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Algiers Province

Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217
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Algiers Province
ولاية الجزائر
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers
Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers
Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217
Country Algeria
CapitalAlgiers
Government
 • PPA presidentMohamed Zaïm (FLN)
 • WāliYoucef Charfa (since 2020)
Area
 • Total
1,190 km2 (460 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total
7,796,923
 • Density6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Area Code+213 (0) 21
ISO 3166 codeDZ-16
Districts13
Municipalities57

Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir, [wilaːja ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; French: wilaya d'Alger) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old French department of Algiers and has a population of about 8 million. It is the most densely populated province of Algeria, and also the smallest by area.

In 1984, Boumerdès Province and Tipaza Province were carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions

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Casbah of Algiers

Algiers province is coincident with the city of Algiers, and is divided into 13 districts, in turn subdivided into 57 communes or municipalities.

Districts

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The districts, listed according to official numbering (from west to east), are:

1. Zéralda
2. Chéraga
3. Draria
4. Bir Mourad Raïs
5. Birtouta
6. Bouzaréah
7. Bab El Oued

8. Sidi M'Hamed
9. Hussein Dey
10. El Harrach
11. Baraki
12. Dar El Beïda
13. Rouïba

The 13 districts of Algiers province

Communes

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The communes are:

District Commune Arabic
Bab El Oued District Bab El Oued باب الواد
Bologhine بولوغين
Casbah قصبة
Oued Koreiche واد قريش
Rais Hamidou الرايس حميدو
Baraki District Baraki براقي
Les Eucalyptus کالیتوس
Sidi Moussa سيدي موسى
Bir Mourad Raïs District Bir Mourad Raïs بير مراد رايس
Birkhadem بئر خادم
Djasr Kasentina جسر قسنطينة
Hydra حيدرة
Saoula السحاولة
Birtouta District Birtouta بئر توتة
Ouled Chebel أولاد شبل
Tessala El Merdja تسالة المرجة
Bouzaréah District Ben Aknoun بن عكنون
Béni Messous بني مسوس
Bouzaréah بوزريعة
El Biar الأبيار
Chéraga District Aïn Bénian عين البنيان
Chéraga الشراقة
Dély Ibrahim دالي إبراهيم
Hammamet الحمامات
Ouled Fayet أولاد فايت
Sidi M'Hamed District Alger Centre الجزائر الوسطى
El Madania المدنية
El Mouradia المرادية
Sidi M'Hamed سيدي امحمد
  1. Aïn Taya (Ain Taya Forest)
  2. Bab El Oued
  3. Bab Ezzouar
  4. Baba Hassen
  5. Bachdjerrah (Bach Djerrah)
  6. Bologhine (Bouloghine)
  7. Bordj El Bahri
  8. Bordj El Kiffan (Bordj El Kifan)
  9. Bourouba
  10. Casbah
  11. Dar El Beïda
  12. Douéra
  13. Draria
  14. El Achour
  15. El Harrach
  16. El Magharia
  17. El Marsa (El-Marsa Forest)
  18. H'raoua
  19. Hussein Dey
  20. Khraïcia
  21. Kouba
  22. Mahelma
  23. Mahelma Forest
  24. Mohamed Belouizdad
  25. Mohammedia
  26. Oued Koriche
  27. Oued Smar
  28. Rahmania
  29. Raïs Hamidou
  30. Reghaïa
  31. Rouïba
  32. Souidania
  33. Staouéli
  34. Zéralda (Zeralda Forest)
  35. El Khroub

Neighbourhoods

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The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:

  1. Baba Ali [fr]
  2. Beau-Fraisier [fr]
  3. Casbah of Algiers
  4. Chevalley [ar]
  5. Cité 1er Novembre 1954 [ar]
  6. Cité Yahia Boushaki
  7. Club des Pins [ar]
  8. Diar el Mahçoul
  9. El Annasser [it]
  10. El Hamiz [fr]
  11. Hamma [fr]
  12. La Glacière [fr]
  13. Les Dunes [fr]
  14. Les Fusillés [fr]
  15. Moretti [fr]
  16. Riadh El Feth [ar]
  17. Saïd Hamdine [fr]
  18. Sidi Abdellah [fr]
  19. Sidi Yahia [fr]
  20. Tamentfoust

History

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Main article: History of Algeria

Ottoman Algeria

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Bombardment of Algiers by the fleet of Admiral Duquesne in 1682
Main article: Ottoman Algeria

French conquest

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Main article: French conquest of Algeria

Independence Revolution

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The remains during the Battle of Algiers of a house in the Casbah of Algiers destroyed in the explosion that killed Ali la Pointe.
Main article: Algerian Revolution

Salafist terrorism

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Main article: Salafist terrorism in Algeria
See also: Terrorist bombings in Algeria and List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s

Religion

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Main articles: Algerian Islamic reference, Islam in Algeria, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments in Algeria, and Muftis of Algiers

Mosques

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Main article: Mosques in Algiers

Cemeteries

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Main article: Cemeteries of Algiers

Zawiyas

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Main article: Zawiyas in Algiers

Education

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Main articles: Education in Algeria, Ministry of National Education (Algeria), Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Algeria), and List of universities in Algeria

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Demography

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The population of the province of Algiers increased going from 2,561,992 in 1998 to 2,988,145 in 2008:

Historical population of Algiers Province
Year19982008
Population2,561,9922,988,145
Communes Population Growth rate between 1998 and 2008
Bordj El Kiffan 151,950 Increase 4.0 %
Djasr Kasentina 133,247 Increase 5.0 %
Baraki 116,375 Increase 2.1 %
Les Eucalyptus 116,107 Increase 1.9 %
Kouba 104,708 Decrease −0.1 %
Bab Ezzouar 96,597 Increase 0.5 %
Bachdjarah 93,289 Increase 0.4 %
Reghaia 85,452 Increase 2.6 %
Bouzereah 83,797 Increase 2.0 %
Cheraga 80,824 Increase 3.0 %
Dar El Beida 80,033 Increase 6.1 %
Birkhadem 77,749 Increase 3.6 %
Alger-Centre 75,541 Decrease −2.4 %
Bourouba 71,661 Decrease −0.8 %
Ain Benian 68,354 Increase 2.8 %
Sidi M'Hamed 67,873 Decrease −2.9 %
Bab El Oued 64,732 Decrease −3.0 %
Mohammadia 62,543 Increase 4.1 %
Rouiba 61,984 Increase 2.2 %
Douera 56,998 Increase 3.2 %
Bordj El bahri 52,816 Increase 6.7 %
Zeralda 51,552 Increase 4.6 %
El Harrach 48,869 Increase 0.1 %
Staoueli 47,664 Increase 2.1 %
El Biar 47,332 Decrease −1.1 %
Oued Koreiche 46,182 Decrease −1.5 %
Bir Mourad Rais 45,345 Increase 0.5 %
Draria 44,141 Increase 6.8 %
Hamma Annassers 44,050 Decrease −3.0 %
Bologhine 43,835 Increase 0.1 %
Saoula 41,690 Increase 2.9 %
El Achour 41,070 Increase 7.9 %
Sidi Moussa 40,750 Increase 3.9 %
Hussein Dey 40,698 Decrease −2.1 %
El Madania 40,301 Decrease −2.4 %
Casbah 36,762 Decrease −3.2 %
Beni Messous 36,191 Increase 7.7 %
Dely Ibrahim 35,230 Increase 1.5 %
Ain Taya 34,501 Increase 1.6 %
Oued Smar 32,062 Increase 4.2 %
El Magharia 31,453 Increase 0.3 %
Hydra 31,133 Decrease −1.4 %
Birtouta 30,575 Increase 3.5 %
Rais Hamidou 28,451 Increase 2.9 %
Khraicia 27,910 Increase 4.8 %
Ouled Fayet 27,593 Increase 6.3 %
Harraoua 27,565 Increase 4.3 %
Hammamet 23,990 Increase 2.1 %
Baba Hassen 23,756 Increase 5.7 %
El Mouradia 22,813 Decrease −2.6 %
Mahelma 20,758 Increase 3.5 %
Ouled Chebel 20,006 Increase 2.1 %
Ben Aknoun 18,838 Decrease −0.3 %
Souidania 17,105 Increase 4.0 %
Tessala El Merdja 15,847 Increase 4.0 %
El Mersa 12,100 Increase 3.3 %
Rahmania 7,396 Increase 2.6 %

References

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  1. ^ Population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs (MOC) selon la wilaya de résidence et le sexe et le taux d’accroissement annuel moyen (1998-2008) Archived 2019-06-05 at the Wayback Machine Office National des Statistiques.
  2. ^ "Cimetières d'Alger".
  3. ^ "Cimetières a Alger, on n'a plus de place pour enterrer nos morts".
  4. ^ ""Le secteur n'a pas bénéficié d'un intérêt particulier des autorités"".
  5. ^ "Etat des cimetières".
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