Algiers (dza)

Algiers

Algiers ranks 491st in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Kingston upon Hull, La Paz, and Swansea. Memorable people born in Algiers include Édouard-Henri Avril, Daniel Auteuil, and Jacques Rancière. Memorable people who died in Algiers include Camille Saint-Saëns, Ahmed Ben Bella, and Henri Vieuxtemps. Algiers has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and composers. Algiers is located in Algeria.

Algiers is the capital city of Algeria, located on the Mediterranean Sea in the north-central portion of the country. In 2025, an estimated 4.325 million people resided within the urban area. Algiers is the largest city in Algeria, the third-largest city on the Mediterranean, the sixth-largest city in the Arab world, and the 29th-largest city in Africa by population. Algiers is the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many communes without having its own separate governing body. It extends along the Bay of Algiers surrounded by the Mitidja Plain and major mountain ranges. Its favorable location made it the center of Ottoman and French influences for the region, shaping it to be a diverse metropolis. Read more on Wikipedia