Algeria
Algiers Province
Bouzareah

Astrophysical and Geophysical Astronomy Research Center

The Algiers Observatory was built in the late 19th century in the suburb of , Algeria, North Africa. It participated in the Astrographic Catalogue project, taking the zone between -2 and +4 degrees to expose 1,260 plates between the years 1891 and 1911.
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  • Type: Observatory
  • Description: astronomical observatory
  • Also known as: “Algiers Observatory”, “َAlgiers Observatory”, “Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics and Geophysics”, “Center of Research in Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Geophysics”, “Centre de recherche en astronomie astrophysique et géophysique (CRAAG)”, “CRAAG”, “observatoire astronomique”, and “Observatoire d’Alger”
  • Address: B.P 63 Route de l’Observatoire, Bouzareah, 16000

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Notre-Dame d’Afrique and Apostolic Nunciature.

Church
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Basilique Notre Dame d'Afrique is a Catholic basilica in , . It is the origin of the modern Catholic devotion to Our Lady of Africa. Pope Pius IX granted two Pontifical decrees towards the shrine on the same day on 15 April 1876:… is situated 1 km northeast of Astrophysical and Geophysical Astronomy Research Center.

Government office
The to Algeria is an ecclesiastical office of the Catholic Church in . It is a diplomatic post of the Holy See, whose representative is called the Apostolic Nuncio to Algeria and enjoys the rank of an ambassador. is situated 1 km northeast of Astrophysical and Geophysical Astronomy Research Center.

Stadium
Photo: Emma, CC BY 2.0.
is a multi-purpose stadium in , , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of USM Alger. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people. is situated 1½ km east of Astrophysical and Geophysical Astronomy Research Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bologhine and Bouzaréah.

Town
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is a suburb of the city of in northern . It is named after ibn Ziri, who founded the city in 944.

Town
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Bouzareah or is a suburb of , Algeria. It had a population of 69,200 people in 1998 and an altitude of over 300 meters AMSL. The city's name is Arabic and means "of the grain" or "from the grain".

Town
is a suburb of the city of in northern .

Astrophysical and Geophysical Astronomy Research Center

Latitude
36.79708° or 36° 47′ 50″ north
Longitude
3.03251° or 3° 1′ 57″ east
Open location code
8F85Q2WM+R2
Open­Street­Map ID
way 355560173
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­observatory
Wiki­data ID
Q955819
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Astrophysical and Geophysical Astronomy Research Center” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مركز البحث في علم الفلك والفيزياء الفلكية والجيوفيزياء”
  • Armenian: “Ալժիրի աստղադիտարան”
  • Basque: “Aljerko behatokia”
  • Catalan: “Centre d’Investigació en Astronomia, Astrofísica i Geofísica d’Alger”
  • Catalan: “CRAAG”
  • Catalan: “Observatori d’Alger”
  • Chinese: “阿爾及爾天文台”
  • Dutch: “Algiers Observatorium”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مركز البحوث فى علم الفلك و الفيزياء الفلكيه و الجيوفيزياء”
  • Esperanto: “Centro de Esplorado en Astronomio, Astrofiziko, kaj Geofiziko”
  • French: “Centre de recherche en astronomie , astrophysique et géophysique”
  • French: “centre de recherche en astronomie, astrophysique et géophysique”
  • French: “Centre de recherche en astronomie, astrophysique et géophysique”
  • French: “observatoire d’Alger”
  • French: “observatoire de Bouzareah”
  • French: “observatoire de la Bouzareah”
  • German: “Centre de recherche en astronomie, astrophysique et géophysique”
  • German: “Forschungszentrum für Astronomie, Astrophysik und Geophysik”
  • Italian: “Centre de recherche en astronomie astrophysique et géophysique”
  • Italian: “Centro di ricerca in astronomia, astrofisica e geofisica”
  • Italian: “CRAAG / Osservatorio di Algeri”
  • Japanese: “アルジェ天文台”
  • Luxembourgish: “Centre de recherche en astronomie, astrophysique et géophysique”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Algiers observatorium”
  • Norwegian: “Alger-observatoriet”
  • Portuguese: “Observatório de Argel”
  • Romanian: “Centrul de Cercetări în Astronomie, Astrofizică și Geofizică”
  • Romanian: “Centrul de Cercetări în Astronomie”
  • Russian: “Алжирская обсерватория”
  • Slovenian: “Center za raziskave v astronomiji, astrofiziki in geofiziki”
  • Slovenian: “Centre de recherche en astronomie, astrophysique et géophysique”
  • Slovenian: “CRAAG”
  • Slovenian: “observatorij v Algiersu”
  • Slovenian: “مركز البحث في علم الفلك والفيزياء الفلكية والجيوفيزياء”
  • Spanish: “Centro de Investigación en Astronomía, Astrofísica y Geofísica de Argel”
  • Swedish: “Centre de recherche en astronomie, astrophysique et géophysique”
  • Tatar: “Алжир обсерваториясе”
  • Turkish: “Astronomi, Astrofizik ve Jeofizik Araştırma Merkezi”
  • Ukrainian: “Центр астрономічних, астрофізичних і геофізичних досліджень (Алжир)”
  • Ukrainian: “Центр астрономічних, астрофізичних і геофізичних досліджень”
  • Welsh: “Canolfan Ymchwil mewn Seryddiaeth, Astroffiseg a Geoffiseg”

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