⵜ, Ldzayer tamanaɣt ou Lezzayer tamanaɣt), surnommée El Bahdja (« la joyeuse »), El Mahrussa (« la bien-gardée ») ou El Beida (« la blanche »), est la capitale de l'Algérie et en est la ville la plus peuplée. Située au bord de la mer Méditerranée, la ville d'Alger est en fait constituée de plusieurs communes de la wilaya d'Alger dont elle donne son nom en tant que chef-lieu mais n'a ni personnalité juridique, ni structure d'administration en propre. L'unité urbaine d'Alger comptait 2 481 788 habitants selon l'Office national des statistiques algérien d'après le dernier recensement de 2008. Avec 4,4 millions d'habitants selon le ministère des Affaires étrangères français, tandis que l'agglomération en comptait environ 6 727 806 habitants en 2010 suivant le classement des 100 plus grandes villes du monde par World Gazetteer et 7 796 923 habitants en 2020 selon Population Data, Alger est la première agglomération du Maghreb et du littoral méditerranéen. C'est aussi la 3e plus grande agglomération francophone. Fondée au IVe siècle av. J.-C., comme comptoir phénicien en pays berbère, sous le nom d'Ikosim, elle est occupée par les Romains, les Vandales, les Byzantins et les Arabes puis au début du Moyen Âge par la tribu berbère des Beni-Mezghana. C'est le souverain berbère de la dynastie ziride Bologhine ibn Ziri, au milieu du Xe siècle qui fondera l'Alger actuelle, sous son nom El-Djazaïr ou Lezzayer, employé encore de nos jours pour la désigner en arabe et en berbère. Elle ne prend son rôle de capitale de l'Algérie qu'à partir de la période de la régence d'Alger en 1515. Elle est alors une des cités les plus importantes de la mer Méditerranée entre le XVIe siècle et le début du XIXe siècle, pratiquant le corso, et à laquelle les puissances maritimes versent un impôt pour le passage de leur flotte. Son rôle de capitale du pays sera confirmé lors de la colonisation française où elle devient le siège du gouverneur général de l'Algérie. Alger fut la capitale de la France libre de 1942 à 1944. Depuis l'indépendance de l'Algérie, en 1962, devenue capitale de l’État algérien, elle abrite le siège des institutions politiques du pays en plus de tenir un rôle de premier plan économiquement.
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