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Algeria: The pearl of Africa

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Hi Turkish Community!
I will post pictures of Algeria here and let you discover my country.


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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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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jardin d'essai by sleroyer, on Flickr
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Oran, 2nd city of Algeria


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Algiers









IMG_2099-2 by Walid Talbi, on Flickr

Alger, Algiers by Habib Boucetta, on Flickr



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Palais des Raïs by Chérif Bouchiha, on Flickr


Walid Taibi Photography

Algiers


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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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Coastal landscapes of Algeria
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A. Saouchi

Barbajani Beach



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Skikda

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

Dellys


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


Ziama Mansouriah

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Oran
See in larger size here

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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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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Emir Abdelkader Mosque, Constantine (1994)


Luna 2 by Skander BENMOHAMMED, sur Flickr


Mosquée El Amir Abdelkader by Skander BENMOHAMMED, sur Flickr


Mosquée El Amir Abdelkader 3 by Skander BENMOHAMMED, sur Flickr


Mosquée El Amir Abdelkader 12 by Skander BENMOHAMMED, sur Flickr


Mosquée El Amir Abdelkader 22 by Skander BENMOHAMMED, sur Flickr


Mosquée El Amir Abdelkader 20 by Skander BENMOHAMMED, sur Flickr
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Oran tramway

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Tiddis | Ancient Berber city of Res Eddar | IVth Century B.C | CONSTANTINE

Tiddis is an authentic Berber site called " Res eddar " or the " peak of the house" located within the Khreneg Gorge. Tiddis marks the presence of an ancient Berber civilization through Libyan inscriptions and symbols on Berber pottery . Tiddis was modified by the Romans and arranged according to their system of urbanization .
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Algiers


Placette 1er Nov by Chérif Bouchiha, on Flickr

Al-Jazaîr (The White) by The Homeless

Maamar Billel Photographie

Aboubakr Photography

night in Algiers‘s street by Norman Chen




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Algiers in Colour by Habib Boucetta, on Flickr

Alger By Night by Habib Boucetta, on Flickr


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Constantine



Youcef Photographie D

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Coastal landscapes of Algeria
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Bejaia

Calm Sea by Hichemou Photographer


adda bendia Houcine

This morning from my office...Port of Béjaia by OualiBelahsene, on Flickr

Collo


ras el male7 collo par FELIGHA MOHAMED LAMINE, sur Flickr

Ziama Mansouria

_MG_1562 by jamalziama, on Flickr

Beni Saf, Ain Temouchent

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Gouraya National Park, Bejaia

A Preview From Wonderland by Yacine Sichaib, on Flickr

Cap Carbon by Yacine Sichaib, on Flickr

Cap de fer, Skikda


Nordine Metatla

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Madagh 2éme Plage by Chérif Bouchiha, sur Flickr

CET beach Tipaza


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Filfila beach, Skikda

Filfila Skikda, Algeria by mohamed salah kettouch, on Flickr

Mostaganem

Mostaganem by jazair, 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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Jijel


Jijel par Mikou.dz, sur Flickr

Algiers

la cote rais hamidou by Rachid Ramdane ZITOUNI, on Flickr

Tichy, Béjaïa

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Oran

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

Algiers Bay

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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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Djurdjura Mountains, Kabylie





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