[DOC] [TLE] Algiers - Wikipedia [PAR] Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria. In 2011, the city's population was 
estimated to be around 3,500,000. An estimate puts the population of the larger 
metropolitan city to be around 5,000,000. Algiers is located on the Mediterranean 
Sea and in the north-central portion of Algeria. ... Al-Jaz'ir is itself a truncated 
form of the city's older name   ... [DOC] [TLE] French Algeria - Wikipedia [PAR] French Algeria began in 1827 with the blockade of Algiers by the French navy 
and lasted from ... Capital, Algiers ... The vast arid interior of Algeria, like the rest 
of French North Africa, was .... The name of "Algeria" itself came from the French. 
.... which had an estimated Muslim population of about two million, as a colony. [DOC] [TLE] Portal:Africa/Countries/Selected country - Wikipedia, the free ... [PAR] Al-jaz'ir is itself a truncated form of the city's older name jaz'ir ban ... per day in 
late-2005 and which is expected to grow to 2 million barrels per day by 2007. ... It 
is surrounded by six countries: Mali to the north, Niger to the east, Benin to the ..... 
where the capital Malabo (formerly Santa Isabel) is located, and the island of... [DOC] [TLE] Port of Algiers - World Port Source [PAR] The Port of Algiers (El-Jazair in Arabic) is the capital and main seaport of Algeria 
in northern Africa. ... Its name comes from the Arabic word al-jaza'ir, meaning "the 
islands." In 2004, almost 1.8 million people lived in the Port of Algiers. The Port of 
Algiers is the most important seaport in North Africa, and it is an important... [DOC] [TLE] Algeria facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com articles about ... [PAR] There are coins of 1, 2, 5, 10, and 50 centimes and 1, 5 and 10 dinars, and notes 
of 10, ... Algeria's capital city, Algiers, is located on the northern boundary of the 
.... Barbary macaque, the Algerian nuthatch, the North African fire salamander, 
the .... Al-Jazair, as it was called in Arabic, became, in French, Algrie, a name 
that... [DOC] [TLE] Englisch-Albanisch bersetzung:: Algiers :: Wrterbuch [PAR] His books sold more than 20 million copies, despite consistently weak plots and 
... French Alger, Arabic Al-jaza'ir capital and chief seaport of Algeria. ... The city 
takes its name (Arabic: The Island) from several small islands that ... During 
World War II Algiers became the headquarters of Allied forces in North Africa and 
for a... [DOC] [TLE] Ss Cathay (1924) - TheInfoList.com [PAR] CONTENTS * 1 Construction * 2 Early career * 3 World War II * 3.1 Sinking of SS 
... also known as BOMBAY, the official name until 1995 ) is the capital city of the ... 
of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain . 
... Arabic :      , Al-Jaza'ir al-Fransiyah ) began in 1827 with the... [DOC] [TLE] Algeria Expat Forum ~ Moving to Algeria - Expat Exchange [PAR] Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria. ... The city name is derived (via 
French Alger and the Arabic name al-Jaza'ir, which ... In 1510, following their 
occupation of Oran and other towns on the coast of Africa, the Spaniards .... and 
ditch, with two terminal forts, Bab Azoun to the south and Bab-el-Oued to the 
north. [DOC] [TLE] Spain | The Black Past: Remembered and Reclaimed [PAR] Esteban, an enslaved North African, made the first contact with the native 
peoples of what ... Yerby grew up in Augusta and attended two local institutions. 
... His publications sold more than fifty-five million hardback and paperback 
books ...... Algiers, the capital city of Algeria, lies along the northwestern edge of a 
large bay in... [DOC] [TLE] Mfb 08 - SlideShare [PAR] Jan 5, 2016 ... Nairobi is the largest city between Johannesburg, South Africa,

Question: The name of this North African capital city of 2 million comes from the Arabic "al-jaza'ir" or "the island"
Answer: Algiers