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Al-Jazā'ir (nation) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 28 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 28.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 3.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: Area inhabited since 200,000 BCE; settled by Phoenicians; was Roman Numidia; conquered by Vandals in 431 and by Arabs in 7th century; under Ottoman rule until 1705, then tribal rule; occupied by French in 1830; nationalist revolt against French rule in 1950s; official language is Arabic, though French is also spoken. |
Names: |
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| Al-Jazā'ir (preferred,C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Al Jaza'ir (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Al Jumhūriyyah al Jazā’iriyyah ad Dīmuqrāṭaiyyah ash Shaʻbiyyah (C,V,O,Arabic (transliterated),U)
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| al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jazā'irīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah ash-Shaʻbīyah (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Djazaïr (C,V,Arabic (transliterated),U,N)
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| Algérie (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| L'Algérie (C,V,French,U,N)
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| République algérienne démocratique et populaire (C,V,French,U,N)
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| Algeria (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (C,O,O,English,U,N)
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| Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria (C,O,English,U,N)
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| Algerien (C,O,German-P,U,N)
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| Algerië (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
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| Argélia (C,O,Spanish-P,U,N)
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| República Argelina Democrítica y Popular (C,V,Spanish,U)
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| Argelia (C,O,Portuguese-P,U,N)
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| اَ جًَْ زَائِر (C,V,Arabic-P,U)
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| اَ مًْ جمْهمورِ ةًَ اَ جًَْزَائِرًَِة اَلدِّيمملْرَاطِ ةََ اَضًَعْبِ ةََ (C,V,Arabic,U)
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| Алжир (C,V,Russian-P,U)
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| Алжирская Народная Демократическая Республика (C,V,Russian,U)
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| 阿尔及利亚 (C,V,Chinese-P,U)
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| 阿尔及利亚民主人民共和国 (C,V,Chinese,U)
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| DZA (C,O,ISO3L)
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| DZ (C,O,ISO2L)
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| ISO012 (C,O,ISO3N)
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| AG00 (C,O,FIPS)
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| Algerian (C,O,English,U,A)
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| אלג'יריה (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Algerium (H,O)
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| Argerium (H,O)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Place Types: |
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| nation (preferred, C) |
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independent July 1, 1962 |
| primary political unit (C) |
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| independent sovereign nation (C) |
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| republic (C) |
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| possession (H) |
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French, 1830-1961 |
| inhabited place (C) |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital is .... |
Algiers .......... (inhabited place) |
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(World, Africa, Al-Jazā'ir, Alger) [7001314] |
| historical connection .... |
Numidia .......... (former nation/state/empire) |
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(World, Africa) [7030333] |
| member of .... |
Arab League .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7000153] |
| member of .... |
United Nations .......... (organization) |
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(World) [7029605] |
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joined organization in 1962 |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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| اَ مًْ جمْهمورِ ةًَ اَ جًَْزَائِرًَِة اَلدِّيمملْرَاطِ ةََ اَضًَعْبِ ةََ.......... |
[VP] |
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UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 19 July 2013 |
| Алжирская Народная Демократическая Республика.......... |
[VP] |
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UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 19 July 2013 |
| al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jazā'irīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah ash-Shaʻbīyah.......... |
[VP] |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 548 |
| Al Jumhūriyyah al Jazā’iriyyah ad Dīmuqrāṭaiyyah ash Shaʻbiyyah.......... |
[VP] |
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UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) |
| República Argelina Democrítica y Popular.......... |
[VP] |
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UNGEGN Working Paper 54 (2011) accessed 19 July 2013 |
| République algérienne démocratique et populaire.......... |
[VP] |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 775 |
| Subject: ..... |
[BHA, GRLPSC, IMJ, VP] |
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BHA, Authority file (1973-) |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1990) 556 |
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Britannica Book of the Year (1993) 548 |
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Cambridge Encyclopedia (1990) |
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Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990) 15-16 |
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Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 25 |
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CIA, World Fact Book (1995) |
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Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961) |
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Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988) I, 263; I, 263 ff. |
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Engels Woordenboek (1987) I, 17 |
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ISO Country Codes (1996) 11 |
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ISO Handbook (1988) 763; 775 |
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Israel Museum Jerusalem contribution (n.d.) |
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NIMA, GEOnet Names Server (1996-1998) |
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NIMA, GNS ADM1 Codes (1999) accessed 01/20/99 |
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Orbis Latinus (1971) 13 |
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Petit Robert II, Noms (1989) |
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Rand McNally Atlas (1994) 319 |
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Times Atlas of the World (1992) plate 88 |
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Times Concise Atlas of the World (1995) I-3 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 345 (1993) 38 |
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UN Terminology Bulletin 347 (1997) 1 |
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 31 ff. |
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