. Rand McNally pocket atlas of the world : historical, political, commercial . 345. 346 AFRICA. NORTHWESTERN AFRICA. FRENCH POSSESSIONS. -Algeria.— Original inhabitants Numidlans or Berbers, conquered by Romans and vandals. Turkish possession L5l9to L710. Piratical power 16th to 19th centuries; d< by United States 1815. Algiers taken by Franc Kalis les subdued and Abd-el-Kader captured 1847. Area, 307,911 square miles divided among three departments -Algiers, Oran. and Constan- tine, and the Algerian Sahara. Algeria presents three distinct i ultivated territory extending inland from the Med
. Rand McNally pocket atlas of the world : historical, political, commercial . 345. 346 AFRICA. NORTHWESTERN AFRICA. FRENCH POSSESSIONS. -Algeria.— Original inhabitants Numidlans or Berbers, conquered by Romans and vandals. Turkish possession L5l9to L710. Piratical power 16th to 19th centuries; d< by United States 1815. Algiers taken by Franc Kalis les subdued and Abd-el-Kader captured 1847. Area, 307,911 square miles divided among three departments -Algiers, Oran. and Constan- tine, and the Algerian Sahara. Algeria presents three distinct i ultivated territory extending inland from the Mediterranean; themountainous regions beyond traversed by ranges of Tell or Little Atlas( feet); and the Algerian Sahara extending indefinitely to thesouth; latter a vast region of oases, each with numerous towns andvillages surrounded by groves of date-palm, fig, and olive. Chiefrivers Roumel and Shcliff. Climate on northern mountain slopesequable; marshy plains unhealthful. Winters mild, rain area 8,119,230 acres; cork sold, 1896, 4,867,082 pounds, value813
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