City Details: Algiers

A few alternate names for Algiers are: ALG, Al Jazair, Al-jezair, Alcher, Alge, Algeirsborg, Alger, Algeri, Algero, Algier

Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many communes without having its own separate governing body. In 2025, an estimated 4,325,000 people reside within the urban fabric, and in 2019, an estimated 6,727,806 people inhabited the Algiers Province, the main governing body of the city and its surrounding towns and cities. Algiers is the largest city in Algeria, the third largest city on the Mediterranean, sixth in the Arab World, and 29th in Africa by population. Located in the north-central portion of the country, 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 cultural, political, and architectural influences for the region, shaping it to be the diverse metropolis it is today.