The national emblem of Algeria (

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: الشعار الوطني الجزائري,

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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

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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

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(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)

References

External links

Official website of the Government of Algeria
at national-symbol.com

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National symbols of Algeria Algerian coats of arms

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Description

Historic coats of arms and emblems

See also

References

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