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Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria's first president, 1962–1965; Mourad Benachenou, minister for the restructure of industry, 1995 [2] Chadli Bendjedid, president of Algeria, 1979–1992; Maamar Benguerba, minister for labour and social affairs in the 1992 government [3] Rabah Bitat, vice president of Algeria's first government, president of parliament
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.
Famous Spanish writer Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote and the Moriscan plays inspired by his memories in Algeria. He remained in captivity in Algeria from 1575 to 1580. French scientist Jean Foy-Vaillant was captured in 1674, when he was on a scientific trip to study money, commissioned by King Louis XIV.
The matriarch's 1,500-year-old monumental Tin Hinan tomb is located in the Sahara at Abalessa in the Hoggar Mountains of southern Algeria. Vestiges of an inscription in Tifinagh, the Tuareg's traditional Libyco-Berber writing script, have been found on one of the ancient sepulchre's walls. [31]
Regions of Kabyle settlements in Algeria. The geography of the Kabyle region played an important role in the people's history. The difficult mountainous landscape of the Tizi Ouzou and Bejaia provinces served as a refuge, to which most of the Kabyle people retreated when under pressure or occupation. They were able to preserve their cultural ...
The Darqawis in western Algeria joined the revolt and besieged Tlemcen, and the Tijanis joined the revolt in the south. The revolt was defeated by Bey Osman, who was killed by Dey Hadj Ali. [273] Morocco took possession of Figuig in 1805, then Tuat and Oujda in 1808. [274] [275] [276] Tunisia freed itself from Algeria after the wars of 1807 and ...
also: Countries: Algeria: People: Subcategories. This category has the following 28 subcategories, out of 28 total. ... Algerian people by location (3 C) Algerian ...
Algerians (Arabic: الجزائريون, romanized: al-Jaza'iriyun) are the citizens and nationals of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria.The majority of the country's population is composed of Arabs who make up 85% of the population, and there is a Berber minority of 15%. [14]