Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa . It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia ; to the east by Libya ; to the southeast by Niger ; to the southwest by Mali , Mauritania , and Western Sahara ; to the west by Morocco ; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea . Algeria has a semi-arid climate, with the Sahara desert dominating most of the territory except for its fertile and mountainous north, where most of the population is concentrated. Spanning 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), it is the world's tenth-largest nation by area , and the largest nation in Africa . With a population of 44 million, Algeria is the tenth-most populous country in Africa, and the 32nd-most populous country in the world. The capital and largest city is Algiers , located in the far north on the Mediterranean coast.
Algeria's official languages are Arabic and Tamazight ; French is used in media, education, and certain administrative matters. The vast majority of the population speak the Algerian dialect of Arabic . Most Algerians are Arabs , with Berbers forming a sizeable minority. Sunni Islam is the official religion and practised by 99 percent of the population. (Full article... )
French Algeria (French : Alger until 1839, then Algérie afterwards; unofficially Algérie française , Arabic : الجزائر المستعمرة ), also known as Colonial Algeria , was the period of Algerian history when the country was a colony and later an integral part of France .
French rule in the region began in 1830, after the
successful French invasion of Algeria , and lasted until the end of the
Algerian War in the mid 20th century, by which Algeria gained independence in 1962. After being a
French colony from 1830 to 1848, Algeria was designated as
a department, or part of France from 4 November 1848, when the
Constitution of French Second Republic took effect, until its independence on 5 July 1962. For a period in 1860-1870, the then-French emperor
Napoleon III transformed Algeria into a
client state , expanding freedoms, and limiting colonisation, a move deeply unpopular by the French colonists. (
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Image 1 Statue of Abd al Mumin in
Tlemcen ,
Algeria (from
History of Algeria )
Image 2 Chronological map of the conquest of Algeria (1830-1956) (from
History of Algeria )
Image 3 Maximum extent of the Zirid Kingdom (from
History of Algeria )
Image 4 Liberation of slaves after the Bombardment of Algiers (1683) (from
History of Algeria )
Image 5 Coin of the
Hafsids with ornamental
Kufic ,
Bougie ,
Algeria , 1249–1276. (from
History of Algeria )
Image 6 Algeria in 1824 alongside Alaouite Morocco before the French colonisation. (from
History of Algeria )
Image 7 Monument to the victims of the
Sétif and Guelma massacre , Kherrata (from
History of Algeria )
Image 8 Algerian traditional clothing (from
Culture of Algeria )
Image 9 Phases of the expansion of the Almohad state (from
History of Algeria )
Image 10 Hammadid territory circa 1050 (in green), and extended territories (dotted line) controlled in certain periods (from
History of Algeria )
Image 12 Roman inscription from Agueneb in the
Laghouat Province (from
History of Algeria )
Image 13 A man of Tlemcen (from
History of Algeria )
Image 14 Kingdom of Beni Abbas in the 16th century during the reign of Ahmed Amokrane (from
History of Algeria )
Image 15 The Almohads transferred the capital of Al-Andalus to
Seville . (from
History of Algeria )
Image 17 Couscous (
Arabic : كسكس) with
vegetables and
chickpeas , the national dish of Algeria (from
Culture of Algeria )
Image 18 The kingdom of Tlemcen at the beginning of the 14th century. (from
History of Algeria )
Image 20 Map of Numidia (from
History of Algeria )
Image 21 Lands controlled by the Maghrawa in the first half of the 11th century (from
History of Algeria )
Image 22 Arab heads of state in
Cairo to discuss previous talks with
Soviet leaders. From left to right:
Abd al-Rahman Arif of Iraq,
Houari Boumediene of Algeria,
Gamal Abdel Nasser of Egypt,
Nurredin al-Atassi of Syria and
Ismail al-Azhari of Sudan (from
History of Algeria )
Image 23 Poster to garner Algerian support for the struggle in France during World War 2. "France is speaking to you" with clippings from French Resistance newspapers from 1942 and 1943 (from
History of Algeria )
Image 26 Coin minted during the reign of
Abu Yaqub Yusuf (from
History of Algeria )
Image 27 Ottoman Algeria in 1560. (from
History of Algeria )
Image 28 Purchase of Christian slaves by French friars (
Religieux de la Mercy de France ) in Algiers in 1662 (from
History of Algeria )
Image 29 Kingdom of Kuku (blue) just east of Algiers (from
History of Algeria )
Image 30 Almohad dynasty and surrounding states, c. 1200. (from
History of Algeria )
Image 31 Ruins of the
Mansura Mosque , begun by the Marinids in 1303 during their siege of Tlemcen (from
History of Algeria )
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