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Alger
Alger may refer to: Places Algeria * French name for Algiers, the capital of Algeria ** Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Alger * Alger (department), a former French department (1848-1962) Russia * Alger Island, Russia United States * Alger, Michigan, in Arenac County * Alger County, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula * Alger, Minnesota * Alger, Ohio, a village * Alger, Washington, a census-designated place * Alger Creek, California * Alger Falls, Michigan * Alger Island, New York * Alger Lakes, California * Camp Alger, Virginia, a military camp established in 1898 for the Spanish–American War Other uses * Alger (name), a list of people with the surname or given name * Alger Theater, Detroit, Michigan, United States * ''Commonwealth v. Alger'', an 1851 court case in Massachusetts * MC Alger, a football club based in Algiers * USM Alger Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USM ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alger, Washington
Alger is a census-designated place (CDP) in Skagit County, Washington, United States. The population was 403 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Mount Vernon–Anacortes, Washington Metropolitan Statistical Area. Alger is located along Old Highway 99 North Road. It is near the midway point of the route between Seattle and Vancouver, 76 miles from the former and 66 miles from the latter. A former logging camp, Alger is now a working-class exurban community and home to the Skagit Speedway. The nearby Skagit Speedway has been operating for 50 years and attracting racers from all over the Northwest and West; Kasey Kahne raced there before becoming a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver. It is a 1/3 mile banked oval track built of silica and clay, and the faster classes of sprint cars achieve lap averages of almost 100 mph. Races are typically held on Saturday nights under floodlights, and camping is available for racers and spectators in the Speedway's grounds. History Alger was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques de l'Algérie (web). and in 2020 was estimated to be around 4,500,000. Algiers is located on the Mediterranean Sea and in the north-central portion of Algeria. Algiers is situated on the west side of a bay of the Mediterranean Sea. The modern part of the city is built on the level ground by the seashore; the old part, the ancient city of the deys, climbs the steep hill behind the modern town and is crowned by the Casbah or citadel (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), above the sea. The casbah and the two quays form a triangle. Names The city's name is derived via French and Catalan ''Origins of Algiers'' by Louis Leschi, speech delivered June 16, 1941, published in ''El Djezair Sheets'', July 194History of Algeria . from the Arabic name '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alger Island, New York
Alger Island, also known as Big Island, is a small island located on Fourth Lake, part of the Fulton Chain of Lakes, within the Adirondack Park in New York State. The island is located in the Town of Webb, in Herkimer County, New York. Alger Island was called Deer Island in the late 18th century. It was later called Big Island. Alger Island came from the family name of its longtime owners, father and son Mort and Ollie Alger. Alger Island was purchased by the state of New York on January 16, 1950. Lean-to A lean-to is a type of simple structure originally added to an existing building with the rafters "leaning" against another wall. Free-standing lean-to structures are generally used as shelters. One traditional type of lean-to is known by its Finn ...s were constructed during the 1960s. Today, the island is operated as a state campground, managed by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. The island is accessible only by boat. Legendary ghost stories pop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USM Alger
Union Sportive de la Médina d'Alger ( ar, الإتحاد الرياضي لمدينة الجزائر); known as USM Alger or simply USMA for short, is a football club based in the inner suburbs of Algiers. The club was founded in 1937 and its colours are red and black. Their home stadium, Omar Hamadi Stadium, has a capacity of 10,000 spectators. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. The club has one of Algeria's most prominent football charts, as it won the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 8 times, the Algerian Cup 8 times and the Algerian Super Cup 2 times, Internationally, USM Alger has won the UAFA Club Championship once in 2013. The IFFHS ranks the USMA in the 18th place of the best African teams of the decade between 2001–2010. USMA reached the final of the 2015 CAF Champions League but they lost to TP Mazembe. With the past of the Union Sportive Musulmane d'Alger (former name of the USMA), winner of the first 1962–63 Algerian Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MC Alger
Mouloudia Club d'Alger ( ar, نادي مولودية الجزائر), referred to as MC Alger or MCA for short, is an Algerian football club based in Algiers. The club was founded in 1921 and its colours are red, green and white. Their home stadium, the Stade 5 Juillet 1962, has a capacity of 65,000 spectators. They also receive their opponents in Omar Hamadi Stadium. The club is currently playing in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1. Founded in 1921 as Mouloudia Club Algérois and Mouloudia Chaâbia d’Alger, the club was known as Mouloudia Pétroliers d'Alger from 1977 to 1986 and changed its name to Mouloudia Club d'Alger in 1986. The club colours are red and green. They play at the Stade Omar Hamadi. MC Alger were the first Algerian club to win a continental competition, winning the 1976 African Cup of Champions Clubs. They are one of the most successful Algerian clubs having won the domestic league 7 times, and the domestic cup 8 times, third to USM Alger, CR Belou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth V
A commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has been synonymous with "republic". The noun "commonwealth", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage", dates from the 15th century. Originally a phrase (the common-wealth or the common wealth – echoed in the modern synonym "public wealth"), it comes from the old meaning of "wealth", which is "well-being", and is itself a loose translation of the Latin res publica (republic). The term literally meant "common well-being". In the 17th century, the definition of "commonwealth" expanded from its original sense of "public welfare" or "commonweal" to mean "a state in which the supreme power is vested in the people; a republic or democratic state". The term evolved to become a title to a number of political entities. Three countries – Australia, the Bahamas, and Dominica – have the official title "Commonwealth", as do four U.S. states and two U.S. territo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alger Theater
The Alger Theater is a theatre located at 16451 East Warren Avenue in the MorningSide neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It is one of only two remaining intact and unchanged neighborhood theaters in the city of Detroit (the second being the Redford Theatre). It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. History The Alger Theater, presumably named for Michigan governor Russell A. Alger, was built by Detroit theater developers Saul and Hattie Sloan. The Sloans leased the theater to Detroit theater magnate George Washington Trendle, and it first opened on August 22, 1935, as a neighborhood cinema.The Historic Alger Theater from the Friends of the Alger Theater When the Alger Theater opened, it was a luxury theater, and included amenities such as sound and projection equipment, seating, and air conditioning. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alger (name)
Alger is both a given name and a surname. It originates from the Anglo-Saxon name Ælfgar, meaning “elf spear.” Notable people with the name include: * Abby Langdon Alger (1850–1905), American writer, translator * Alger of Liège (1055–1131), French Roman Catholic priest * Alger "Texas" Alexander (1900–1954), American blues singer * Alger Hiss (1904–1996), American diplomat and alleged Soviet spy * Alger H. Wood (1891–1970), American football and basketball coach * Alpheus B. Alger (1854–1895), Massachusetts State Senator * Bruce Alger (1918–2015), American Congressman from Texas * Cyrus Alger (1781–1865), American metallurgist and arms manufacturer * Fanny Alger (1816–1889), the first plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr. * Francis Alger (1807–1863), American mineralogist * Frederick M. Alger Jr. (1907–1967), American politician and diplomat * Harry Alger (1924–2010), Canadian politician * Horatio Alger (1832–1899), American author * Ian Alger (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camp Alger
Camp Alger, near Falls Church, Virginia, was established May 18, 1898, for the Spanish–American War effort.''Report of the Commission Appointed by the President to Investigate the Conduct of the War Department in the War with Spain,'' 8 vols., Senate Document No. 221, 56th Congress, 1st Session, vol. 1, pp. 209-211 (1900). It was approved by Secretary of War Russell A. Alger for whom it was named. By August 1898, more than 35,000 troops were stationed at the camp. Location Camp Alger was about miles from Dunn Loring, a station on a branch of the Southern Railway, as above stated, and 7 miles from Washington, D.C., and about 5 miles distant from Fort Myer. The surface of this tract is rolling, partly wooded, with cultivated clearings and with good drainage. The soil is of clay and sand and nearly impervious to water. Immediately after the selection of this camp preparations were made for the reception of troops by the erection of storehouses at Dunn Loring, where the Southern Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alger Lakes
The Alger Lakes are a group of lakes in Mono County, California, in the United States. The Alger Lakes were named for John Alger of the United States Geological Survey. See also *List of lakes in California There are more than 3,000 named lakes, reservoirs, and dry lakes in the U.S. state of California. Largest lakes In terms of area covered, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea, a lake formed in 1905 which is now saline. It occupie ... References Lakes of California Lakes of Mono County, California Lakes of Northern California {{MonoCountyCA-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alger Falls
Alger Falls is a waterfall located along highway M-28 (Michigan highway) in Alger County, Michigan near Munising at the junction with M-94 The M-94 was a piece of cryptographic equipment used by the United States Army, consisting of several lettered discs arranged as a cylinder. It was also employed by the US Navy, under the name CSP 488. The device was conceived by Colonel Parke .... The falls consist of a series of drops, the highest of which is about . The falls can be seen from the highway. The level of water coming over the falls can vary greatly depending on snow melt or rainfall. References Michigan Interactive Waterfalls of Michigan [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Archdiocese Of Alger
) is the metropolitan see for the ecclesiastical province of Algiers in Algeria. History * August 10, 1838: Established as Diocese of Algiers from Diocese of Islas Canarias in Spain * 1838: United with Diocese of Iulia Caesarea * July 25, 1866: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Algiers Special churches La Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur d'Alger (Sacred Heart Cathedral of Algiers) a concrete Modernist church, was built in 1956. It became a cathedral in 1962, replacing the French colonial Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers when that 1612 building was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque. The Cathedral of St. Philip of Algiers was established by converting the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1845, but was reconverted to the Ketchaoua Mosque in 1962. There is also a Minor Basilica at the Basilique de Notre Dame d'Afrique in Algiers. Bishops Apostolic Vicars of Algiers # Philippe le Vacher, CM (1651 – 17 July 1662) # Benjamin Huguier, CM (1662 – April 1663) # Jean Le Vacher, CM (23 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
