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Barbarossa lost Algiers in 1524 but regained it with the 1529 Capture of Peñón of Algiers, and then formally invited the Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent to accept sovereignty over the territory and to annex Algiers to the Ottoman Empire. Historic map of Algiers by Piri Reis. Algiers from this time became the chief seat of the Barbary pirates.
Algeria map of Köppen climate classification zones Satellite map of Algeria Shaded relief map of Algeria with settlements and roads. Algeria comprises 2,381,740 square kilometres (919,590 sq mi) of land, more than 80% of which is desert, in North Africa, between Morocco and Tunisia. [2] [1] It is the largest country in Africa. [1]
Africa. Sahara Desert; North Africa. Maghreb; West Africa; Time zone: West Africa Time ; Extreme points of Algeria. High: Mount Tahat 3,003 m (9,852 ft) Low: Chott Melrhir −40 m (−131 ft) Land boundaries: 6,343 km Libya 982 km Tunisia 965 km Morocco 1,608 km Mauritania 463 km Mali 1,376 km Niger 956 km. Coastline: 998 km
Plague had repeatedly struck the cities of North Africa. Algiers lost between 30,000 and 50,000 inhabitants to the plague in 1620–21, and had high fatalities in 1654–57, 1665, 1691 and 1740–42. [109] Map of the Regency of Algiers in early 19th century
Algiers (/ æ l ˈ dʒ ɪər z / al-JEERZ; Arabic: الجزائر, romanized: al-Jazāʾir) is the administrative, political and economic capital and largest city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province. The city's population at the 2008 census was 2,988,145 and in 2020 was estimated to be around 4,500,000.
A 17th-century map by the Dutch cartographer Jan Janssonius showing the Barbary Coast, here "Barbaria". The Barbary Coast (also Barbary, Berbery, or Berber Coast) was the name given to the coastal regions of central and western North Africa or more specifically the Maghreb and the Ottoman borderlands consisting of the regencies in Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli, as well as the Sultanate of ...
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Map Code Province Arabic name Number of districts Number of municipalities Area Population (2008 [4]) Density (2008) km 2 sq mi per km 2 per sq mi 01 Adrar: أدرار: 6 16 254,471 98,252 261,258 1.03 2.7 02 Chlef: الشلف: 13 35 4,795 1,851 1,002,088 209 540 03 Laghouat: الأغواط: 10 24 25,057 9,675 455,602 18 47 04 Oum El Bouaghi ...