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Evidence of the early human occupation of Algeria is demonstrated by the discovery of 1.8 million year old Oldowan stone tools found at Ain Hanech in 1992. [1] In 1954 fossilised Homo erectus bones were discovered by C. Arambourg at Ternefine that are 700,000 years old.
Algeria, [e] officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, [f] 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.
This is a list of Algerian cities and towns with more than 100,000 inhabitants, and towns and villages with more than 20,000 inhabitants. For a list of all the 1,541 municipalities of Algeria, see List of municipalities of Algeria, and for the postal code of an Algerian city, see list of postal codes of Algerian cities.
Algeria achieved independence on July 5, 1962, with Algiers as its capital. ... Kouba is an old village which was absorbed by the expansion of the town of Algiers ...
Algeria – 19 (compulsory) Angola – 18 (voluntary – men), 20 (voluntary – women), 20 (compulsory – men) Antigua and Barbuda – 18 (voluntary) Argentina – 18 (voluntary during peacetime; compulsory for men during wartime) Armenia – 18 (compulsory) Australia – 18 (voluntary; age 17 with parental consent)
Like many young people in Algeria, Taher struggles with unemployment, boredom and malaise. Voter turnout has long been low in Algeria, particularly among people under 30, who make up 51% of the population, according to the country's National Statistics Bureau. Though little data exists on why people in Algeria abstain from voting, experts say ...
After ousting Baba Hassan he declared war on France again. He was the one to fight off the aforementioned bombardments and expeditions. Unlike Trik or Hassan, he was only quasi-independent. In 1687 the Ottomans attempted to restore total control over Algeria by sending Ismael Pasha to disembark in Algiers, But Mezzomorto refused to let him. He ...
France said on Wednesday it would review a decades-old agreement that makes it easier for Algerian citizens to move to France unless Algeria agrees to take back those who are deported by the ...