Back Алжир (ақалақь) Abkhazian Алжир (къалэ) ADY Algiers Afrikaans Algier ALS አልጀርስ Amharic Alcher AN الجزائر (مدينة) Arabic ܓܙܐܐܪ (ܡܕܝܢܬܐ) ARC لجزائر لعاصمة ARY الجزاير (مدينه) ARZ
Algiers | |
|---|---|
Ceety | |
 Clockwise: Biggins alang the Mediterranean coast o Algiers, Martyrs Memorial, Notre Dame d'Afrique, Ketchaoua Mosque, Casbah, the Grand Post Office an the Meenistry o Finance o Algerie | |
 Seal | |
| Eik-name(s): Algiers the White ; Algiers the Dazzlin | |
  Algiers Location o Algiers athin Algerie | |
| Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°ECoordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E | |
| Kintra | Algerie |
| Province | Algiers |
| Re-foondit | AD 944 |
| Govrenment | |
| • Wali (Govrenor) | M. Mohamed Kebir Addou |
| Area | |
| • Ceety | 1190 km2 (460 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 0.9 m (3 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Ceety | 2,882,897 |
| • Metro | 5,000,000 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal codes | 16000–16132 |
Algiers (Arabic: الجزائر al-Jazā’ir, Algerie Arabic an Berber: Dzayer دزاير [dzæˈjer]; French: Alger, pronoonced [alʒe]) is the caipital an lairgest ceety o Algerie an the Maghreb.
Cawed El-Bahdja (البهجة) or alternatively Alger le Blanc ("Algiers the White") for the glistenin white o its buildings as seen risin up frae the sea, Algiers is situatit on the wast side o a bay o the Mediterrane Sea. The ceety name is derived (via French Alger an Catalan Alguère[3]) frae the Arabic wird الجزائر al-jazā’ir, which translates as the islands, referrin tae the fower islands which lay aff the ceety's coast till becomin pairt o the mainland in 1525. Al-jazā’ir is itsel a truncatit form o the ceety's aulder name جزائر بني مازغان jazā’ir banī mazghannā, "the islands o (the tribe) Bani Mazghanna", uised bi early medieval geographers such as al-Idrisi an Yaqut al-Hamawi.
The modren pairt o the ceety is biggit on the level grund bi the seashore; the auld pairt, the auncient ceety o the deys, climbs the steep hill ahint the modren toun an is crouned bi the casbah or citadel, 400 ft (122 m) abuin the sea. The casbah an the twa quays form a triangle.
- ↑ "Population of the city proper accoding to the 1998 census (via". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 27 Juin 2010.
- ↑ "UN World Urbanization Prospects". Esa.un.org. Archived frae the original on 23 December 2009. Retrieved 27 Juin 2010.
- ↑ Origins of Algiers by Louis Leschi, speech delivered June 16, 1941 published in El Djezair Sheets, July 1941 History of Algeria (in French).