Annaba - Culture

Annaba is 600 kilometers off the capital, extreme East of the Country; It is in this unique maritime plain of the Algerian East that  the city of Annaba is located; a site that is pushed to the coastal massif of the Edough.

Sprinkled of oak-cork forests, of oaks to deciduous leaves, "arbousiers" and "jujubiers" to the red fruits, very abundant in the region, and, to that it owes its name Bled Al Anneb, which has given  Annaba its present name.

Region dedicated to agricultural, forest, mining, industrial, cultural and tourist vocations, it becomes the capital of the mining products of the basin Mediterranean, and of the industry in Algeria, with the steel-making complex of El Hadjar, the complex of Phosphate manure of ASMIDAL and the FERROVIAL factory, to only mention those there.

The agricultural sector is also in full flight of development, situated to the mouth of the second stream of Algeria The Seybouse, the plain of Annaba with its low valley to the red soils, door on the immense extents of innumerable cultures as the grapevine, tobacco, citrus fruits, and especially the intensive culture of the industrial tomato, which has resulted in the installation of several factories for the transformation of this product.

IAs far as tourism is concerned, the city of Annaba has a prosperous future, being the best "par excellence" region, which is owed to its marvelous surrounding combining mountain and sea characteristics. As a result, the nature loving tourist will discover some promenades right in the middle of a fantastic landscape; sea enthusiasts will discover the long and beautiful beach coastline of gold sand, broadsides of a lush vegetation to the typically Mediterranean colours and exotic perfumes. And as if all this were not enough, to spice the atmosphere better, enjoy the swish of bugs where the song of cicadas dominates, without forgetting the chirping of a terrestrial and marine bird multitude, and especially, the one of the goldfinch, bird fetish of the Annabies. The city is constantly in mutation in all sectors of activities, including the one of the tourism.

Annaba is endowed of a hotel infrastructure ranging from five stars to the smallest inexpensive hotel.

During the summer season, the city receives more than five millions of visitors... In this period of the year, Annaba lives up to the same rhythms with the sea resorts of the Mediterranean; Day and night, the city and its beaches are in a feverish activity. A intense programme of cultural activities enriches summer evenings  with  theatrical performances, music of all kinds for all tastes, movie projections, conferences and  nocturnal sport activities.

With the inheritance of a rich cultural past, the city of Annaba possesses a cultural complex, a theater of 1200 seats, several cinemas, libraries, an open-air theater, a film theater as well as several centers for youth.