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– former French
colony
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and the largest country in Africa, located in the
Maghreb
The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...
region of Northwest Africa with
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General reference
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* International Phonetic Alphabet, Pronunciation: or
* Common English country name:
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* Official English country name: The
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* Common
endonym(s):
Dzayer, Al-Jazā'ir, الجزائر
* Official endonym(s):
Tagduda Tadzayrit Tugduyant Tagherfant, الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية
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Etymology
Etymology ()The New Oxford Dictionary of English (1998) – p. 633 "Etymology /ˌɛtɪˈmɒlədʒi/ the study of the class in words and the way their meanings have changed throughout time". is the study of the history of the Phonological chan ...
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Name of Algeria
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International rankings of Algeria
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ISO country codes
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ISO region codes
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Internet
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country code top-level domain
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.dz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Algeria
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Geography of Algeria
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Geography of Algeria
* Algeria is: a country
* Population of Algeria: 45,400,000 people
(2022 Approximation, estimate) - List of countries by population, 32th most populous country
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Area of Algeria: 2,381,741 km
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10th largest country
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List of Algerian provinces by area
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Atlas of Algeria
Location
* Algeria is situated within the following regions:
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Northern Hemisphere and lies on the
Prime Meridian
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Africa
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Sahara Desert
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North Africa
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Maghreb
The Maghreb (; ar, الْمَغْرِب, al-Maghrib, lit=the west), also known as the Arab Maghreb ( ar, المغرب العربي) and Northwest Africa, is the western part of North Africa and the Arab world. The region includes Algeria, ...
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West Africa
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Time zone
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Extreme points of Algeria
** High:
Mount Tahat
Mount Tahat ( ar, جبل تاهات) is the highest mountain peak in Algeria. It sits at an elevation of 2,908 metres (9,541 ft). Other sources indicate an elevation of . Tahat is also the highest peak in the Hoggar Mountains. Its nearest city is ...
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Chott Melrhir
Chott Melrhir () also known as Chott Melghir or Chott Melhir is an endorheic chott-kind of salt lake in northeastern Algeria. It is the westernmost part of a series of depressions, which extend from the Gulf of Gabès into the Sahara. They were ...
*Land boundaries: 6,343 km
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Environment of Algeria
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* Climate of Algeria
* List of ecoregions in Algeria, Ecoregions in Algeria
* List of earthquakes in Algeria, Earthquakes in Algeria
* Geology of Algeria
* Protected areas of Algeria
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Biosphere reserves in Algeria
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National parks of Algeria
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Wildlife of Algeria
** Fauna of Algeria
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Birds of Algeria
*** Insects of Algeria
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Butterflies of Algeria
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Mammals of Algeria
Natural geographic features of Algeria
* Glaciers in Algeria: none
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and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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* Rivers of Algeria
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* World Heritage Sites in Algeria
Regions of Algeria
Ecoregions of Algeria
List of ecoregions in Algeria
Administrative divisions of Algeria
* Provinces of Algeria
** Districts of Algeria
*** Municipalities of Algeria
The municipalities of Algeria (Arabic: بلدية (singular)) form the third level of administrative subdivisions of Algeria. As of 2002, there were 1,541 municipalities in the country.
List
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(baladiyah
Baladiyah () is a type of Arabic administrative division that can be translated as "district", "sub-district" or "municipality". The plural is baladiyat (). Grammatically, it is the feminine of "rural, country-, folk-".
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= Provinces of Algeria
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Provinces of Algeria
* List of Algerian provinces by area
* List of Algerian provinces by population
* Alphabetical list of provinces
**Adrar Adrar (in Tifinagh script "ⴰⴷⵔⴰⵔ"), a Berber word meaning "mountain", is the name of several areas in Northwest Africa:
Algeria
* Adrar, Algeria, a town in Algeria
* Adrar Province, an administrative division of Algeria
* Adrar District, ...
**Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla ( ar, عين الدفلى, lit. ''oleander spring'') is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune.
History
In Roman times the city was called Oppidum Novum. The vestiges of the Oppidum Novum are still visi ...
**Aïn Témouchent
Aïn Témouchent ( ar, عين تموشنت) is a city in north western Algeria, it is the capital of Aïn Témouchent Province. Ain Temouchent is located 72 km south-west of Oran, a city with which it is closely associated, and 63 km w ...
** Algiers
**Annaba
Annaba ( ar, عنّابة, "Place of the Jujubes"; ber, Aânavaen), formerly known as Bon, Bona and Bône, is a seaport city in the northeastern corner of Algeria, close to the border with Tunisia. Annaba is near the small Seybouse River ...
** Batna
**Béchar
Béchar ( ar, بشار) is the capital city of Béchar Province, Algeria. It is also a commune, coextensive with Béchar District, of Béchar Province. In 2008 the city had a population of 165,627, up from 134,954 in 1998, with an annual growth ...
**Béjaïa
Béjaïa (; ; ar, بجاية, Latn, ar, Bijāya, ; kab, Bgayet, Vgayet), formerly Bougie and Bugia, is a Mediterranean port city and commune on the Gulf of Béjaïa in Algeria; it is the capital of Béjaïa Province, Kabylia. Béjaïa is ...
**Biskra
Biskra ( ar, بسكرة ; ; Latin Vescera) is the capital city of Biskra Province, Algeria. In 2007, its population was recorded as 307,987. Biskra is located in northeastern Algeria, about 248 miles (400 km) from Algiers, 71 miles (115&n ...
**Blida
Blida ( ar, البليدة; Tamazight: Leblida) is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name ''Blida'', i.e. ''bulaydah'', is a diminutive ...
**Bordj Bou Arréridj
Bordj Bou Arréridj ( ar, برج بوعريريج) is the capital city of Bordj Bou Arréridj Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 estimation, its population was 168,346. It is situated 148 miles by road east of Algiers, near the Hodna Mass ...
** Bouira
**Boumerdès
Boumerdès ( ar, بومرداس; Kabyle: Bumerdas; formerly ''Rocher Noir'') is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 28,500 in 1998 and 15,000 in 1987.
Boumerdès is a s ...
**Chlef
Chlef ( ar, الشلف, Berber: Clef) is the capital of Chlef Province, Algeria. Located in the north of Algeria, west of the capital, Algiers, it was founded in 1843, as Orléansville, on the ruins of Roman ''Castellum Tingitanum''. In 1962, i ...
**Constantine
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* Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I
*Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria
Constantine may also refer to:
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**Djelfa
Djelfa ( ar, الجلفة, link=no, al-Ǧilfah) is the capital city of Djelfa Province, Algeria and the site of ancient city and former bishopric Fallaba, which remains a Latin catholic titular see.
It has a population of 490,248 (2018 census). T ...
**El Bayadh
El Bayadh () is a municipality of Algeria. It is the capital of El Bayadh Province. This town was known as ''Géryville'' during the French colonization of Algeria.
Geography
The Ksour Range is a mountainous
A mountain is an elevated po ...
**El Oued
El Oued ( ar, اﻟﻮادي, ber, Suf meaning ''the River''), Souf 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 is El Oued which enables date palm cult ...
** El Tarf
**Ghardaïa
Ghardaïa ( ar, غرداية, Mzab-Berber: ''Taɣerdayt'') is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 93,423 according to the 2008 census, up from 87,599 in 1998, with an annual growth rate ...
** Guelma
**Illizi
Illizi ( ar, إيليزي) is a town and commune, coextensive with Illizi District, situated in the south-eastern part of Algeria, and capital of Illizi Province. According to the 2008 census it is the largest commune by population in the provin ...
**Jijel
Jijel ( ar, جيجل), the classical Igilgili, is the capital of Jijel Province in north-eastern Algeria. It is flanked by the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Corniche Jijelienne and had a population of 131,513 in 2008.
Jijel is the administr ...
**Khenchela
Khenchela ancient Mascula ( ar, خنشلة) is the capital city of the administrative Khenchela Province (''Wilaya''), number 40, in the north east of Algeria. Situated in the Aures Mountains, 1200 m above sea level. The city is mainly popu ...
**Laghouat
Laghouat ( ar, الأغواط; en, Laghwat) is the capital of the Laghouat Province, Algeria, south of the Algerian capital Algiers. Located in the Amour Range of the Saharan Atlas, the town is an oasis on the north edge of the Sahara D ...
**M'Sila
M'sila (also spelled Msila) ( ar, المسيلة); is the capital of M'Sila Province, Algeria, and is co-extensive with M'sila District. It has a population of 132,975 as per the 2008 census. M'sila University is also located in this city.
Hist ...
**Mascara
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**Médéa
Médéa ( ber, Lemdiyyet, ar, المدية ''al-Madiya''), population 123,535 (1998 census) is the capital city of Médéa Province, Algeria. It is located roughly 68 km south of Algiers.
The present-day city is situated on the site o ...
** Mila
**Mostaganem
Mostaganem ( ber, Mustɣanem; ar, مستغانم) is a port city in and capital of Mostaganem province, in the northwest of Algeria. The city, founded in the 11th century lies on the Gulf of Arzew, Mediterranean Sea and is 72 km ENE of O ...
** Naama
** Oran
**Ouargla
Ouargla (Berber: Wargrən, ar, ورقلة) is the capital city of Ouargla Province in the Sahara Desert in southern Algeria. It has a flourishing petroleum industry and hosts one of Algeria's universities, the University of Ouargla. The commune o ...
** Oum el-Bouaghi
**Relizane
Relizane or Ghilizan (Arabic: غلیزان; Berber: Ɣilizan) is a city in Algeria. It is the capital city of Relizane Province.
Toponymy
The name of Relizane comes from the Berber ⵉⵖⵉⵍ ⵉⵣⵣⴰⵏ (Iɣil Izzan) which means “burn ...
**Saida Saida may refer to:
Places
* Saïda, Algeria, a city in Algeria
* Saïda Province, a province of Algeria
* Saida, Lebanon, the Arabic name for Sidon, a city in Lebanon
* Saida, a village in Helan, Mandi Bahauddin, Punjab province, Pakistan
* Sai ...
** Sétif
**Sidi Bel Abbes
''Sidi'' or ''Sayidi'', also Sayyidi and Sayeedi, ( ar, سيدي, Sayyīdī, Sīdī (dialectal) "milord") is an Arabic masculine title of respect. ''Sidi'' is used often to mean "saint" or "my master" in Maghrebi Arabic and Egyptian Arabic. W ...
**Skikda
Skikda ( ar, سكيكدة; formerly Philippeville from 1838 to 1962 and Rusicade in ancient times) is a city in northeastern Algeria and a port on the Mediterranean. It is the capital of Skikda Province and Skikda District.
History
The Phoeni ...
**Souk Ahras
Souk Ahras (Berber: ''Tagast''; ancient name: ''Thagast''; ar, سوق أهراس) is a municipality in Algeria. It is the capital of Souk Ahras Province. The Numidian city of Thagaste (or Tagaste), on whose ruins Souk Ahras was built, was the bi ...
** Tamanghasset
**Tébessa
Tébessa or Tebessa ( ar, تبسة ''Tibissa'', ''Tbessa'' or ''Tibesti''), the classical Theveste, is the capital city of Tébessa Province region of northeastern Algeria. It hosts several historical landmarks, the most important one being the w ...
**Tiaret
Tiaret ( ar, تاهرت / تيارت; Berber: Tahert or Tihert, i.e. "Lioness") is a major city in northwestern Algeria that gives its name to the wider farming region of Tiaret Province. Both the town and region lie south-west of the capital o ...
**Tindouf
Tindouf (Berber: Tinduf, ar, تندوف) is the main town, and a commune in Tindouf Province, Algeria, close to the Mauritanian, Western Saharan and Moroccan borders. The commune has population of around 160,000 but the census and population ...
**Tipasa
Tipasa, sometimes distinguished as Tipasa in Mauretania, was a colonia in the Roman province Mauretania Caesariensis, nowadays called Tipaza, and located in coastal central Algeria. Since 1982, it has been declared by UNESCO a World Heritage Si ...
** Tissemsilt
**Tizi Ouzou
Tizi Ouzou or Thizi Wezzu (, Kabyle: Tizi Wezzu) is a city in north central Algeria. It is among the largest cities in Algeria. It is the second most populous city in the Kabylie region after Bejaia.
History
Etymology
The name ''Tizi Ouzou' ...
**Tlemcen
Tlemcen (; ar, تلمسان, translit=Tilimsān) is the second-largest city in northwestern Algeria after Oran, and capital of the Tlemcen Province. The city has developed leather, carpet, and textile industries, which it exports through the p ...
= Districts of Algeria
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Districts of Algeria
The provinces
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...
of Algeria are divided into 553 district
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s (''daïras'').
= Municipalities of Algeria
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Municipalities of Algeria
The municipalities of Algeria (Arabic: بلدية (singular)) form the third level of administrative subdivisions of Algeria. As of 2002, there were 1,541 municipalities in the country.
List
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The district
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s of Algeria are divided into 1,541 municipalities.
* Cities of Algeria
** Capital of Algeria: Algiers
Demography of Algeria
Demographics of Algeria
This article is about the demographic features of the population of Algeria, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.
Ninety-on ...
* List of Algerian provinces by population
Government and politics of Algeria
Politics of Algeria
Politics of Algeria takes place in a framework of a constitutional semi-presidential republic, whereby the President of Algeria is head of state while the Prime Minister of Algeria is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the gov ...
* Form of government: presidential republic
* Capital of Algeria: Algiers
* Elections in Algeria
* Political parties in Algeria
* Taxation in Algeria
Branches of the government of Algeria
Government of Algeria
Politics of Algeria takes place in a framework of a constitutional semi-presidential republic, whereby the President of Algeria is head of state while the Prime Minister of Algeria is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the go ...
Executive branch of the government of Algeria
* Head of state
A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona who officially embodies a state Foakes, pp. 110–11 " he head of statebeing an embodiment of the State itself or representatitve of its international persona." in its unity and l ...
: President of Algeria
The president of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces.
History of the office
The Tripoli Program, whi ...
* Head of government
The head of government is the highest or the second-highest official in the executive branch of a sovereign state, a federated state, or a self-governing colony, autonomous region, or other government who often presides over a cabinet, ...
: Prime Minister of Algeria
The prime minister of Algeria is the head of government of Algeria. Aymen Benabderrahmane has been the prime minister since 30 June 2021.
The prime minister is appointed by the president of Algeria, along with other ministers and members of ...
* Council of Ministers of Algeria
Legislative branch of the government of Algeria
* Parliament of Algeria
The Parliament of Algeria consists of two chambers:
*The Council of the Nation (Upper Chamber)
*The People's National Assembly ( Lower Chamber)
See also
* Politics of Algeria
*List of legislatures by country
References
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( bicameral)
** Upper house
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restric ...
: Council of the Nation
The Council of the Nation ( ar, مجلس الأمة, Majlis al-Ummah) is the upper house of the Algerian Parliament. It is composed of 144 members, 2/3 of which are elected indirectly and 1/3 of which are appointed by the president of Algeria.
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** Lower house: People's National Assembly
Judicial branch of the government of Algeria
Court system of Algeria
Foreign relations of Algeria
Foreign relations of Algeria
* Diplomatic missions in Algeria
* Diplomatic missions of Algeria
* Algeria–Japan relations
* Algeria–Libya relations
* Embassy of Algeria in Washington, D.C.
The Embassy of Algeria in Washington, D.C. is the Republic of Algeria, People's Democratic Republic of Algeria's diplomatic mission to the United States. It is located at 2118 Kalorama Road, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Sheridan-Kalorama His ...
* Embassy of Algeria, Kyiv
* Embassy of Algeria, London
* Embassy of Algeria, Ottawa
* Visa policy of Algeria
International organization membership
International organization membership of Algeria
The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is a member of:[
*]African Development Bank Group
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(AfDB)
* African Union (AU)
*Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa
The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) (Banque Arabe pour le Développement Economique en Afrique) (المصرف العربي للتنمية الاقتصادية في أفريقيا) was established pursuant to the resolution o ...
(ABEDA)
*Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development
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The AFESD ...
(AFESD)
*Arab Maghreb Union
The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) or simply the Maghreb Union (MU) ( ar, اتحاد المغرب العربي ', french: Union du Maghreb Arabe) is a political union and economic union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity am ...
(AMU)
*Arab Monetary Fund
The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) is a regional Arab organization, a working sub-organization of the Arab League. It was founded 1976, and has been operational since 1977.
History
The first president and director of the Arab Monetary Fund, from 1 ...
(AMF)
* African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO)
*Bank for International Settlements
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) is an international financial institution owned by central banks that "fosters international monetary and financial cooperation and serves as a bank for central banks".
The BIS carries out its work thr ...
(BIS)
*Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)french: link=no, Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture; it, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura is an intern ...
(FAO)
*Group of 15
The Group of 15 (G-15)Thofficial website adopts the "G-15" orthography (with a hyphen) in order to distinguish an abbreviated reference to this group -- contrasts with other similarly named entities. is an informal forum set up to foster coopera ...
(G15)
*Group of 24
The Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development, or The Group of 24 (G-24) was established in 1971 as a chapter of the Group of 77 in order to help coordinate the positions of developing countries on ...
(G24)
* Group of 77 (G77)
* International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
* International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)
*International Chamber of Commerce
The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC; French: ''Chambre de commerce internationale'') is the largest, most representative business organization in the world. Its over 45 million members in over 100 countries have interests spanning every sec ...
(ICC)
*International Civil Aviation Organization
The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO, ) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates the principles and techniques of international air navigation, and fosters the planning and development of international a ...
(ICAO)
*International Criminal Court
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) is an intergovernmental organization and international tribunal seated in The Hague, Netherlands. It is the first and only permanent international court with jurisdiction to prosecute individuals f ...
(ICCt) (signatory)
*International Criminal Police Organization
The International Criminal Police Organization (ICPO; french: link=no, Organisation internationale de police criminelle), commonly known as Interpol ( , ), is an international organization that facilitates worldwide police cooperation and cri ...
(Interpol)
* International Development Association (IDA)
* International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRCS)
*International Finance Corporation
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is an international financial institution that offers investment, advisory, and asset-management services to encourage private-sector development in less developed countries. The IFC is a member of ...
(IFC)
* International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
*International Hydrographic Organization
The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) is an intergovernmental organisation representing hydrography. , the IHO comprised 98 Member States.
A principal aim of the IHO is to ensure that the world's seas, oceans and navigable waters a ...
(IHO)
*International Labour Organization
The International Labour Organization (ILO) is a United Nations agency whose mandate is to advance social and economic justice by setting international labour standards. Founded in October 1919 under the League of Nations, it is the first and o ...
(ILO)
* International Maritime Organization (IMO)
*International Mobile Satellite Organization
The International Mobile Satellite Organization (IMSO) is the intergovernmental organization that oversees certain public satellite safety and security communication services provided via the Inmarsat satellites. Some of these services concern: ...
(IMSO)
*International Monetary Fund
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is a major financial agency of the United Nations, and an international financial institution, headquartered in Washington, D.C., consisting of 190 countries. Its stated mission is "working to foster glo ...
(IMF)
*International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ...
(IOC)
*International Organization for Migration
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) is a United Nations agency that provides services and advice concerning migration to governments and migrants, including internally displaced persons, refugees, and migrant workers.
The IOM w ...
(IOM)
*International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
*International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (ICRM)
*International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
*International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (ITSO)
*International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC)
*Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU)
*Islamic Development Bank (IDB)
*League of Arab States (LAS)
*Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)
*Nonaligned Movement (NAM)
*Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
*Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) (partner)
*Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)
*Organization of American States (OAS) (observer)
*Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC)
*Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)
*United Nations (UN)
*United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
*United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
*United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)
*United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO)
*United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
*United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
*Universal Postal Union (UPU)
*World Customs Organization (WCO)
*World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU)
*World Health Organization (WHO)
*World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
*World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
*World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
*World Trade Organization (WTO) (observer)
Law and order in Algeria
Law in Algeria
* Constitution of Algeria
* Crime in Algeria
** Human trafficking in Algeria
* Human rights in Algeria
** Freedom of speech in Algeria
*** Censorship in Algeria
**** Blasphemy law in Algeria
** LGBT rights in Algeria
** Freedom of religion in Algeria
** Polygamy in Algeria
* Law enforcement in Algeria
** List of Algerian prisons
* Visa policy of Algeria
Military of Algeria
Military of Algeria
* Command
** Commander-in-chief: President of Algeria
The president of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces.
History of the office
The Tripoli Program, whi ...
, Abdelaziz Bouteflika
* Forces
** Army of Algeria
** Navy of Algeria
** Air Force of Algeria
** Algeria and weapons of mass destruction
* Military history of Algeria
* Defense industry of Algeria
History of Algeria
History of Algeria
* Archeology of Algeria
By period
* Prehistoric Central North Africa
* North Africa during the Classical Period
* Medieval Muslim Algeria
* History of Ottoman Algeria, Ottoman rule in Algeria
* French Algeria
* Nationalism and resistance in Algeria
* Algerian War of Independence
* History of Algeria (1962–99)
* Algerian Civil War (1990s)
* 2000s in Algeria (2000s)
By subject
* List of conflicts in Algeria, Conflicts in Algeria
* List of earthquakes in Algeria, Earthquakes in Algeria
* History of the Jews in Algeria
* List of massacres in Algeria, Massacres in Algeria
* Military history of Algeria
Culture of Algeria
Culture of Algeria
* Architecture of Algeria
** List of tallest structures in Algeria, Tallest structures in Algeria
* Cuisine of Algeria
* Languages of Algeria
* Media in Algeria
* List of museums in Algeria, Museums in Algeria
* National symbols of Algeria
** Coat of arms of Algeria
** Flag of Algeria
** National anthem of Algeria
* People of Algeria
** Algerian people
*** List of Algerians, Specific Algerians
**** List of Algerian writers, Algerian writers
*** Women in Algeria
** Ethnic groups in Algeria
*** Chinese people in Algeria
*** Europeans in Algeria
* Public holidays in Algeria
* Scouting and Guiding in Algeria
* World Heritage Sites in Algeria
Art in Algeria
* Cinema of Algeria
** List of Algerian films
** List of Algerian submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
* Literature of Algeria
** DZ-manga
* Music of Algeria
* Television in Algeria
Religion in Algeria
* Religion in Algeria
** Bahá'í Faith in Algeria
** Christianity in Algeria
*** Protestantism in Algeria
**** Protestant Church of Algeria
*** Roman Catholicism in Algeria
**** List of Catholic churches in Algeria, Catholic churches in Algeria
** Hinduism in Algeria
** Islam in Algeria
*** List of mosques in Algeria, Mosques in Algeria
*** Shia Islam in Algeria
** Judaism in Algeria
*** History of the Jews in Algeria
Sports in Algeria
Sports in Algeria
* Football in Algeria
** List of football clubs in Algeria, Football clubs in Algeria
* Algeria at the Olympics
* Rugby union in Algeria
* List of Algerian records in swimming
Economy and infrastructure of Algeria
Economy of Algeria
* List of countries by GDP (nominal), Economic rank, by nominal GDP (2007): 50th (fiftieth)
* Agriculture in Algeria
* Banking in Algeria
** List of banks in Algeria, Banks in Algeria
* Communications in Algeria
** Media of Algeria
*** List of newspapers in Algeria, Newspapers in Algeria
** Telecommunications in Algeria
*** Telephone numbers in Algeria
*** Internet in Algeria
* List of companies of Algeria, Companies of Algeria
* Currency, Currency of Algeria: Algerian dinar, Dinar
**ISO 4217: DZD
* Defense industry of Algeria
* Energy in Algeria
** Nuclear energy in Algeria
** List of power stations in Algeria, Power stations in Algeria
** Renewable energy in Algeria
* Health care in Algeria
** Health in Algeria
* Mining in Algeria
* Retail sector in Algeria
** List of shopping malls in Algeria, Shopping malls in Algeria
** List of supermarket chains in Algeria, Supermarket chains in Algeria
* Tourism in Algeria
* Visa policy of Algeria
* Trade unions in Algeria
* Transport in Algeria
** Air transport in Algeria
*** List of airlines of Algeria, Airlines of Algeria
*** List of airports in Algeria, Airports in Algeria
**** List of the busiest airports in Algeria, Busiest airports in Algeria
** Rail transport in Algeria
** Shipping in Algeria
*** List of Algerian ships
* Water supply and sanitation in Algeria
** Water privatization in Algeria
Education in Algeria
Education in Algeria
* National Library of Algeria
* List of museums in Algeria, Museums in Algeria
* List of universities in Algeria, Universities in Algeria
See also
Algeria
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*Index of Algeria-related articles
*List of Algeria-related topics
*List of international rankings
*Member state of the United Nations
*Outline of Africa
*Outline of geography
References
External links
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Photos From Algeria
(Arabic)
El Mouradia official presidential site
(in French and Arabic)
official parliamentary site
Algeria
''The World Factbook''. Central Intelligence Agency.
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Algeria-related lists,