French Algeria
French Algeria | |||||||||||||||
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| 1830–1962 | |||||||||||||||
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| Anthem: La Parisienne (1830–1848) Le Chant des Girondins (1848–1852) Partant pour la Syrie (1852–1870) La Marseillaise (1870–1962) | |||||||||||||||
Official Arabic seal of the Governor General of Algeria | |||||||||||||||
 Chronological map of French Algeria's evolution | |||||||||||||||
| Status | 1830–1848: Colony 1848–1962: De jure: Départements of Metropolitan France De facto: Colony | ||||||||||||||
| Capital and largest city | Algiers | ||||||||||||||
| Official languages | French | ||||||||||||||
| Other languages | |||||||||||||||
| Government | French Department | ||||||||||||||
| Governor General | |||||||||||||||
• 1830 (first) | Louis-Auguste-Victor Bourmont | ||||||||||||||
• 1962 (last) | Christian Fouchet | ||||||||||||||
| Legislature | Algerian Assembly (1948–1956) | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| 5 July 1830 | |||||||||||||||
| 5 July 1962 | |||||||||||||||
| Area | |||||||||||||||
• Total | 2,381,741 km2 (919,595 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
| Currency | Budju (1830–1848) (Algerian) Franc (1848–1962) | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) | ||||||||||||||
| Date format | dd/mm/yyyy | ||||||||||||||
| Driving side | right | ||||||||||||||
| ISO 3166 code | DZ | ||||||||||||||
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| Today part of | Algeria | ||||||||||||||
French Algeria (French: Alger to 1839, then Algérie afterwards;[1] unofficially Algérie française,[2][3] Arabic: الجزائر المستعمرة), also known as Colonial Algeria, was the time during which France colonized Algeria.
French rule began in 1830 after the invasion of Algiers and lasted until the end of the Algerian War in 1962.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Scheiner, Virgile (14 October 1839) Le pays occupé par les Français dans le nord de l'Afrique sera, à l'avenir, désigné sous le nom d'Algérie. (in French)
- ↑ Nonexhaustive list of ancient and modern books named "Algérie française": (in French) 1848; 1856; 1864; 2007; and so on
- ↑ African Boundaries. Royal Institute for international affairs. 1979. p. 89. ISBN 9780903983877.
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