Algiers

Algiers الجزائر    Dzayer ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ دزاير   (Vernacular)
Ceety
Clockwise: Biggins alang the Mediterranean coast o Algiers, Martyrs Memorial, Notre Dame d'Afrique, Ketchaoua Mosque, Casbah, the Grand Post Office an the Meenistry o Finance o Algerie
Seal
Eik-name(s):  Algiers the White ; Algiers the Dazzlin
Algiers Location o Algiers athin Algerie
Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217
Kintra	Algerie
Province	Algiers
Re-foondit	AD 944
Govrenment
• Wali (Govrenor)	M. Mohamed Kebir Addou
Area
• Ceety	1190 km2 (460 sq mi)
Elevation	0.9 m (3 ft)
Population  (1998 for ceety proper, 2011 for metro aurie)
• Ceety	2,882,897
• Metro	5,000,000
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Postal codes	16000–16132

Cawed El-Bahdja (البهجة) or alternatively Alger le Blanc ("Algiers the White") for the glistenin white o its buildings as seen risin up frae the sea, Algiers is situatit on the wast side o a bay o the Mediterrane Sea. The ceety name is derived (via French Alger an Catalan Alguère) frae the Arabic wird الجزائر al-jazā’ir, which translates as the islands, referrin tae the fower islands which lay aff the ceety's coast till becomin pairt o the mainland in 1525. Al-jazā’ir is itsel a truncatit form o the ceety's aulder name جزائر بني مازغان jazā’ir banī mazghannā, "the islands o (the tribe) Bani Mazghanna", uised bi early medieval geographers such as al-Idrisi an Yaqut al-Hamawi.

The modren pairt o the ceety is biggit on the level grund bi the seashore; the auld pairt, the auncient ceety o the deys, climbs the steep hill ahint the modren toun an is crouned bi the casbah or citadel, 400 ft (122 m) abuin the sea. The casbah an the twa quays form a triangle.

Twin touns — Sister ceeties

Algiers is twinned wi:

In addition, mony o the wards an ceeties athin Algiers maintain sister-ceety relationships wi ither foreign ceeties.