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Alger (department)
Former Algerian department in Algeria (1848–1962) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Department of Algiers (French: département d'Alger, [depaʁtəmɑ̃ dalʒe], Arabic: عمّالة الجزائر)[1] was a former French department in Algeria. The department of Alger existed between 1848 and 1974.