Algiers
Algiers is the capital of Algeria as well as the country's largest city. Located right on the Mediterranean coast, Algiers is a city of contrasts, with a blend of modern and traditional architecture, as well as stunning natural beauty.Photo: LBM1948, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Popular Destinations
Dar El Beïda District
Dar El Beïda is a district in Algiers Province, Algeria.Photo: Yane Casouf, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Notable Places in the Area
August 20th 1955 Stadium
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20 August 1955 Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Mohamed Belouizdad, Algiers, Algeria.
Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography
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The Bardo National Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography is a national museum located in Algiers, Algeria.
Localities in the Area
Birkhadem
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Birkhadem or Bir Khadem is a commune in Algiers Province and a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria.
Bāb al-Wādī
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Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre.
Belouizdad
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Mohamed Belouizdad is a quarter of Algiers, Algeria in Algiers Province.
Algiers
- Type: City with 3,420,000 residents
- Description: capital city of Algeria
- Categories: capital city, human settlement, big city, million city and locality
- Location: Algiers Province, Central Algeria, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
36.7529° or 36° 45' 11" northLongitude
3.0559° or 3° 3' 21" eastPopulation
3,420,000Elevation
113 metres (371 feet)IATA airport code
ALGUnited Nations Location Code
DZ ALGOpen Location Code
8F85Q334+59OpenStreetMap ID
node 299617915OpenStreetMap Feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
2507480Wikidata ID
Q3561Algiers Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Lezzayer
- Abkhazian: Алжир (ақалақь)
- Abkhazian: Алжир
- Adyghe: Алжир
- Afrikaans: Algiers
- Albanian: Algier
- Albanian: Algjer
- Algerian Arabic: آلجي
- Algerian Arabic: دْزَايَر
- Amharic: አልጀርስ
- Arabic: Algiers
- Arabic: الجزائر (مدينة)
- Arabic: الجزائر
- Arabic: الجزائر العاصمة
- Arabic: مدينة الجزائر
- Aragonese: Alcher
- Armenian: Ալժէ
- Armenian: Ալժիր
- Arpitan: Alg·èr
- Asturian: Arxel
- Avaric: Aljazair
- Azerbaijani: Əlcəzair
- Azerbaijani: Əlcəzair şəhəri
- Balinese: Aljir
- Bambara: Alger
- Bashkir: Алжир (ҡала)
- Bashkir: Алжир
- Basque: Aljer
- Belarusian: Алжыр
- Belarusian: Альжыр
- Bengali: আলজিয়ার্স
- Bosnian: Alžir
- Breton: Aljer
- Bulgarian: Алжир
- Burmese: အယ်လဂျီးယားမြို့
- Catalan: Alger
- Cebuano: Algiers
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻ
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ
- Central Atlas Tamazight: ⵍⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔ
- Central Bikol: Algiers
- Central Kurdish: جەزائیر
- Chechen: Алжазаира
- Chechen: Алжир
- Chinese: Alger
- Chinese: 阿尔及尔
- Chinese: 阿爾及爾/阿尔及尔
- Chinese: 阿爾及爾
- Chuvash: Алжир
- Corsican: Algeri
- Croatian: Alžir
- Czech: Alžír
- Danish: Algier
- Dimli (individual language): Cezayir
- Dutch: Algiers
- Egyptian Arabic: الجزاير
- Esperanto: Alĝero
- Estonian: Alžiir
- Extremaduran: Argel
- Faroese: Alger
- Fiji Hindi: Algiers
- Finnish: Alger
- French: Alger
- Galician: Alxer
- Georgian: ალჟირი
- Georgian: მარკეტი
- German: Algier
- Greek: Αλγέρι
- Gujarati: અલ્જીયર્સ
- Haitian: Alje
- Hakka Chinese: Algiers
- Hausa: Algiers
- Hausa: Aljir
- Hebrew: אלג'יר
- Hebrew: אלגיר
- Hindi: अल्जियर्ज़
- Hindi: अल्जियर्स
- Hindi: अल्जीयर्स
- Hindi: आल्जेर
- Hungarian: Algír
- Icelandic: Algeirsborg
- Ido: Aljer
- Iloko: Arhel
- Inari Sami: Alger
- Indonesian: Aljir
- Interlingua: Alger
- Interlingue: Alger
- Irish: Cathair na hAilgéire
- Italian: Algeri
- Japanese: アルジェ
- Javanese: Aljir
- Kabiyè: Alizee
- Kabyle: Lezzayer
- Kabyle: Zzayer
- Kalaallisut: Algier
- Kannada: ಅಲ್ಜೀಯರ್ಸ್
- Kannada: ಆಲ್ಜೇರ್
- Kazakh: Алжир
- Kazakh: Джазаир
- Kazakh: Эль-Джазаир
- Kirghiz: Алжир шаары
- Kongo: Alger
- Korean: 알제
- Kotava: Aljazair
- Kurdish: Cezayir
- Ladino: Ardjel
- Ladino: Arjel
- Lao: Arhel
- Latin: Algeria
- Latin: Icosium
- Latvian: Alžīra
- Ligurian: Algè
- Ligurian: Algê
- Lingala: Alje
- Lithuanian: Alžyras
- Livvi: Alžir (linnu)
- Livvi: Alžir
- Lombard: Algeri
- Low German: Algier
- Luxembourgish: Alger
- Macedo-Romanian: Alger
- Macedonian: Алжир
- Maithili: अल्जीएर्स
- Malagasy: Alger
- Malagasy: Algiers
- Malay: Algiers
- Malayalam: അൾജിയേഴ്സ്
- Maltese: Algiers
- Maltese: Alġiers
- Manipuri: ꯑꯜꯖꯤꯌꯔꯁ
- Manx: Algiers
- Manx: Balley yn Algear
- Marathi: अल्जीयर्स
- Mazanderani: الجزیره
- Min Dong Chinese: Algiers
- Min Nan Chinese: Algiers
- Mingrelian: ალჟირი
- Moksha: Алжир
- Mongolian: Алжир
- Mongolian: Алжир хот
- Mongolian: ꯑꯜꯖꯤꯌꯔꯁ
- Moroccan Arabic: لجزائر لعاصمة
- Moroccan Arabic: لجزائر
- Navajo: Táłkááʼ Dahndaaʼeeł
- Nepali: अल्जियर्स
- Nepali: अल्जीएर्स
- Northern Frisian: Algier
- Norwegian: Alger
- Norwegian Bokmål: Alger
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Alger
- Novial: Algiers
- Occitan (post 1500): Argièr
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܓܙܐܐܪ
- Ossetian: Алжир
- Pampanga: Algiers
- Panjabi: ਅਲ-ਜਜ਼ਾਇਰ
- Papiamento: Algiers
- Persian: الجزیره
- Piemontese: Algeri
- Polish: Algier
- Portuguese: Argel
- Pushto: الجزيره
- Romanian: Alger
- Russian: Алжир (город)
- Russian: Алжир
- Russian: Эль-Джазаир
- Russian: столица Алжира
- Samogitian: Alžīrs
- Santali: ᱟᱞᱡᱤᱭᱟᱨᱥ
- Sardinian: Algeri
- Scots: Algiers
- Scottish Gaelic: Algiers
- Serbian: Alžir
- Serbian: Алжир
- Serbo-Croatian: Alžir
- Serbo-Croatian: Dzayr
- Shona: Algiers
- Sicilian: Algeri
- Silesian: Alger
- Sinhala: ඇල්ජියර්ස්
- Slovak: Alžír
- Slovenian: Alžir
- Somali: Algiers
- South Azerbaijani: الجزیره
- Spanish: Argel
- Sundanese: Aljir
- Swahili: Algiers
- Swedish: Alger, Algeriet
- Swedish: Alger
- Swiss German: Algier
- Tachelhit: Dzayr (tamdint)
- Tagalog: Algiers
- Tagalog: Argel
- Tagalog: Arhel
- Tajik: Алҷазира
- Tajik: Алҷазоир
- Talysh: Əlcəzayir şəhər
- Tamil: அல்ஜியர்ஸ்
- Tatar: Әлҗәзаир (шәһәр)
- Tatar: Әлҗәзаир
- Telugu: ఆల్జీర్స్
- Thai: แอลเจียร์
- Tibetan: ཨཱལ་ཇི་ཡར་སི།
- Tosk Albanian: Algier
- Turkish: Cezayir
- Turkmen: Alžir
- Twi: Alger
- Udmurt: Алжир
- Uighur: ئالجىر
- Ukrainian: Алжир
- Upper Sorbian: Algier
- Upper Sorbian: Alžir
- Upper Sorbian: Alžěr
- Urdu: الجزائر شہر
- Uzbek: Jazoir
- Venetian: Algeri
- Venetian: Alzeri
- Veps: Alžir
- Vietnamese: Algiers
- Vlax Romani: Algiers
- Volapük: Cäsair
- Võro: Alžiir
- Waray (Philippines): Algiers
- Welsh: Alger
- Western Armenian: Ալժէ
- Western Frisian: Algiers
- Western Mari: Алжир
- Western Panjabi: الجیرز
- Wolof: Alse
- Wu Chinese: 阿尔及尔
- Yiddish: אלזשירס
- Yoruba: Algiers
- Yue Chinese: 阿爾及爾
- Zeeuws: Alhiers
- Zulu: Algiers
- Al-jezair
- Al Djazâir
- Al Jazair
- El Djazaïr
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About Mapcarta. Thanks to Mapbox for providing amazing maps. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, excluding photos, directions and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page Algiers. Photo: Clapsus, CC BY-SA 3.0.