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The modern city of Algiers lies near the Mediterranean coast of Algeria, while the older city is on a steep hill crowned by the Casbah, or Citadel. This view is of a typical Casbah stairway.
Algiers, Algeria, rooftop view of the Mediterranean.
The Sahara Desert covers large parts of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Sudan, and Tunisia, with an area measuring approximately 9,200,000 sq km (3,600,000 sq mi). It is the largest hot desert in the world and the world’s third-largest desert, after Antarctica and the Arctic. The name "Sahara" comes from the Arabic word "sahra," meaning "desert.”
The oasis ksar (Amazigh village) of Beni Abbes, Algeria. The site was first inhabited in the 12th century by a tribe from Mauritania. The town today has an old part made up of semi-attached houses, granaries, mosques, baths, ovens, and shops, and a new part with a research center composed of a museum, zoo, and botanical garden. The old part has been largely uninhabited for decades, but enough remains to give a good representation of traditional desert architecture.
Mountains of sand loom over the oasis village of Taghit, Algeria, in the Sahara.
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