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Algeria



الجزائر
Lz̦ayer
Dzayer
Algérie

العربية [1]الجزائر - الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية

'الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية هي دولة تقع في شمال القارة الأفريقية، يحدها شمالاً البحر الأبيض المتوسط، وغربا المملكة المغربية وفي الجنوب الغربي الصحراء الغربية، موريتانيا ومالي وفي الجنوب الشرقي النيجر وشرقا ليبيا و في الشمال الشرقي تونس وعاصمتها الجزائر تقع في أقصى الشمال ، العملة المتداولة هي الدينار الجزائري، وأكبر مدنها الجزائر، وهران و قسنطينة.

الجزائر هي عضو مؤسس في منظمة المغرب العربي سنة 1988، عضو في جامعة الدول العربية و منظمة الأمم المتحدة منذ استقلالها، عضو في منظمة الوحدة الأفريقية و العديد من المؤسسات العالمية و الأقليمية.

من حيث مساحتها الجزائر هي أكبر بلد أفريقي و عربي العاشر في العالم.تضم المنطقة الشمالية التي تمتد من سلسلة جبال الأطلس إلى البحر 94% من مجموع السكان.

أرض الجزائر عبارة عن صحراء واسعة، وثمة سهل ساحلي في الشمال على امتداد المتوسط، وجبال أهمها سلاسل أطلس التل، وهي بموازاة السهل الساحلي، وجبال أطلس الصحراء باتجاه الجنوب، وفيها أعلى قمة في الجزائر وهي قمة تاهات وارتفاعها 3,303 م، وثمة جبال القبائل والأوراس وأولاد نايل والزاب. ليس في البلاد أنهار دائمة الجريان، وإنما هي أودية تمتلىء بالمياه في الشتاء، ثم تنضب لتتحول إلى مراعٍ خصبة أو لتصير أحواضا مغلقة تعرف باسم الشطوط وأهمها شط الحضنة وملفيغ، وتتكوّن من صحار رملية (العرق) وحجرية (جمادة). والفوسفات والزيوت والتمور والفواكه والخ

Tamazight Lz̦ayer
Taqbaylit Dzayer, isem unṣib: Tagduda tamegdayt taɣerfant n dzayer, d tamurt tezga-d deg Tefriqt ugafa. Imezdaɣ-is ttmeslayen taɛrabt, tamaziɣt (taqbaylit, tacawit, Tumẓabt, tamaceq, heqbaylit) d trumit. Tutlayt tunṣibt ines d taɛrabt, ddin unṣib ines lislam.
Français Algérie - République algérienne démocratique et populaire

La République algérienne démocratique et populaire est un pays d’Afrique du Nord appartenant au Maghreb. Sa capitale Alger est située à l’extrême nord du pays. Deuxième pays d’Afrique par sa superficie, l’Algérie est bordée au nord par la mer Méditerranée, elle partage également des frontières terrestres avec la Tunisie au nord-est, la Libye à l’est, le Niger au sud-est, le Sahara occidental, la Mauritanie, le Mali au sud-ouest, et enfin le Maroc à l’ouest.

English Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the largest country on the African continent. It is bordered by ► Tunisia in the north east, ► Libya in the east, ► Niger in the southeast, ► Mali and ► Mauritania in the south west, and ► Morocco as well as a few kilometers of the ► Western Sahara, in the west. Constitutionally, it is defined as an Islamic, Arab, and Amazigh (Berber) country. The name Algeria is derived from the name of the city of Algiers (French Alger), 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.


Short name  Algeria
Official name People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
Status Independent country since 1962
Location North Africa
Capital [2] الجزائر (Algiers)
Lz̦ayer
Alger
Population 44,227,000 inhabitants
Area 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi)
Major languages Arabic and Berber (both official), French
Major religions Islam
More information Algeria, Geography of Algeria, History of Algeria and Politics of Algeria
More images Algeria - Algeria (Category).

In Arabic

General maps

موقع الجزائر
Location of Algeria

Localisation de l'Algérie
خريطة الجزائر
Map of Algeria
Carte de l'Algérie
خريطة الجزائر (بالعربي)
Map of Algeria (in Arabic)
Carte de l'Algérie (en arabe)
خريطة الجزائر (بالفرنسي)
Map of Algeria (in French)
Carte de l'Algérie
خريطة الجزائر الجغرافية
Geographical map of Algeria
Carte géographique de l'Algérie
خريطة الجزائر الجغرافية
same map in French
Même carte en français
ولايات الجزائر
Provinces of Algeria
Les Wilayas d'Algérie
Divisions in provinces (in Arabic)
Les Wilayas d'Algérie (en arabe)

History maps

This section holds a short summary of the history of the area of present-day Algeria, illustrated with maps, including historical maps of former countries and empires that included present-day Algeria.

The Ibero-Mauritan culture (appr. 10.000 BCE) and the Capsian culture (10.000-6.000 BCE)
La culture ibéromaurusienne
Location of Carthage and Carthaginian influence sphere before the First Punic War (264 BC)
Localisation de Carthage et la sphère d'influence carthagienne avant la Première Guerre punique
Territorial development of the Roman Empire 264 BC-192, including the conquest of present Algeria
Développement territoriale de l'Empire romain 264 AC-192
The Roman Republic and Carthago in 218, just prior to the Second Punic War
La fr:République Romain et Carthage, 218
Hannibals invasion in the Punic Wars
The extent of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire;
 
133 BC
 
44 BC (late Republic, after conquests by republican generals)
 
AD 14 (death of Augustus)
 
117 (maximum extension)
Map of the Roman Empire in 116
Roman Empire in 117
Africa romana end of IInd century
Roman Empire divided 395
The division of the Empire after the death of Theodosius I, ca.395 AD superimposed on modern borders.
Western Roman Empire 395
Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
Invasions of the Roman Empire 100-500
Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans in 455
Kingdom of the Vandals and Alans in 526
Age of the Caliphs
Caliphate around 750
Conquest by the Ottoman Empire
Growth of the Ottoman Empire
Location of the Ottoman Empire in 1683
Map of the Ottoman Empire 1801
Algeria as part of the French colonial empire (1830-1962)
Division in Departments 1974-1983
Algerian National Assembly elections, 1991
Algerian massacres 1997-1998

Old maps

This section holds copies of original general maps more than 70 years old.

Kabylie region
The french departement of Constantine 1848-1955

Ethno-linguistic maps

Tribes of Algeria
Berber language map
Various Berber languages
Distributions of Berbers in Algeria. Light purple : Chenwis; Red : Kabyles; Green : Chawis; Orange : Saharian Berbers (Zenagas, Mozabites, Siwis) and Dark Blue : Tuaregs
Berber linguistic map
French map of linguistic areas in North-Eastern Algeria
Kabyle linguistic map

Other maps

National Parks in Algeria
Military regions

Satellite maps

Satellite map
Satellite map

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  1. Romanization: al-Jazā’ir - Al-Jumhurīyah al-Jazā’irīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah ash-Sha’bīyah.
  2. Romanization: Al Jaz'ir.

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