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Algiers city overview
Algiers is a city in Algeria shaped by its region, population, local economy, landmarks, climate and civic history. This overview summarizes the city itself: where it sits, what defines it, which places anchor its identity and why it matters within the wider country.
City facts
Airport baseAlgiers Houari Boumediene (ALG)
Known forAlgiers, Capital and largest city of Algeria, Algiers planning base 3, Algiers planning base 4
Population~3.4Mcity context
RegionAlgeriaAlgeria
Time zoneAfrica/Algierslocal time
Founded972historical origin
City history
The present city was re-founded in 972 AD by Buluggin ibn Ziri, who was appointed by the Faṭimid caliph al-Muʿizz as governor of al-Qayrawān and any other territory his nation, the Zirid Dynasty might.
In 1151 AD, Abd al-Mu'min launched an expedition to the east, conquering Béjaïa in August 1152, the capital of the Hammadids; on their way, Beni Mezghanna did not succumb and was now under the.
The town once again came under the dominion of the Ziyanid sultans of the Kingdom but experienced a large measure of independence under Thaaliba amirs who settled the Mitidja plain at around 1200 AD.
The city's history is believed to date back to 1200 BC, but it was a small settlement without any significance until around the 3rd century BC when "Ikosim" became a small port town in.
The Kingdom of Tlemcen was the target of the Spanish Empire's and the Portuguese Empire's campaigns and conquests against its coasts, beginning in 1501 AD.
Hayreddin, succeeding Oruç after the latter was killed in battle against the Spaniards in the 1518 fall of Tlemcen, was the founder of the pashaluk, which subsequently became the beylik, of Algeria.
In October 1541 in the Algiers expedition, the King of Spain and Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor sought to capture the city, but a storm destroyed a great number of his ships, and his.
In 1556, a citadel, Palace of the Dey was constructed at the highest point in the wall.
On 29 April 1827, foreign consuls and diplomatic agents gathered in the Palace of the Dey for a conference with the Regency of Algiers ruler Hussein Dey.
The Algerian forces met their French opponents in the Battle of Staouéli on 19 June 1830, to which the Dey's forces were defeated, this enabled the colonial army to advance into the city and.
The demonstrations of 13 May during the crisis of 1958 provoked the fall of the Fourth Republic in France, as well as the return of General de Gaulle to power. Independence Algeria achieved independence.
In the 1992 elections for the Algerian National Assembly, the Islamists garnered a large amount of support in the first round.
The Kasbah of Algiers was enlisted as a cultural world heritage site by UNESCO in December 1992. Crisis of the 1990s The city became the theatre of many political demonstrations of all descriptions until.
Run by the FLN that had secured independence, Algiers became a member of Non-Aligned Movement during the Cold War.
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Capital and largest city of Algeria
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Stay overview
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