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The capital city of Algeria and the most important Mediterranean port of northwest Africa, Algiers has a population of over 3 million, making it the largest population centre in the country. Algiers is located on the Mediterranean coast, set against forested mountains and overlooking a bay. Once one of the most romantic cities in Africa, encompassed by the legendary whitewashed Casbah, Algiers is now a major modernized city with all the metropolitan trappings.