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 the Maghreb region of North Africa. 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. Algeria has a semi-arid climate, with the Sahara desert dominating most of the territory except for its fertile and mountainous north, where most of the population is concentrated. Spanning 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), it is the world's tenth largest nation by area, and the largest nation in Africa. 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.

Algeria's official languages are Arabic and Tamazight; French is used in media, education, and certain administrative matters. The vast majority of the population speak the Algerian dialect of Arabic. Most Algerians are Arabs, with Berbers forming a sizeable minority. Sunni Islam is the official religion and practised by 99 percent of the population. (Full article...)

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Coin commemorating Sulla's capture of Jugurtha

The Jugurthine War (Latin: Bellum Iugurthinum; 112–106 BC) was an armed conflict between the Roman Republic and King Jugurtha of Numidia, a kingdom on the north African coast approximating to modern Algeria. Jugurtha was the nephew and adopted son of Micipsa, king of Numidia, whom he succeeded on the throne, he had done so by overcoming his rivals through assassination, war, and bribery.

Following Jugurtha's usurpation of the throne of Numidia, a loyal ally of Rome since the Punic Wars, Rome felt compelled to intervene. The war constituted an important phase in the Roman subjugation of Northern Africa, and the rise of the empire, but Numidia did not become a Roman province until 46 BC. (Full article...)

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Image 1Lands controlled by the Maghrawa in the first half of the 11th century (from History of Algeria)
Image 2Almohad dynasty and surrounding states, c. 1200. (from History of Algeria)
Image 3Poster 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 4Purchase of Christian slaves by French friars (Religieux de la Mercy de France) in Algiers in 1662 (from History of Algeria)
Image 5The mausoleum of king Juba II and Cleopatra Selene II in Tipaza (from History of Algeria)
Image 6Coin minted during the reign of Abu Yaqub Yusuf (from History of Algeria)
Image 7A man of Tlemcen (from History of Algeria)
Image 8The Almohads transferred the capital of Al-Andalus to Seville. (from History of Algeria)
Image 9Liberation of slaves after the Bombardment of Algiers (1683) (from History of Algeria)
Image 10Monument to the victims of the Sétif and Guelma massacre, Kherrata (from History of Algeria)
Image 11Map of Numidia (from History of Algeria)
Image 12Chronological map of the conquest of Algeria (1830-1956) (from History of Algeria)
Image 13Coin of the Hafsids with ornamental Kufic, Bougie, Algeria, 1249–1276. (from History of Algeria)
Image 14The kingdom of Tlemcen at the beginning of the 14th century. (from History of Algeria)
Image 15Algerian traditional clothing (from Culture of Algeria)
Image 16Kingdom of Kuku (blue) just east of Algiers (from History of Algeria)
Image 17Hammadid territory circa 1050 (in green), and extended territories (dotted line) controlled in certain periods (from History of Algeria)
Image 18Maximum extent of the Zirid Kingdom (from History of Algeria)
Image 19Roman inscription from Agueneb in the Laghouat Province (from History of Algeria)
Image 20Ruins of the Mansura Mosque, begun by the Marinids in 1303 during their siege of Tlemcen (from History of Algeria)
Image 21Statue of Abd al Mumin in Tlemcen, Algeria (from History of Algeria)
Image 22Algeria in 1824 alongside Alaouite Morocco before the French colonisation. (from History of Algeria)
Image 23Ottoman Algeria in 1560. (from History of Algeria)
Image 24Moufdi Zakaria, a 1908-1977 poet from the Algerian Revolution (from Culture of Algeria)
Image 25The Bombardment of Algiers in 1816, by Martinus Schouman (from History of Algeria)
Image 26Phases of the expansion of the Almohad state (from History of Algeria)
Image 27Masinissa (from History of Algeria)
Image 28Kingdom of Beni Abbas in the 16th century during the reign of Ahmed Amokrane (from History of Algeria)
Image 29Couscous (Arabic: كسكس) with vegetables and chickpeas, the national dish of Algeria (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 the 14th-century Tashfiniya Madrasa in Tlemcen was demolished by French colonial authorities in 1876?
... that when offered, soldiers under Russian general V. P. Taranovsky chose imprisonment in Algeria rather than continuing to fight or serving as labourers?
... that the 1994 Mascara earthquake destroyed every house in the Algerian villages of Shadlia, Hacine and Sidi Ali Cherif?
... that Zahia Mentouri was credited with training all pediatric anesthetists in western Algeria?
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Official portrait, 1963

Ahmed Ben Bella (Arabic: أحمد بن بلّة Aḥmad bin Billah; 25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian politician, soldier and socialist revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 and then the first president of Algeria from 15 September 1963 to 19 June 1965.

Ben Bella played an important role during the Algerian war of independence against France, leading the FLN, organizing the shipment of foreign weapons and coordinating political strategy from Cairo. Despite not being present in Algeria, French authorities tried to assassinate him multiple times. Once Algeria gained independence in 1962, Ben Bella's Oujda Group seized power from Benyoucef Benkhedda's provisional government after a short crisis, and Ben Bella became prime minister of Algeria with Ferhat Abbas as acting president. Ben Bella succeeded Ferhat Abbas on 15 September 1963 after rapidly sidelining him, and was elected president after winning an election with 99.6 per cent of the votes. (Full article...)

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The cultivation of potatoes is a major part of the agricultural industry of Algeria. The country was the 17th-largest producer of potatoes in the world in 2018. Production is centred on two regions: the Mediterranean coast and the desert around El Oued. Growing conditions in the coast are broadly conventional in earth furrows while at El Oued centre pivot irrigation predominates, with the potatoes grown in sand. Only an insignificant minority of the crop is factory-processed. (Full article...)

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

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