Thanks to Kader for the card.
Showing posts with label Algeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Algeria. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 3, 2017
Monday, January 19, 2015
ALGERIA - Djelfa
"Djelfa (Arabic: الجلفة) is the capital city of Djelfa province, Algeria. It is a pleasant medium-size city, north-central Algeria, in the Ouled Nail Mountains at an elevation of 3,734 feet . It is situated between the towns of Bou Saâda and Laghouat. Djelfa town is at a point of transition between the dry, steppelike High Plateaus of the north, with their chotts (intermittent salt lakes), and the Sahara (south). The town was founded in 1852 as a French military post on a geometric plan. It serves as an important livestock market centre for the seminomadic Ouled Nail confederation. Djelfa is on the 12,000 mile Africa Trail."
A blank card from Delleci.
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
ALGERIA - Jijel
"Jijel is the capital of Jijel Province in northeastern Algeria. It is flanked by the Mediterranean Sea in the region of Corniche Jijelienne, and has an estimated population of 148,000 inhabitants tourists (mainly Algerians) are attracted to Jijel for its landscapes and fine sand beaches. Being a resort town, there are many hotels and restaurants."
The stamps used was 1 of 2 in the Worldcup football set.
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
ALGERIA - The Algerian National Ballet
"Traditional Algerian dance holds a richness of expression that varies throughout the country’s regions and is characterized by diverse genres, rhythms and costumes with dancers from the cities bedecked in gold and jewels and Tuareg dancers veiled in their yashmaks, Kabyle women in vibrant dresses and Tindouf dancers draped in blue, moving in time to handclaps."
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
ALGERIA - Algeria View
"Algeria, officially People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa on the Mediterranean coast. Its capital and most populous city is Algiers. With a total area of 2,381,741 square kilometres (919,595 sq mi), 90% of which is desert, Algeria is the tenth-largest country in the world, and the largest in Africa and on the Mediterranean. The country is bordered in the northeast by Tunisia, in the east by Libya, in the west by Morocco, in the southwest by Western Sahara, Mauritania, and Mali, in the southeast by Niger, and in the north by the Mediterranean Sea."
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