Algiers

الجزائر
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Location of Algiers within Algeria
Country	Algeria
Wilaya	Algiers Province
Re-founded	AD 944
Government
• Wali (Governor)	Khalida Toumi

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.

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[1] 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 Sao Paulo, Brazil Tyre, Lebanon Buenos Aires, Argentina Bosaso, Somalia

Capitals of Africa

Abidjan, Ivory Coast · Abuja, Nigeria · Accra, Ghana · Addis Ababa, Ethiopia · Algiers, Algeria · Antananarivo, Madagascar · Asmara, Eritrea · Bamako, Mali · Bangui, Central African Republic · Banjul, Gambia · Bissau, Guinea-Bissau · Bloemfontein (One of 3), South Africa · Brazzaville, Congo Republic · Bujumbura, Burundi · Cairo, Egypt · Cape Town (One of 3), South Africa · Conakry, Guinea · Dakar, Senegal · Djibouti, Djibouti · Dodoma, Tanzania · Freetown, Sierra Leone · Gaborone, Botswana · Gitega, Burundi · Harare, Zimbabwe · Jamestown, Saint Helena · Kampala, Uganda · Khartoum, Sudan · Kigali, Rwanda · Kinshasa, Congo Democratic Republic · Libreville, Gabon · Lilongwe, Malawi · Lobamba, Swaziland · Lomé, Togo · Luanda, Angola · Lusaka, Zambia · Moroni, Comoros · Malabo, Equatorial Guinea · Maseru, Lesotho · Mamoudzou, Mayotte · Maputo, Mozambique · Mogadishu, Somalia · Mbabane, Swaziland · Monrovia, Liberia · Nouakchott, Mauritania · Niamey, Niger · N'Djamena, Chad · Nairobi, Kenya · Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso · Port Louis, Mauritius · Porto-Novo, Benin · Praia, Cape Verde · Pretoria (One of 3), South Africa · Rabat, Morocco · Saint-Denis, Réunion · São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe · Tripoli, Libya · Tunis, Tunisia · Victoria, Seychelles · Windhoek, Namibia · Yaoundé, Cameroon · Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast