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{{short description|Internet country-code top level domain for Algeria}}
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{{Infobox Top level domain|
name=.dz|
image=Dotdz.png|
introduced=3 January 1994|
type=[[Country code top-level domain]]|
status=Active|
registry=[[DZ NIC]]|
sponsor={{interlanguage link|CERIST|fr}}|
intendeduse=Entities connected with [[Algeria]]|
actualuse=Fairly popular in Algeria|
registereddomains=17,989|
dateregistereddomains=2024-12-14|
refregistereddomains=<ref>{{cite web | title=DZ NIC | url=https://www.nic.dz/17989 }}</ref>|
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|
document={{url|https://www.nic.dz/docs}}|
disputepolicy=[[UDRP]]|
website={{url|https://www.nic.dz/}}
}}

'''.dz''' is the [[country code top-level domain]] (ccTLD) for [[Algeria]] (from {{Transliteration|arq|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 dinar]]s per year for a domain (about [[United States dollar|US$]]{{To USD|1000|DZA|year=|r=2}}).

==Second-level domains==
Registrations are taken directly at the second level, or at the third level beneath these names:<ref>{{cite web |title=Domain Name Policy for the Algerian Country Code TLD .dz |url=http://www.nic.dz/en/images/pdf_nic/policy.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191024022800/http://www.nic.dz:80/en/images/pdf_nic/policy.pdf |archive-date=2019-10-24 |accessdate= |publisher=DZ NIC}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Domain
!Intended users
|-
|'''.com.dz'''
|Commercial entities
|-
|'''.gov.dz'''
|[[Politics of Algeria|Governmental entities]]
|-
|'''.org.dz'''
|[[Non-governmental organization|Non-governmental organizations]]
|-
|'''.edu.dz'''
|[[Education in Algeria|Education]] associations
|-
|'''.asso.dz'''
|Approved associations
|-
|'''.pol.dz'''
|[[List of political parties in Algeria|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==
{{Infobox Top level domain|
name=الجزائر.|
image=|
introduced=2011|
type=[[Internationalized country code top-level domain]]|
status=Active|
registry=|
sponsor=|
intendeduse=Entities connected with {{DZA}} ([[Arabic script]])|
actualuse=Rare use in Algeria.|
registereddomains=59|
dateregistereddomains=2024-12-14|
refregistereddomains=<ref>https://مركزأسماءالنطاقات.الجزائر/59 {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2025}}</ref>|
restrictions=|
structure=|
document={{URL|https://xn--ggbdmbaav3cjl1c9heugfv.xn--lgbbat1ad8j/docs}}|
disputepolicy=|
website={{url|https://مركزأسماءالنطاقات.الجزائر/}}
|DNSname=.xn--lgbbat1ad8j}}

A second, [[Internationalized country code top-level domain|internationalised top-level domain]] will be used for Algeria, intended for domain names in the local language, using [[Arabic script|Arabic characters]]: الجزائر. It was registered in 2011 and is represented as '''.xn--lgbbat1ad8j''' for the DNS name.
==See also==
* [[Internet in Algeria]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.iana.org/domains/root/db/dz.html IANA .dz whois information]
*[https://www.nic.dz/ NIC.DZ]
*[https://www.cerist.dz/index.php/fr/ CERIST]
*[https://www.mpt.gov.dz/ Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications]

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[[Category:Internet in Algeria]]
[[Category:Mass media in Algeria]]
[[Category:Country code top-level domains]]
[[Category:Communications in Algeria]]
[[Category:Council of European National Top Level Domain Registries members]]
[[Category:Internet properties established in 1994]]


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