What the records say
- When
- 1962
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Algeria
- Coordinates
- 27.40° N, 2.81° E
- Process
- unknown
- Type
- Unknown process (often independences)
- Pop
- 10900000
- Area km2
- 2381741
- Losing
- France
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Algeria
Country in North Africa
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in North Africa. It is bordered to the northeast by Tunisia; to the east by Libya; to the southeast by Niger; to the southwest by Mali, Mauritania, and Western Sahara; to the west by Morocco; and to the north by the Mediterranean Sea. Its capital and largest city is Algiers.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation
Nearby in time and place
- massacre of Harkis1963 · Massacre
- December 1960 demonstrations in Algeria11 Dec 1960 · Protest
- opération gerboise verte, dernier essai nucléaire français atmosphérique tiré à Reggane en Algérie25 Apr 1961 · Nuclear test
- Challe PlanFeb 1959 · Military operation
- Gerboise Verte (France)25 Apr 1961 · Nuclear test · Yield (kt) 20
- Gerboise Bleue (France)13 Feb 1960 · Nuclear test · Yield (kt) 200
- la France procède à son troisième tir nucléaire; "Gerboise rouge", à Reggane au Sahara27 Dec 1960 · Nuclear test
- Gerboise blanche, nom de code du second essai nucléaire français tiré au Centre saharien d’expérimentation militaire (CESM) de Reggane, en Algérie française1 Apr 1960 · Nuclear test