.dz is the country code top-level domain

Country code top-level domain

A country code top-level domain is an Internet top-level domain generally used or reserved for a country, a sovereign state, or a dependent territory....

 (ccTLD) for Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

. It is administered by Network Internet Center. DZ, a subdivision of CERIST (Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique). To apply for a .dz domain name, one must be an organization with a permanent presence in Algeria, and choose a name of three or more letters. Currently, NIC.DZ charges 1000 Algerian dinar

Algerian dinar

The dinar is the currency of Algeria and it is subdivided into 100 santeem .-History:The dinar was introduced on 1 April 1964, replacing the Algerian new franc at par.-Coins:...

s a year (about 14 USD).
The two letter country code

ISO 3166-1

ISO 3166-1 is part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization , and defines codes for the names of countries, dependent territories, and special areas of geographical interest. The official name of the standard is Codes for the representation of names...

DZ is derived from Dzajaer, the local name for Algeria.

Second-Level Domains

Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath these names:

• .com.dz : commercial enterprises
• .org.dz : organizations
• .net.dz : ISPs
• .gov.dz : government
• .edu.dz : academic or scientific establishments
• .asso.dz : associations
• .pol.dz : political institutions
• .art.dz : culture and arts

Second top-level domain

A second top-level domain will be used for Algeria, intended for domain names in the local language, using Arabic characters. The string الجزائر. has been registered and approved for this purpose, but it is not active yet (April 2011) and lower lever domains have not been granted yet.

External links

• IANA .dz whois information
• NIC.DZ