.dz

.dz

Introduced	3 January 1994
TLD type	Country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Registry	DZ NIC
Sponsor	CERIST  [ fr ]
Intended use	Entities connected with Algeria
Actual use	Fairly popular in Algeria
Registered domains	17,989 (2024-12-14) [1]
Registration restrictions	Must have Algerian presence; name must be related to company or organization name or trademark
Structure	Registrations are taken directly at second level or at third level beneath some second-level labels
Documents	www.nic.dz/docs
Dispute policies	UDRP
Registry website	www.nic.dz

.dz is the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Algeria (from Dzayer, the local name for Algeria).

Management

It is administered by the DZ Network Internet Center, a subdivision of CERIST (Centre de Recherche sur l'Information Scientifique et Technique).

To apply for a .dz domain name, one must be an entity established in Algeria and/or having legal representation in Algeria and/or having a document justifying the name ownership rights in the country.

Currently, NIC.DZ charges 1000 Algerian dinars per year for a domain (about US$ 7.4).

Second-level domains

Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath these names: ^[2]

Domain	Intended users
.com.dz	Commercial entities
.gov.dz	Governmental entities
.org.dz	Non-governmental organizations
.edu.dz	Education associations
.asso.dz	Approved associations
.pol.dz	Political parties
.art.dz	Arts
.net.dz	Network providers/operators and entities operating in other back-end internet services
.tm.dz	Entities, residing abroad, which possess protected trademarks covered in Algeria and having no document justifying an activity or presence in Algeria.
.soc.dz	Natural persons, residing in Algeria, who possess protected trademarks in Algeria and do not exercise a commercial activity (not having Algerian Trade certificate)

Second top-level domain

الجزائر.

Introduced	2011
TLD type	Internationalized country code top-level domain
Status	Active
Intended use	Entities connected with   Algeria (Arabic script)
Actual use	Rare use in Algeria.
Registered domains	59 (2024-12-14) [3]
Documents	xn--ggbdmbaav3cjl1c9heugfv.xn--lgbbat1ad8j/docs
DNS name	.xn--lgbbat1ad8j
Registry website	مركزأسماءالنطاقات.الجزائر

A second, internationalised top-level domain will be used for Algeria, intended for domain names in the local language, using Arabic characters: الجزائر. It was registered in 2011 and is represented as .xn--lgbbat1ad8j for the DNS name.

See also

• Internet in Algeria

References

1. "DZ NIC".
2. "Domain Name Policy for the Algerian Country Code TLD .dz" (PDF). DZ NIC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-10-24.
3. https://مركزأسماءالنطاقات.الجزائر/59 ^{[ bare URL ]}

External links

• IANA .dz whois information
• NIC.DZ
• CERIST
• Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications