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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.
The Algerian War of Independence (1954–1962), brutal and long, was the most recent major turning point in the country's history. Although often fratricidal, it ultimately united Algerians and seared the value of independence and the philosophy of anticolonialism into the national consciousness.
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Algeria Cinema opens. [31] 2003 – 21 May: The 6.8 M w Boumerdès earthquake affected northern Algeria with a maximum Mercalli intensity of X (Extreme). With at least 400 killed in Algiers alone, more than 2,200 people were killed altogether, and a moderate tsunami sank boats located near Spain's Balearic Islands.
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.
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[note 1] [4]) [5] and in the arab dialect of the region, often called El Bahdja (« the joyous »), El Mahrussa (« the good-guarded ») ou El Beida (« the white ») The present name of the city is the arabic name (al-Jazāʾir (الجزائر)), meaning "The Islands", this name's origin is related to the 4 main islands off the western cape where people settled, looking on a map we can notice ...