Passport/Visa Requirements: Passport and visa needed by Australian, Canadian, U.K. and U.S. citizens. Visa application must state the intended date of entry and planned duration of the visit. An invitation by an Algerian travel agency/tour operator or confirmed hotel reservations are required for tourist visas. Entry will be denied to visitors with Israeli entry/exit stamps in their passports. Visas may not be issued to Jews who declare their religion on their visa applications. Reconfirm travel document requirements with carrier before departure.
Population: 32,129,324.
Languages: Arabic, Berber (several dialects, including Tamazight, Zenete and Tamachaq), French..
Predominant Religions: Sunni Muslim..
Time Zone: 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (+1 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is not observed.
Voltage Requirements: 220 volts.
Telephone Codes: 213, country code; 2,Algiers city code;
For More Information
Algerian Tourism Board, 2 Rue Smail Kerrar, Algiers. Phone 712-981. Fax 712-985. http://www.algeriantourism.com.
Algeria does not have tourist offices in Canada or the U.S.
Algerian Embassies
Canada: Embassy of Algeria, 500 Wilbrod St., Ottawa, ON K1N 6N2. Phone 613-789-8505. Fax 613-789-1406. http://ambalgott.com.
U.S.: Embassy of Algeria, 2118 Kalorama Road N.W., Washington, DC 20008. Phone 202-265-2800. Fax 202-667-2174. http://www.algeria-us.org.
Foreign Embassies in Algeria
Canadian Embassy, 18 Rue Mustapha Khalef, Ben Aknoun, Algiers (mail address: P.O. Box 48, Alger-Gare, 16035 Algiers, Algeria). Phone 914-951 or 914-960. Fax 914-973.
U.S. Embassy, 4 Chemin Cheikh Bachir El Ibrahimi, Algiers (mail address: B.P. 549, Alger-Gare, 16000 Algiers, Algeria). Phone 691-186 or 691-425 or 691-255. Fax 693-979.
Additional Reading
The Outsider or
The Plague by Albert Camus (Vintage Books).
The Agony of Algeria by Martin Stone (Columbia University Press). A scholarly yet readable account of Algeria's history, focusing on the French colonial period and its aftermath.
