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Algeria: The pearl of Africa

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Total area: 919,590 sq mi (2,381,741 sq km)
Population (2014 est.): 38,813,722 (growth rate: 1.88%); birth rate: 23.99/1000; infant mortality rate: 21.76/1000; life expectancy: 76.39; density per sq mi: 42.2
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Algiers, 2,916,000
Other large cities: Oran, 783,000; Constantine, 530,100; Batna, 278,100; Annaba, 246,700


Geography

Nearly four times the size of Texas and the largest country on the continent, Algeria is bordered on the west by Morocco and Western Sahara and on the east by Tunisia and Libya. The Mediterranean Sea is to the north, and to the south are Mauritania, Mali, and Niger. The Saharan region, which is 85% of the country, is almost completely uninhabited. The highest point is Mount Tahat in the Sahara, which rises 9,850 ft (3,000 m)
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Gouraya National Parc, Bejaia


Béjaïa by Elazhar, on Flickr

Béjaïa by Elazhar, on Flickr

Béjaïa by Elazhar, on Flickr

Béjaïa by Elazhar, on Flickr

Béjaïa by Elazhar, on Flickr

Béjaïa by Elazhar, on Flickr

Béjaïa by Elazhar, on Flickr

Béjaïa by Elazhar, on Flickr

Béjaïa by Elazhar, on Flickr
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Cuicul | Ancient city of Djemila | SETIF [UNESCO Heritage


067 Djemila by Crane in Prague, on Flickr


070 Djemela by Crane in Prague, on Flickr




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Hamma Botanical Garden, Algiers
also known as The Test Garden Hamma (French: Jardin d'Essai du Hamma) is a 58-hectare botanical garden(38 hectares of gardens and 20 hectares of arboretum). Considered one of the most important botanical gardens in the world.

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Chrea

chrea by Adrenallin, on Flickr


de chrea a chanoua Tipaza by CHREA (blida), on Flickr

Chréa a vêtu de Blanc by CHREA (blida), on Flickr
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Oran


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Constantine


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Cap of iron beach, Skikda

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Skikda again


Mediterranean Sea - Skikda City - Algeria by khalid lebdioui, on Flickr

Djurdjura, Kabylie


Randonnée vers le lac Agoulmime by M.D.S. A., on Flickr


Paysage sur le chemin du lac Agoulmime by M.D.S. A., on Flickr

Oran


A view of Oran from Fort Santa Cruz - Algeria by JcMltzR, on Flickr

Billal Haddadi

Djebel Aissa National Park


Paysage dans le Parc National de Djebel Aïssa by M.D.S. A., on Flickr

Algiers

Alger Centre, La Grande Poste by Habib Boucetta, on Flickr

La baie d'Alger by Habib Boucetta, on Flickr


Terrasse du MilK Bar, Alger by Habib Boucetta, on Flickr
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IMG_2099-2 by Walid Talbi, on Flickr

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Palais des Raïs by Chérif Bouchiha, on Flickr


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La baie d'Alger by Midou Dambri, sur Flickr


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Al-Mishwâr | XIIIth century | TLEMCEN

A citadel was built over the camp in 1145 and has been one of the town's centrepieces ever since. The Zianide ruler Yaghmorassen moved his residence inside the Mechouar walls in the early 14th century and a mosque was built in the 1310s. The Ottoman admiral Barbarossa used it as his stronghold in the 16th century and the French followed suit after the fall of Tlemcen, using it as a barracks and hospital. Today the Mechouar offers a place of peace inside its massive walls and across its broad
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Villa Brossette | XVIIIth century | ALGIERS

The villa was built by Mustafa Pasha , during the Ottoman period, in the middle of the 18th century, it served as a very luxurious hotel that was designed to receive rich and noble of foreign compounds and especially British travelers . The villa Brossette is currently occupied by the CPRA (National Agency of Great Achievements Management Projects of Culture)
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Constantine

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Skander Benmohammad

Constantine Youcef

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Coastal landscapes of Algeria
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Skikda

Zakkour Plage-Kerkera w Skikda-Algerie by MegaRochdy, sur Flickr

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Littoral de Dellys by M.D.S. A., sur Flickr


Littoral de Dellys by M.D.S. A., sur Flickr



Littoral de Dellys vu depuis la Pointe Sidi Abdelkader by M.D.S. A., sur Flickr

Bejaia


La chaîne des Babors domine le golfe de Béjaïa by Ath Salem, sur Flickr


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Algiers

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Oran
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La baie d'Oran, Algérie by Habib Boucetta, on Flickr

Kabylie

Kabyle Algeria - Assif El Hammam, Adekar Bejaia - Algérie . by Menos b, on Flickr

Agouni Gueghrane - Agwni Gueghran by Nicolas RENARD, on Flickr

Djurdjura Algérie (Algeria) by albatros11, on Flickr

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tikejda by aziouezmazouz, on Flickr

Tassili n'Ajjer

Tassili N'Ajjer.2 by sam-bos, on Flickr

Constantine
constantine, algeria by mariusz kluzniak, on Flickr

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Thamugadi | Ancient city of Timgad | BATNA [UNESCO Heritage]

National Geo, October 2012 photo of the month,by George Steinmetz
This triumphal arch awed visitors to the city of Thamugadi, founded by the emperor Trajan around A.D. 100 as a civilian settlement near the fort of Lambaesis. The grooves left by wagon and chariot wheels can still be seen in the stone road.



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Most beautiful country of Africa! These pictures are enough excuse to go back <3
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Thanks for you comment. You Tunisians know you're always welcome! Marhba and don't forget to share pictures with us! :cheers:
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Cuicul | Ancient city of Djemila | SETIF [UNESCO Heritage


067 Djemila by Crane in Prague, on Flickr


070 Djemela by Crane in Prague, on Flickr




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Roman Theater l 201 | GUELMA

( l’antique Calama ) theatre romain guelma wide angle photography by Chouaib Meraoumia, sur Flickr

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Algiers Metro
One line completed, extensions actually under construction








Vestibule, Algerian underground by varlamov, on Flickr

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