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   Note: This section last updated 14th March 2021

   1,234.45

(where . indicates the decimal separator and , the thousands separator)

   ۱٫۲۳۴٬۴۵

(where ٬ indicates the decimal separator and ٫ the thousands separator)

   Note: This section last updated 19th March 2021

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The official languages are Standard Arabic and Tamazight . 15 other languages are spoken. The most widespread languages are: Algerian Saharan Spoken Arabic (100 000 speakers); Algerian Spoken Arabic (20 400 000 speakers); Chaouia (1 400 000 speakers); French (110 600 speakers) and Kabyle (2 537 000 speakers).

When Arabic forms of address are being used, the forms of address are spelt slightly differently to those given in the Forms of Address section of this book. They are:

   Mr: Sayed
   Mrs: Sayeda
   Miss: Anisa

French forms of address are also used, and Mr. is often found written instead of M. as an abbreviation for Monsieur, but this is incorrect.

   Tables of forms of address  can be acquired

In Algeria, personal names are usually written with the family name preceding the personal name in this way:

   Sayed Hamden Hassan

where Hassan is the given name and Hamden the family name. Women usually take their husband’s name upon marriage.

Lawyers are addressed as Maître.

   Tables of names can be acquired: given names , surnames/family names , family name prefixes , forms of address , job titles 

Algeria’s company types include:

   Partnership limited by shares
   Sarl - Société à responsabilité limitée (private limited company)
   SPA  (Joint stock company)
   SNC – Société en nom collectif – general partnership

   Comprehensive tables of these strings can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/addresses.htm 

Addresses written in Latin script are usually written in French and are similar in format to French addresses. Their format is:

   Name
   number[, ]thoroughfare type[ ]Thoroughfare name
   postal code[ ]SETTLEMENT

For example:

Thoroughfare types are written starting with a lower-case letter. For lists of thoroughfare types and other address component information, please refer to the chapter on France.

   A table containing information about the relevant position of elements within address blocks can be acquired 

When written in Latin script, this is written as Boîte Postale, abbreviated to BP.

   Note: This section last updated 7th April 2021

Postal codes (Code Postal) consist of a block of 5 digits. The first two digits indicate the wilaya (department), the last three the delivery office. The first two digits can range from 01 to 48.

The creation of 10 new wilayas in December 2019 removed the previous neat one-to-one correspondence between wilaya and postal code area. The following list shows the wilayas with the first two digits of their postal codes:

Wilaya	Postal code
Adrar	01 (Shared with Bordj Bajo Mokhtar and Timimoun)
Aïn Defla	44
Aïn Témouchent	46
Alger	16
Annaba	23
Batna	05
Béchar	08 (Shared with Béni Abbès)
Béni Abbès	08 (Shared with Béchar)
Béjaïa	06
Biskra	07 (Shared with Ouled Djellal)
Blida	09
Bordj Bajo Mokhtar	01 (Shared with Adrar and Timimoun)
Bordj-bou-Arréridj	34
Bouira	10
Boumerdès	35
Chlef	02
Constantine	25
Djanet	33 (Shared with Illizi)
Djelfa	17
El Bayadh	32
El Menia	47 (Shared with Ghardaïa)
El M’Ghair	39 (Shared with El Oued)
El Oued	39 (Shared with El M’Ghair)
El Tarf	36
Ghardaïa	47 (Shared with El Menia)
Guelma	24
Illizi	33 (Shared with Djanet)
In Guezzam	11 (Shared with In Salah and Tamanrasset)
In Salah	11 (Shared with In Guezzam and Tamanrasset)
Jijel	18
Khenchela	40
Laghouat	03
Mascara	29
Médéa	26
Mila	43
Mostaganem	27
M’Sila	28
Naama	45
Oran	31
Ouargla	30 (Shared with Touggourt)
Ouled Djellal	07 (Shared with Biskra)
Oum-el-Bouaghi	04
Relizane	48
Saïda	20
Sétif	19
Sidi-bel-Abbes	22
Skikda	21
Souk-Ahras	41
Tamanrasset	11 (Shared with In Guezzam and In Salah)
Tébessa	12
Tiaret	14
Timimoun	01 (Shared with Adrar and Timimoun)
Tindouf	37
Tipaza	42
Tissemsilt	38
Tizi-Ouzou	15
Tlemcen	13
Touggourt	30 (Shared with Ouargla)

   This regions/postal code data can be acquired as a data file 

List of Algerian city postal codes (Wikipedia)

   Metadata containing postal code formatting rules, exceptions and regular expressions can be acquired 

Algeria - Postal code format graphic

Algeria - Postal code format

Algeria - Postal code specifics

Algeria - Postal code regular expression

Algeria - Postal code level of coverage

Algeria - Postal code map

   Note: This section last updated 10th March 2015

Algeria’s Berber population have their own names for a number of settlements.

Refer to Exonyms in Algeria for full lists of place names in Algeria in other languages.

   Alternate place name forms/postal code tables can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/settlements.htm 

   Other language place name data can be acquired at http://www.grcdi.nl/otherlanguageplace.htm 

   Note: This section last updated 7th April 2021

Algeria is split into 58 wilayas. These are listed in the section Postal Codes above.

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Algerian geographic numbers, when called from abroad, have a total length of 9 digits; mobile numbers have a total length of 10 digits. Mobile numbers commence with the area codes 55, 66, 69, 77 or 79.

   Tables of telephone number information/formats can be acquired – see http://www.grcdi.nl/telephone.htm