Tipaza
Tipaza (formerly Tefessedt, Chenoua: Bazar, Arabic: تيپازة) is a Berber-speaking town on the coast of Algeria, capital of the Tipaza Province. When it was part of the Roman Empire, it was called Tipasa.
Articles in Algeria ( 724 )
724 Articles of interest in Algeria
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The Djurdjura or Jurjura Range (Arabic: جبال جرجرة, Jabal Jurjura; Berber Adrar n Jerjer) is a mountain range of the Tell Atlas, part of the Atlas Mountain System.
Tell Atlas
The Tell Atlas (Arabic: الاطلس التلي) is a mountain chain over 1,500 kilometers in length, belonging to the Atlas mountain ranges in North Africa, stretching from Morocco, through Algeria to Tunisia.
Oran Es Sénia Airport
Es-Sénia – Ahmed Ben Bella Airport (Arabic: مطار احمد بن بلة -وهران) (IATA: ORN, ICAO: DAOO) is an airport located 4.7 nm (8.7 km) south of Oran, near Es Sénia, in Algeria.
Médéa
Médéa (Arabic: المدية, pronounced Lemdiya), population 123,535 (1998 census) is the capital city of Médéa Province, Algeria.
Tuat
Tuat or Touat (Berber language: ⵜⵓⵡⴰⵜ, Tuwat) is a natural region of desert in central Algeria that contains a string of small oases.
Tikjda
Tikjda is a ski resort located in a mountain range named Djurdjura, northern Algeria, with an altitude of 1,600 metres (5,250 feet), in the province of Bouïra.
Relizane
Relizane (Arabic: غلیزان, Tifinagh: Ighil Izan) is the capital city of Relizane Province, Algeria.
Cuicul (Djémila)
Cuicul -called now Djémila (Tamazight: Ğamila, Arabic: جميلة, the Beautiful one, Latin: Cuicul or Curculum)- is a small mountain village in Algeria, near the northern coast east of Algiers, where some of the best preserved Berbero-Roman ruins in No…
Saharan Atlas
The Saharan Atlas (Arabic: الأطلس الصحراوي) is a range of the Atlas Mountain System. It is located mainly in Algeria, with its eastern end in Tunisia. Although not as tall as the Grand Atlas of Morocco its summits are more imposing than the Tell At…
Bou Saâda
Bou Saada (Arabic: بو سعادة, bu s‘adah, meaning "place of happiness") is a town and municipality in M'Sila Province, Algeria, situated 245 km south of Algiers.
Tiaret
Tiaret (Berber: Tahert or Tihert, ⵜⴰⵀⴻⵔⵜ, i.e. "Lioness"; Arabic: تاهرت / تيارت) is a major city in central Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital of Algier…
Reggane
Reggane (from Berber "Argan"; Arabic: رقان) is a town and commune, and the capital of Reggane District, in Adrar Province, central Algeria. Reggane lies in the Sahara Desert near an oasis. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 20,402,…
Bordj Bou Arréridj
Bordj Bou Arréridj (Arabic: برج بوعريريج) population 140,000 (2005 estimate), is the capital city of Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria.
Ténès
Ténès (Arabic: تنس) is an Algerian town located about 200 kilometers west of the capital Algiers; it has a population of 35,000 people, as of 2000.
List of impact craters in Africa
This list of impact craters in Africa includes all confirmed impact craters as listed in the Earth Impact Database. These features were caused by the collision of large meteorites or comets with the Earth. For eroded or buried craters, the stated di…
El Oued
El Oued (Arabic: اﻟﻮادي, meaning the River) or Oued Souf is a city, and the capital of El Oued Province, in Algeria. The oasis town is watered by an underground river, hence its name, which enables date palm cultivation and the rare use (for the de…
Bab El Oued
Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre.
Great Mosque of Algiers
The Great Mosque of Algiers (Arabic: الجامع الكبير, Jemaa Kebir) or “Djama’a al-Kebir” (meaning Great Mosque) is a mosque in Algiers, Algeria, located very close to Algiers Harbor. An inscription on the minbar منبر) or the pulpit testifies to fact …
Bir el Ater
Bir el Ater (Arabic: بئر العاتر) is a city of approximately 100,000 inhabitants located in extreme eastern Algeria towards the south, near the Tunisian borders and just beyond the Sahara, about 87 kilometers south of Tebessa.
Beni Hammad Fort
Beni Hammad Fort, also called Al Qal'a of Beni Hammad (Arabic: قلعة بني حماد) is a fortified palatine city in Algeria. Now in ruins, in the 11th century, it served as the first capital of the Hammadid dynasty. It is located in the Hodna Mountains n…
University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene
The University of Science and Technology – Houari Boumediene (French: Université des sciences et de la technologie Houari-Boumediene, USTHB, Arabic: جامعة العلوم والتكنولوجيا هواري بومدين) is a university located in the town of Bab-Ezzouar 15 kilom…
Ketchaoua Mosque
The Ketchaoua Mosque (Arabic: جامع كتشاوة, Djamaa Ketchaoua) is a mosque in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is located at the foot of the Casbah, which was built during the Ottoman rule in the 17th century, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site…
Boumerdès
Boumerdès (Arabic: بومرداس; Kabyle: Bumerdes; Bumardas or Bomardas) is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea.
Touggourt
Touggourt (Arabic: ﺗﻮﻗﺮت; Berber: , lit. the gateway or the gate) is a city and commune, and capital of Touggourt District, in Ouargla Province, Algeria, built next to an oasis in the Sahara. As of the 2008 census, the commune had a population of 3…
Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport
Mohamed Boudiaf International Airport (IATA: CZL, ICAO: DABC), also known as Mohamed Boudiaf Airport, is an airport in Algeria, located approximately 9 km south of Constantine; about 320 km east-southeast of Algiers.
Icosium
Icosium was a Roman colonia in Romano-berber Africa.
Bouïra
Bouïra (Berber: Tubirett) is the capital of Bouïra Province, Algeria.
Laghouat
Laghouat (English: Laghwat French: Laghouat Arabic: الأغواط) is the capital city of the Laghouat Province, Algeria, 400 km south of the Algerian capital Algiers. As of 2005, the population of the city was 126,291 inhabitants.
Djurdjura National Park
The national park of Djurdjura (Arabic: الحديقة الوطنية جرجرة) is one of the national parks of Algeria.
Collo
Collo (Arabic: القل) is the capital, and one of three municipalities, of Collo district in Skikda Province, Algeria.
2003 Boumerdès earthquake
The 2003 Boumerdès earthquake occurred with a moment magnitude of 6.8 on May 21 in northern Algeria. The epicentre of the earthquake was located in the town of Thénia in Boumerdès Province, approximately 60 km east of the capital Algiers.
1991 uprising in Karbala
The Shia uprising in Karbala was one of many major points of unrest in Iraq following the Gulf War. The uprising started after demoralized troops throughout Iraq began to rebel against Saddam Hussein. From 5 to 19 March 1991, the city of Karbala bec…
Chréa
Chréa is a town in Algeria, located in Blida Province, Bougara District, in a mountainous area named Tell Atlas, near Blida.
Rabah Bitat Airport
Rabah Bitat Airport (IATA: AAE, ICAO: DABB), formerly known as Les Salines Airport, and popularly as El Mellah Airport is an international airport located 9 km south of Annaba, a city in Algeria.
Mila, Algeria
Mila (Arabic: ميلة) is a city in the Northeast of Algeria, capital of Mila Province.