Algiers

Algiers is the capital city of Algeria, which is a country in northern Africa. It is on the northern coast of the country. The population of the city is 1,519,570. After Algeria became independent from France, Algiers became a very important city for anti-colonial activists and revolutionaries from around the world.^[1]

Algiers الجزائر
View over Algiers
Seal
Nickname:  Algiers the White
Location of Algiers within Algeria
Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E
Country	Algeria
Wilaya	Algiers Province
Re-founded	AD 944
Government
• Wali (Governor)	Khalida Toumi
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Postal codes	16000-16132

Names

The city's name is gotten from the Arabic name al-Jazāʾir (الجزائر), which means "The Islands". This name refers to the four former islands which were off the city's coast before becoming part of the mainland in 1525.^[2]

Twin towns

Algiers has many twin towns all over the world:

Beijing, People's Republic of China Berlin, Germany Cairo, Egypt Paris, France Montreal, Canada Archived 2009-02-23 at the Wayback Machine Sofia, Bulgaria Rabat, Morocco London, United Kingdom Tunis, Tunisia Izmir, Turkey Moscow, Russia Barcelona, Spain Geneva, Switzerland

Tripoli, Libya Rome, Italy Dakar, Senegal Amsterdam, Netherlands Washington, D.C., United States Shanghai, People's Republic of China Bordeaux, France Dubai, United Arab Emirates Santiago, Chile São Paulo, Brazil Tyre, Lebanon Buenos Aires, Argentina Bosaso, Somalia