Articles in Algeria ( 724 )

724 Articles of interest in Algeria

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  • Taghit

    Taghit (Arabic: ﺗﺎﻏﻴﺖ‎) is a town and commune in Taghit District, Béchar Province, in western Algeria. According to the 2008 census its population is 6,317, up from 6,047 in 1998, with an annual growth rate of 0.4%.

  • Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport

    Soummam – Abane Ramdane Airport (French: Aéroport de Bejaia / Soummam – Abane Ramdane) (IATA: BJA, ICAO: DAAE), also known as Soummam Airport or Bejaia Airport, is an airport serving Béjaïa, a city in the Béjaïa Province of northern Algeria.

  • Raid on Algiers

    The Raid on Algiers took place on 11 December 1942, in the Algiers harbour. Italian manned torpedoes and commando frogmen from the Decima Flottiglia MAS were brought to Algiers aboard the Perla-class submarine Ambra.

  • Cheikh Larbi Tébessi Airport

    Cheikh Larbi Tébessa Airport (Arabic: مطار الشيخ العربي التبسي) is a public airport located 1.35 nautical miles (2.5 km; 1.6 mi) north of Tébessa, the capital of the Tébessa province (wilaya) in Algeria.

  • Biskra Airport

    Biskra Ouakda Airport (IATA: BSK, ICAO: DAUB) is an airport in Algeria, located approximately 12 km north-northeast of Oumache; about 200 km south-southwest of Constantine.

  • Bethioua

    Bethioua (Arabic: بطيوة) (formerly Arzew, under French rule, called Vieil Arzew then Saint Leu) is a town in the wilaya of Oran in the west of Algeria.

  • 1980 El Asnam earthquake

    The 1980 El Asnam earthquake occurred in the Algerian town of El Asnam (now known as Chlef) within the central part of the Chelif valley. Measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale, it was the largest earthquake in Algeria, and was followed 3 hours later by…

  • Sig, Algeria

    Sig (known under the Romans as Tasacora and under the French as Saint-Denis-de-Sig) is a town with wide streets and tree-filled squares. Formerly located in Oran Province and now located in Mascara Province, north-western Algeria.

  • Parthenia (place)

    Parthenia was a town in the late Roman province of Mauretania Sitifensis, the easternmost part of ancient Mauretania, in what is now northern Algeria.

  • Mohammadia

    Mohammadia is a town and commune in Mascara Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 71,366.

  • M'Sila, Algeria

    M'Sila (also spelled Msila or MSila) (Arabic: المسيلة‎); is the capital of M'Sila Province, Algeria, and is co-extensive with M'Sila District.

  • El Taref

    El Taref (Arabic: الطارف‎) is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of El Taref Province. El Kala is a port town near El Taref. El Taref is 700 kilometers east of Algiers.

  • Dély Ibrahim

    Dely Ibrahim is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. Here is located Serbian Military cemetery, created between 1916 and 1919. At the time in several coastal towns and villages in Algeria were more French military hospitals where the…

  • Dellys

    Dellys (Arabic: دلّس‎) is a small coastal town in northern Algeria, almost due north of Tizi-Ouzou and just east of the river Sebaou.

  • Béryl incident

    The "Béryl incident" was a French nuclear test, conducted on May 1, 1962, during which nine soldiers of the 621st Groupe d'Armes Spéciales unit were heavily contaminated by radioactivity. The test took place at In Eker, Algeria, then a French depart…

  • Béni Saf

    Beni Saf (Arabic: بني صاف‎) is a town in northwestern Algeria, about 80 kilometers southwest of Oran. The town was founded in 1876 as a shipping port for iron ore, which is mined just south of the town.

  • Ain Beida Airport

    Ain Beida Airport (French: Aéroport de Ouargla / Ain Beida) (IATA: OGX, ICAO: DAUU), also known as Ouargla Airport, is an airport serving Ouargla, a city in the Ouargla Province of eastern Algeria. It is located 4.3 nautical miles (8 km) southeast o…

  • Stade Ahmed Zabana

    Stade Ahmed Zabana (Arabic: ملعب أحمد زبانة‎) is a multi-purpose stadium in Oran, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It is the home ground of MC Oran.

  • Abadla

    Abadla (Arabic: ﺑﻨﻰ ﻳﺨﻠﻒ‎) is a town and commune in western Algeria, and capital of Abadla District, Béchar Province. It is located on the Oued Guir southwest of Béchar. According to the 2008 census its population is 13,636, up from 10,845 in 1998, …

  • Skikda Airport

    Skikda Airport is an airport in Algeria (IATA: SKI, ICAO: DABP), located approximately 5 km east-southeast of Skikda; about 600 km north-northeast of Algeria.