The national emblem of Algeria (
Arabic
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: الشعار الوطني الجزائري,
Tamazight
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: ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵜⴰⵔⵜ ⴰⵏⴰⵎⵓⵔ ⵏ ⵍⵣⵣⴰⵢⵔ) is the seal used by the government, as other states use
coats of arms.
Description
The current form of the emblem with Arabic writing was adopted on 1 November 1976, but was only differentiated from previous one by the changing of the motto from French to Arabic. Contained on the emblem is the
crescent
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In Hinduism, Lord Shiva is often shown wearing a crescent moon on his ...
that is also found on the
flag of Algeria
The national flag of Algeria ( ar, علم الجزائر; ber, ⴰⵏⴰⵢ ⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉ, Anay azzayri) consists of two equal vertical bars, green and white, charged in the center with a red star and crescent, a symbol of Islam as th ...
, and is a symbol of
Islam. The text that encircles the emblem says in Arabic: ("The People's Democratic Republic of Algeria", the country's official name).
The
hand of Fatima, a traditional symbol of the region, appears in front of the
Atlas Mountains, below a rising sun representing a new era. Buildings stand for industry and plants for agriculture.
Historic coats of arms and emblems
File:Lesser coat of arms of Regency of Algiers.svg, Coat of arms of Ottoman Algeria (–1830)
File:Coat_of_arms_Algeria_(1830-1962).svg, Coat of arms of Algeria during the colonial period (1830–1962)
File:Seal of the Emirate of Abdelkader.svg, Seal of the Emirate of Abdelkader
The Emirate of Mascara, Emirate of Abd al-Qadir, or the Resistance of Mascara, was founded by Abd al-Qadir al-Jazairi with the allegiance of the people of Algeria to resist the French conquest of Algeria with its first capital at Mascara the ...
(1832–1847)
File:Touggourt Coat of Arms (French Algeria).svg, Touggourt
Touggourt ( ar, ﺗﻗﺮت or تڤرت; ber, ⵜⵓⴳⵓⵔⵜ, Tugurt, lit=the gateway or 'the gate') is a city and commune, former sultanate and capital of Touggourt District, in Touggourt Province, Algeria, built next to an oasis in the Sa ...
Coat of Arms (French Algeria) (–1871)
File:Algerie française sceau gouvernement general d algerie 1865.svg, Coat of arms of French Algeria during Second Empire Second Empire may refer to:
* Second British Empire, used by some historians to describe the British Empire after 1783
* Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)
* Second French Empire (1852–1870)
** Second Empire architecture, an architectural styl ...
(1865)
File:Seal of the Government-General of Algeria.svg, Seal of the Government-General of Algeria (1950)
File:Emblem of (French) Algeria 1962.svg, Emblem of the Government-General of Algeria (1962)
File:Seal of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic.svg, Seal of the Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic
The Provisional Government of the Algerian Republic ( ar, الحكومة المؤقتة للجمهورية الجزائرية, ; French: ''Gouvernement provisoire de la République algérienne'') was the government-in-exile of the Algerian Nation ...
(1958–1962)
File:Emblem of Algeria (1962-1971).svg, Emblem of the Republic of Algeria (1962–1971)
File:Emblem of Algeria (1971-1976).svg, Emblem of the Republic of Algeria (1971–1976)
See also
*
Flag of Algeria
The national flag of Algeria ( ar, علم الجزائر; ber, ⴰⵏⴰⵢ ⴰⴷⵣⴰⵢⵔⵉ, Anay azzayri) consists of two equal vertical bars, green and white, charged in the center with a red star and crescent, a symbol of Islam as th ...
References
External links
Official website of the Government of Algeriaat national-symbol.com
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National symbols of Algeria
Algerian coats of arms
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