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Algeria

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria

CapitalAlgiers
RegionNorthern Africa
CurrencyDZD
Official languagesArabic
Access to the seaYes
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Contemporary urban panorama of Algiers, capital of Algeria.
Algeria · City or town

Algiers

Algiers is Algeria’s capital and a reference point for locating the country in North Africa. The available information does not describe the city’s districts or attractions.

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Panoramic view of the historic Ghardaïa ksar in the M’Zab Valley.
Algeria · City or town

Beni Isguen

Beni Isguen is one of the five inhabited ksour of the M’Zab Valley. Its organised circuit offers a way to explore narrow streets and see how the architecture and palm grove belong to a living community.

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Narrow streets and traditional architecture in Beni Isguen.
Algeria · City or town

Bounoura

Bounoura is one of the five ksour of the M’Zab Valley. Together with the other settlements, it helps explain a compact urban form developed by Ibadi communities since the Middle Ages in a semi-arid environment.

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El Atteuf
Algeria · City or town

El Atteuf

El Atteuf is one of the five inhabited ksour of the M’Zab Valley. Its layout shows how the built settlement relates to the palm grove in a semi-arid setting.

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Panoramic view of the historic Ghardaïa ksar in the M’Zab Valley.
Algeria · City or town

Ghardaïa

Ghardaïa is the largest urban centre among the five ksour of the M’Zab Valley. Its compact urban form is best understood alongside the palm groves and water management, in a semi-arid, inhabited landscape.

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Algeria

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