Alger

Alger County is a county in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of . As of the 2020 Census, the population was 8,842. It is the state's second-largest county by area, including the waters of Lake Superior.
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  • Type: County with 8,840 residents
  • Description: county in Michigan, United States
  • Also known as: Alger County”, “Alger County, MI”, and “Alger County, Michigan

Alger

Latitude
46.4048° or 46° 24′ 17″ north
Longitude
-86.5281° or 86° 31′ 41″ west
Population
8,840
Elevation
600 feet (183 metres)
Open location code
86RMCF3C+WQ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 316966544
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­county
Geo­Names ID
4983956
Wiki­data ID
Q486210
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Western Panjabi—“Alger” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: Alger County
  • Arabic: مقاطعة ألجير
  • Armenian: Ալջեր շրջան
  • Asturian: condáu d’Alger
  • Basque: Alger konderria
  • Bavarian: Alger County, Michigan
  • Bavarian: Alger County
  • Bishnupriya: আলজের কাউন্টি, মিশিগান
  • Bishnupriya: আলজের কাউন্টি
  • Bulgarian: Алджър
  • Catalan: comtat d’Alger
  • Cebuano: Alger County
  • Chinese: Alger Kūn
  • Chinese: 阿尔杰县
  • Chinese: 阿爾傑縣
  • Chinese: 阿爾傑郡
  • Czech: Alger County
  • Danish: Alger County
  • Dutch: Alger County
  • Esperanto: kantono Alger
  • Esperanto: Kantono Alger
  • Finnish: Algerin piirikunta
  • French: Comte d’Alger
  • French: comté d’Alger
  • French: Comté d’Alger
  • Georgian: ალჯერის ოლქი
  • German: Alger County
  • Gilaki: آلگر ٚ شأرستان (ميشيگان)
  • Gilaki: آلگر ٚ شأرستان
  • Hebrew: מחוז אלגר
  • Hungarian: Alger megye
  • Irish: Contae Alger
  • Italian: contea di Alger
  • Italian: Contea di Alger
  • Japanese: アルジャー郡
  • Korean: 앨저군
  • Latin: Alger Comitatus
  • Low German: Alger County
  • Mazanderani: آلگر شهرستان
  • Min Dong Chinese: Alger Gông
  • Min Nan Chinese: Alger Kūn
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Alger County
  • Norwegian: Alger County
  • Persian: شهرستان آلگر، میشیگان
  • Persian: شهرستان آلگر
  • Polish: Hrabstwo Alger
  • Portuguese: Condado de Alger
  • Romanian: Comitatul Alger, Michigan
  • Romanian: Comitatul Alger
  • Russian: Алджер
  • Sardinian: contea de Alger
  • Scottish Gaelic: Alger County
  • Serbian: Округ Алџер
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alger County, Michigan
  • Serbo-Croatian: Alger County
  • Spanish: Condado de Alger (Míchigan)
  • Spanish: Condado de Alger
  • Swedish: Alger County
  • Tatar: Алджер (округ, Мичиган)
  • Tatar: Алджер
  • Turkish: Alger County, MI
  • Turkish: Alger County, Mich.
  • Turkish: Alger County, Michigan
  • Turkish: Alger County
  • Turkish: Alger ilçesi, MI
  • Turkish: Alger ilçesi, Mich.
  • Turkish: Alger ilçesi, Michigan
  • Turkish: Alger ilçesi
  • Ukrainian: Алджер
  • Urdu: الجر کاؤنٹی، مشی گن
  • Urdu: الجر کاؤنٹی
  • Venetian: contea de Alger
  • Vietnamese: Quận Alger, Michigan
  • Vietnamese: Quận Alger
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Alger, Michigan
  • Waray (Philippines): Condado han Alger
  • Welsh: Alger County, Michigan
  • Welsh: Alger County
  • Welsh: Swydd Alger
  • Western Panjabi: الگر کاؤنٹی

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