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Algiers (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 47 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.7830 decimal degrees |
| Long: 003 03 02 E degrees minutes |
Long: 3.0500 decimal degrees |
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Note: Founded by Phoenicians; became a Roman town that was ruined by invaders; revived as a Mediterranean commercial center under Zirid dynasty late 10th cen.; held by Spain 1509-1517; was base for Barbary pirates; Allied troop headquarters in World War II. |
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| Algiers (preferred,C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Alger (C,V,French-P,U,N)
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| Algeri (C,O)
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| Algier (C,O)
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| Argel (C,O)
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| Al-Jazā'ir (C,V,Arabic (transliterated)-P,U,N)
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| Al Jazair (C,V)
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| Al Jaza'ir (C,V)
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| Al-Jaza'ir (C,V)
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| Al-Djaza'ir (C,V)
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| Al-jezair (C,V)
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| El Djazaïr (C,V)
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| אלג'יר (C,U,Hebrew )
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| Icosium (H,V)
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Algiers (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded as a Phoenician colony |
| city (C) |
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| national capital (C) |
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of Algeria since 1962 |
| department capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| capital (H) |
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of French colony, 1830; provisionally of France, 1943 |
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Related geographic places: |
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| capital of .... |
Algeria .......... (nation) |
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(World, Africa) [7016752] |
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