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Abd al-Qadir al-Jaza'iri -Ferhat Abbas
Ferhat Abbas
Ferhat Abbas Kabyle: Ferḥat Σabbas, was an Algerian political leader and briefly acted in a provisional capacity as the yet-to-become independent country's President from 1958 to 1961.- Background :...
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Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani
Mohamed Ben Ahmed Abdelghani
Mohammed ben Ahmed Abdelghani was the prime minister of Algeria under President Chadli Bendjedid from March 8, 1979 until January 22, 1984. He served as the first prime minister of Algeria since 1963, when the position was abolished. As of 2005, he served the longest consecutive term of any prime...
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Hocine Achiou
Hocine Achiou
Hocine Achiou is an Algerian footballer. He is currently playing for ASO Chlef in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.-Football career:...
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Adherbal
Adherbal
Adherbal, son of Micipsa and grandson of Masinissa, was a king of Numidia between 118 BC and 112 BC. He inherited the throne after the death of his father, and ruled jointly with his younger brother Hiempsal, and Jugurtha, the nephew of Masinissa...
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Moussa Ag Amastan
Moussa Ag Amastan
Musa Ag Amastan was the Amenokal or chief of the Kel Ahaggar Tuareg in 1900. He negotiated a peace treaty with the French....
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Aghlabid
Aghlabid
The Aghlabids were a dynasty of emirs, members of the Arab tribe of Bani Tamim, who ruled Ifriqiya, nominally on behalf of the Abbasid Caliph, for about a century, until overthrown by the new power of the Fatimid.-History:...
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Ahaggar Mountains
Ahaggar Mountains
The Ahaggar Mountains , also known as the Hoggar, are a highland region in central Sahara, or southern Algeria, along the Tropic of Cancer. They are located about 1,500 km south of the capital, Algiers and just west of Tamanghasset. The region is largely rocky desert with an average...
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Ahd 54
Ahd 54
Ahd 54 , "Generation of '54", is a minor Algerian party led by human rights-activist Ali Fawzi Rebaine, who claims to have founded the first Algerian human rights organization. Its name is an allusion to the start of the Algerian War of Independence, in November 1954. In the 2007 election, it won...
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Nassim Akrour
Nassim Akrour
Nassim Akrour is an Algerian international footballer. He currently plays for FC Istres in the French Ligue 2....
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Ain Defla
Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla |spring]]) is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune....
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Ain Temouchent
Aïn Témouchent
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Ain Zaatout
Ain Zaatout
Ain Zaatout is the administrative name of a mountainous village in north east Algeria, called Ah Frah in the local Shawi dialect, and Beni Farah in Arabic....
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Air Algérie
Air Algérie
Air Algérie SpA is the national flag carrier airline of Algeria, with its head office in the Immeuble El-Djazair in Algiers. With flights operating from Houari Boumedienne Airport, Air Algérie operates scheduled international services to 39 destinations in 28 countries in Europe, North America,...
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Air Algérie Flight 6289
Air Algérie Flight 6289
Air Algérie Flight 6289, a Boeing 737-200, was a scheduled passenger service of Air Algérie between Tamanrasset, Algeria and Algiers, via Ghardaia. On 6 March 2003 at 3:45 p.m. local time , the flight attempted departure from the southern Algerian city of Tamanrasset. The aircraft veered off the...
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Hocine Aït Ahmed
Hocine Aït Ahmed
Hocine Aït Ahmed is an Algerian politician....
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Algerian Communist Party
Algerian Communist Party
The Algerian Communist Party was a communist party in Algeria. The PCA emerged in 1920 as an extension the French Communist Party and eventually became a separate entity in 1936 ....
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Algerian Franco-Muslim Rally
Algerian Franco-Muslim Rally
Algerian Franco-Muslim Rally was an assimilationist political party in colonial Algeria founded in 1945. RFMA was led by Dr. Bendjelloul.-Sources:...
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Almohad
Almohad
The Almohad Dynasty , was a Moroccan Berber-Muslim dynasty founded in the 12th century that established a Berber state in Tinmel in the Atlas Mountains in roughly 1120.The movement was started by Ibn Tumart in the Masmuda tribe, followed by Abd al-Mu'min al-Gumi between 1130 and his...
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Algeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Algeria at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Algeria competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. Algeria first competed in the Olympics in 1964, and entered the 2004 Athens Games having won a total of twelve medals — including one gold, one silver, and three bronze medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics...
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Algeria national football team
Algeria national football team
The Algeria national football team , nicknamed الأفنــاك, Les Fennecs , represents Algeria in association football and is controlled by the Fédération Algérienne de Football. Algeria's home ground is the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers and their head coach is Vahid Halilhodžić.Algeria has qualified...
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Algerian Civil War
Algerian Civil War
The Algerian Civil War was an armed conflict between the Algerian government and various Islamist rebel groups which began in 1991. It is estimated to have cost between 150,000 and 200,000 lives, in a population of about 25,010,000 in 1990 and 31,193,917 in 2000.More than 70 journalists were...
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Algerian Cup
Algerian Cup
The Algerian Cup is a football competition in Algeria, pitting regional teams against each other. It was established in October 1962, three months after independence, and has been played yearly since then apart from 1990 and 1993. The 2011 edition was won by JS Kabylie who beat USM El Harrach...
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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:...
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Algerian Family Code
Algerian Family Code
The Algerian Family Code , enacted on June 9, 1984, specifies the laws relating to familial relations in Arab Algeria . It includes strong elements of Islamic law which have brought it praise from Islamists and condemnation from secularists and feminists.-History:Its critics particularly focus on...
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Algerian hip hop
Algerian hip hop
Algerian hip hop music, as a genre, includes the hip hop music of both native Algerians and Algerians abroad. Algerians living abroad have contributed much to this genre, especially in France, where they are also considered part of the French hip hop scene. Some of these Algerians have become...
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Algerian legislative elections, 1997
Algerian legislative elections, 1997
Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 5 June 1997. The result was a victory for the National Rally for Democracy , a new party created in early 1997 for President Zéroual's supporters, which won 156 out of 380 seats...
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Algerian local elections, 1990
Algerian local elections, 1990
The Algerian local elections of 1990 were the first multiparty elections to take place in independent Algeria.-APC Results:PartyVotesShare of VoteCouncilsSeatsFIS4,331,47254.3%8535,987FLN2,245,79828.1%4874,799...
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Algerian National Assembly elections, 1991
Algerian National Assembly elections, 1991
Parliamentary elections were held in Algeria on 26 December 1991. The first multi-party elections since independence, they were cancelled by a military coup after the first round, triggering the Algerian Civil War, after the military expressed concerns that the Islamic Salvation Front, which was...
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Algerian National Front
Algerian National Front
The Algerian National Front is a Right-of-Centre political party in Algeria. In the elections of 30 May 2002, the party won 1.6 % of the popular vote and eight of 380 seats. In the 2007 elections, it won 4.18% of the vote and 13 seats....
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Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism
Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism
The Algerian Party for Democracy and Socialism is a political party in Algeria. It was formed in 1993 by the orthodox communist wing of Ettehadi that split to retain its communist legacy....
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Algerian presidential election, 2004
Algerian presidential election, 2004
Presidential elections were held in Algeria on April 8, 2004. The incumbent president, Abdelaziz Bouteflika, was re-elected with 85.0 percent of the vote.-Candidates:*Ali Benflis: candidate of the Front for National Liberation...
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Algerian presidential elections, 1995
Algerian presidential elections, 1995
Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 16 November 1995, in the midst of the Algerian Civil War. The result was a victory for Liamine Zeroual, who won 61% of the vote...
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Algerian War of Independence
Algerian War of Independence
The Algerian War was a conflict between France and Algerian independence movements from 1954 to 1962, which led to Algeria's gaining its independence from France...
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Algerian wine
Algerian wine
Algerian wine is wine made from the North African country of Algeria. While not a significant force on the world's wine market today, Algeria has played an important role in the history of wine. Algeria's viticultural history dates back to its settlement by the Phoenicians and continued under...
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Algerianist
Algerianist
The term algerianism has had two meanings in history, one during the French colonial era, and another one after the independence of Algeria.-French period:...
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Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
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Allahu Akbar (Matoub)
Allahu Akbar (Matoub)
"Allahu Akbar" is a song written by Lounès Matoub. The song illustrated Matoub's contempt for the use of Islamic religion by the Arabs in order to annihilate the language, the traditions and the will of the Berbers....
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Abdelkader Alloula
Abdelkader Alloula
Abdelkader Alloula was an Algerian playwright. He was assassinated by Islamists.-Biography:...
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Amenokal
Amenokal
Amenokal is an autochthonous title for the highest Tuareg traditional chiefs.-History:Before the colonization by the French of the North African and Sahel countries they dwell in, the nomadic Tuareg federations elected a chief among the wise men of the tribes to rule the loose union of closely...
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Amguid crater
Amguid crater
Amguid is a meteorite crater in Algeria.It is 450 m in diameter and the age is estimated to be less than 100,000 years and is probably Pleistocene. The crater is exposed at the surface.- References :...
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Colonel Amirouche
Colonel Amirouche
Amirouche Aїt Hamouda was born on 31 October 1926 in Tassaft Ouguemoun in the Djurdjura mountains in Kabylia, Algeria...
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Andalusi nubah
Andalusi nubah
Andalusi nubah is a musical genre found in the North African Maghrib states of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya but, as the name indicates, it has its origins in the Arabo-Andalusian music...
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Annaba
Annaba
Annaba is a city in the northeastern corner of Algeria near the river Seybouse. It is located in Annaba Province. With a population of 257,359 , it is the fourth largest city in Algeria. It is a leading industrial centre in eastern Algeria....
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Annaba Province
Annaba Province
Annaba is a small province in the north-eastern corner of Algeria. Its capital, Annaba is Algeria's main port for mineral exports.-Administrative divisions:The province is divided into 6 districts and 12 municipalities.The districts are:...
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Annaba University
Annaba University
The University of Badji Mokhtar -Annaba- , Annaba University located in Annaba north eastern Cost of Algeria...
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Arak gorges
Arak gorges
Arak gorges are a series of desert gorges located in Algeria. They are roughly 300 kilometres from In-Salah, and 400 kilometres from Tamanrasset....
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Archeology of Algeria
Archeology of Algeria
Algeria is rich in prehistoric memorials of human occupation, especially in megalithic remains, of which nearly every known kind has been found in the country. Numerous flints of palaeolithic type have been discovered, notably at Tlemcen and Kolea...
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Salim Aribi
Salim Aribi
Salim Aribi is an Algerian footballer. As of 2006, he plays for USM Alger.He was part of the Algerian 2004 African Nations Cup team, who finished second in their group in the first round of competition before being defeated by Morocco in the quarter-finals.-National team...
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Armed Islamic Group
Armed Islamic Group
The Armed Islamic Group is an Islamist organisation that wants to overthrow the Algerian government and replace it with an Islamic state...
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