.dz is the
country code top-level domain
A country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, sovereign state, or dependent territory identified with a country code. All ASCII ccTLD identifiers are two letters long, and all tw ...
(ccTLD) for
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
(from , the local name for Algeria).
Management
It is administered by the DZ Network Internet Center, a subdivision of CERIST (''Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique'').
To apply for a .dz domain name, one must be an entity established in Algeria and/or having legal representation in Algeria and/or having a document justifying the name ownership rights in the country.
Currently, NIC.DZ charges 1000
Algerian dinar
The dinar (; sign: DA; code: DZD) is the monetary currency of Algeria and it is subdivided into 100 ''centimes''. Centimes are now obsolete due to their extremely low value.
Etymology
The name "dinar" is ultimately derived from the Roman denari ...
s per year for a domain (about
US$
The United States dollar (Currency symbol, symbol: Dollar sign, $; ISO 4217, currency code: USD) is the official currency of the United States and International use of the U.S. dollar, several other countries. The Coinage Act of 1792 introdu ...
).
Second-level domains
Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath these names:
Second top-level domain
A second,
internationalised top-level domain will be used for Algeria, intended for domain names in the local language, using
Arabic characters: الجزائر. It was registered in 2011 and is represented as .xn--lgbbat1ad8j for the DNS name.
See also
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Internet in Algeria
Internet use in Algeria increased from 150,000 users in 2006 to approximately 18,583,000 in 2015, with a penetration rate of 46% of the population, In 2008, the government set aside €100 million to provide internet to every high school in the c ...
References
External links
IANA .dz whois informationNIC.DZCERISTMinistry of Posts and Telecommunications
Internet in Algeria
Mass media in Algeria
Country code top-level domains
Communications in Algeria
Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members
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