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The Department of Algiers (French: département d'Alger, [depaʁtəmɑ̃ dalʒe], Arabic: عمّالة الجزائر) [1] was a former French department in Algeria. The department of Alger existed between 1848 and 1974. Considered a French province, Algeria was departmentalized on December 9, 1848.
Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir, [wilaːja ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; French: wilaya d'Alger) is a province in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old French department of Algiers and has a population of about 8 million. It is the most densely ...
Constantine Department was a French département in Algeria during the colonial period, which existed between 1848 and 1974. The area of the former department, centered on the city of Constantine , is also referred to as Constantinois ( Arabic : قسنطينة Qusanṭīnah ).
In 1963, a 7-Eleven store near an Austin, Texas, university began to stay open all night for student shoppers. It was such a success that other stores in the chain adopted the 24/7 hours, and ...
In the future Ardis will open 19 hypermarkets in the country, the next hypermarket will open near Oran in Bir El Djir. [2] [3] Carrefour ended their partnership with the Algerian group Arcofina on February 19, 2009. "The concept of mass distribution does not work in Algeria," added Carrefour.
Nouvelles Galeries is a French department store chain owned and operated by Galeries Lafayette. Founded in 1897 the chain previously was one of the largest department store chains in France however now only has two locations. Fronton of the Nouvelles Galeries de Mont-de-Marsan store. Nouvelles Galeries in Menton in 2014.
The goal was for the prefecture to be accessible on horseback from any town in the department within 24 hours. The prefecture is not necessarily the largest city in the department: for instance, in Saône-et-Loire department the capital is Mâcon, but the largest city is Chalon-sur-Saône. Departments may be divided into arrondissements.
With this change, the University of Algiers became the only colonial French higher education institution on par with a metropolitan universities. Throughout the French colonial period, the majority of student were European. Arab and Berber Algerians only made up a small minority, ranging from 1.2% to 18.1% of the total student body. [6]