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Algiers in Algeria ALGERIE algeria. algiers Informations and links Algiers![]() ![]() 7 hotels in Algiers Map Algiers Photos Algiers ------------------------------- Algiers (French Alger, El-Jezair, i.e. The Islands) is the capital and largest city of Algeria in North Africa. Nicknamed Alger la Blanche ("Algiers the White") for the glistening white of its buildings as seen sloping up from the sea, it is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. The city name is derived from it's location on the slopes of the "Sahel", a chain of hills parallel to the coast. Its geographical co-ordinates are: 36°47? N 3°4? E. The modern part of the city is built on the level ground by the seashore and the old part, the ancient city of the deys, climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the casbah or citadel, 400 feet above the sea. The casbah and the two quays form a triangle. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.) After a century of rule by France, and in the wake of 1948 elections rigged by French colonists to reverse the sweeping victory of a Muslim political party in 1947, Algerians fought through the 1950s to achieve independence in 1962. Algeria's primary poli.
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