Sunday, September 25, 2011

Maximum card with the railway station from Oran, sent to me by my friend Zine (ALGERIA). Merçi beaucoup!

Maximum card with the railway station from Oran, sent to me by my friend Zine (ALGERIA). Merçi beaucoup!


"Algeria Listeni/ælˈɪəriə/ (Arabicالجزائر‎, al-Jazā'irBerber and Algerian Arabic: Dzayer or Ldzayer), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (Al Jumhuriyah al Jazairiyah ad Dimuqratiyah ash Shabiyah), also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria,[11][12][13][14] is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.
In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa, the Arab World and of the countries bordering the Mediterranean Sea; it is also the tenth-largest country in the world."
People's Democratic Republic of Algeria
الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشّعبية  (Arabic)
al Jumhuriyya al Jazā'iriyya ad-Dīmuqrāţiyya ash Sha'biyya
[note 1]
FlagEmblem
Motto: " بالشّعب وللشّعب "  (Arabic)
"By the people and for the people"
[1][2]
Anthem: 
Kassaman instrumental.ogg

"Kassaman"
We Pledge
Capital
(and largest city)
Algiers
36°42′N 3°13′E
Official language(s)Arabic[3]
National languagesBerber
DemonymAlgerian
GovernmentSemi-presidential republic
 - PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika
 - Prime MinisterAhmed Ouyahia
History
 - Numidiafrom 202 BC 
 - Roman Republicfrom 46 BC 
 - Vandal Kingdomfrom 430 
 - Rustamid dynastyfrom 767 
 - Zirid dynastyfrom 973 
 - Hammadid dynastyfrom 1014 
 - Abdalwadiddynastyfrom 1235 
 - Ottoman Empire from 1516 
 - French rulefrom 1830 
 - Independence from France3 July 1962 (recognized by France) 
 - Independence from France5 July 1962 (declared by Algeria) 

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7 comments:

Little Nell said...

It looks like you bagged the biggest one! You have an interesting blog. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment on mine.

Sheila @ A Postcard a Day said...

I like the maximum card but the stamps on the envelope look interesting too. I had no idea Algeria was the biggest country in Africa.

Postcardy said...

I was thinking the same thing as Sheila.

viridian said...

Somalia was pretty big until Southern Somalia separated into another country.
Great Maximum card.
thanks for participating.

Bob Scotney said...

I've one battered stamp from Algeria. I was woken up at 2 o'clock in the morning by armed French police in Dunkirk at the time Algeria was 'fighting' for independence so I have reason to remember the country.
Like the card and the stamps.

Joy said...

I like to see railway architecture from other countries, interesting to see how other cultures design the portals to travel.

Lisa B said...

Fantastic maxi-card!

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