Algiers Province ( ar, ولاية الجزائر, ', ; french: wilaya d'Alger or ) is a
province
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wilayah
A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes fr ...
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Algeria
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Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old
French department
In the administrative divisions of France, the department (french: département, ) is one of the three levels of government under the national level ("territorial collectivities"), between the administrative regions and the communes. Ninety-s ...
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Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
and has a population of about 3 million. It is the most densely populated province of Algeria, and also the smallest by area.
Territory
In 1984,
Boumerdès Province
Boumerdès ( ar, ولاية بومرداس, Kabyle: Tanebḍit n Bumerdas) is a province ('' wilaya'') of northern Algeria, located in the Kabylia region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (form ...
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Tipaza Province
Tipaza or Tipasa ( ar, ولاية تيبازة, ''Tibaza'', older ''Tefessedt'') is a province (''wilaya'') on the coast of Algeria, Its capital is Tipaza, 50 km west of the capital of Algeria.
History
The province was created from Blida Pr ...
were carved out of its territory.
Administrative divisions
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Algiers province is coincident with the city of Algiers, and is divided into 13
districts
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''communes'' or municipalities.
Districts
The districts, listed according to official numbering (from
west
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east
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Communes
The communes are:
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Aïn Taya
Aïn Taya is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It is located in the administrative constituency of Dar El Beïda in the Governorate of Greater Algiers. Its postal code is 16019 and its municipal code is 1638. Prior to its being part of the Governor ...
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Bab El Oued
Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the Capital (political), capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the Alger Centre, city centre. As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.
History
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Bab Ezzouar
Bab Ezzouar (; ar, باب الزوار, link=no) is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. It is one of Algiers fastest growing municipalities and has seen many hotels and commercial malls being raised in the area.
Bab Ezzouar is a ...
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Baba Hassen
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Bachdjerrah
Bachdjerrah ( ar, باش جراح) is a commune in Algiers Province and a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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Bach Djerrah
Bachdjerrah ( ar, باش جراح) is a commune in Algiers Province and a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. As of the 2008 census, the commune had a population of 93,289.
Notable people
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Bologhine
Bologhine is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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Bordj El Bahri
Bordj El Bahri is a municipality of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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Bordj El Kiffan
Bordj El Kiffan (Arabic 'برج الكيفان') is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. It is in the eastern section of the city, near Matares Beach.
Named Fort de l'Eau (Fr. 'Water Fortress') under French rule prior to 1962, use ...
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Bourouba
Bourouba is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria.
Notable people
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Communes of Algiers Province
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Casbah
A kasbah (, also ; ar, قَـصَـبَـة, qaṣaba, lit=fortress, , Maghrebi Arabic: ), also spelled qasba, qasaba, or casbah, is a fortress
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Dar El Beïda
Dar El Beïda ( ar, الدار البيضاء) is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It is the seat of the district with the same name. During French colonial times, it was officially called by its French name ''Maison Blanche'' (), which meant the ...
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Douéra
Douera is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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Draria
Draria is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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El Achour
El Achour is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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El Harrach
El Harrach ( Berber: ⵍⵃⴻⵔⵔⴰⵛ , formerly ''Maison-Carrée'') is a suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers.
The town is home to USM El Harrach football club and the Higher National Veterinary School is located in the area.
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El Magharia
El Magharia ( ar, بلدية المقارية) is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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H'raoua
H'raoua is a municipality in Algiers province, Algeria. It is located in Rouïba district, and is an outer suburb of Algiers. It has a small coastline on the Mediterranean Sea. The town proper (chef-lieu agglomeration) of H'raoua is located from ...
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Hussein Dey
Hussein Dey (real name Hüseyin bin Hüseyin; 1765 – 1838; ar, حسين داي) was the last Dey of the Deylik of Algiers.
Early life
He was born either in İzmir or Urla in the Ottoman Empire. He went to Istanbul and joined the Canoneers ( ...
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Khraïcia
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Kouba
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Mahelma
Mahelma is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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Mohamed Belouizdad
Mohamed Belouizdad ( ar, محمد بلوزداد; 3 November 1924, in Algiers – 14 January 1952, in Paris), was an Algerian militant and chief "responsible" (manager) of Special Organisation (OS), the military branch of the Algerian People's ...
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Mohammedia
Mohammedia ( ar, المحمدية, al-muḥammadiyya; ber, ⴼⴹⴰⵍⴰ, Fḍala), known until 1960 as Fedala, is a port city on the west coast of Morocco between Casablanca and Rabat in the region of Casablanca-Settat. It hosts the most imp ...
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Oued Koriche
Oued Koriche is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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Oued Smar
Oued Smar is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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Rahmania
Rahmania is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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Raïs Hamidou
Hamidou ben Ali , known as Raïs Hamidou (), or Amidon in American literature, born around 1770 in Algiers, and died on June 17, 1815, near Cape Gata off the coast of southern Spain, was an Algerian corsair. He captured up to 200 ships during his ...
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Reghaïa
Reghaïa is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is located in Rouïba district and is the most populated municipality of the district.
Geography
It is located in the northern part of the plain of Mitidja, with sandy beaches along th ...
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Rouïba
Rouïba or Rouiba ( ar, الرويبة) is a municipality of Algeria. It is located in the eastern suburbs of Algiers in one of the most healthy localities of Algeria.Journal of Practical Agriculture, Gardening and of Home Economics, Bookstore ...
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Souidania
Souidania is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria
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Staouéli
Staouéli (Berber: ⵚⵟⴰⵡⴰⵍⵉ) is a municipalities of Algeria, municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is located in Zéralda District, Zéralda district, on a Presque-isle on the Mediterranean Sea, hosting the resort town of Sidi ...
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Zéralda
Zeralda is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria.
Notable people
* Mohamed Belhocine, Algerian medical scientist, professor of internal medicine and epidemiology.
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El Khroub
El Khroub ( ar, الخروب) is a town and commune in Constantine Province, Algeria. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 179,033.[Casbah of Algiers
The Casbah ( ar, قصبة, ''qaṣba'', meaning citadel) is the citadel of Algiers in Algeria and the traditional quarter clustered around it. In 1992, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) proclaimed ' ...]
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Diar el Mahçoul
Diar el Mahçoul ('')'' is a residential complex and district of Algiers, Algiers, Algeria, split between the quarters of Belouizdad, Algiers, Belouizdad and El Madania. Diar el Mahçoul was developed by French modernist architect and urban planne ...
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Tamentfoust
Tamentfoust ( ar, تمنتفوست), the classical Rusguniae and colonial , is a site in the Dar El Beïda District of Algiers in Algeria.
Geography
Tamentfoust lies on Cape Matifou, which forms the northeast side of the Bay of Algiers.
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History
Ottoman Algeria
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Bombardment of Algiers (1682)
The bombardment of Algiers in 1682 was a naval operation by France against the Regency of Algiers during the French-Algerian War of 1681–88. Louis XIV sent Duquesne to bombard Algiers after the Dey declared war on France in 1681. Duquesne sai ...
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Bombardment of Algiers (1683)
The bombardment of Algiers in 1683 was a French naval operation against the Regency of Algiers during the French-Algerian War 1681–88. It led to the rescue of more than 100 French prisoners, in some cases after decades of captivity, but the gr ...
French conquest
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Invasion of Algiers (14 June 1830)
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Battle of Staouéli (18 June 1830)
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Massacre of El Ouffia
The Massacre of El Ouffia took place on 6 April 1832 during the French conquest of Algeria. It was a war crime committed against the tribe of El Ouffia near El Harrach by the Troupes Coloniales under Colonel Maximilien Joseph Schauenburg.
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First Raid on Reghaïa
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(8 May 1837)
Independence Revolution
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Battle of Algiers (1956–57)
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Battle of Bab El Oued
The Battle of Bab el Oued (french: link=no, Bataille de Bab el Oued) was a violent confrontation which occurred during the latter stages of the Algerian War (1954–1962) between the French Army and the Organisation armée secrète (OAS) which o ...
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Villa Susini
The villa Sésini (often improperly spelt Susini) is a torture center established in El Biar during the Algerian war in the city of Algiers.
History
The villa was built in El Biar by Alexandre Sésini, notary at rue Bab Azzoun in Algiers.
In 19 ...
Salafist terrorism
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List of terrorist incidents in 2007
This is a timeline of incidents in 2007 that have been labelled as "terrorism" and are not believed to have been carried out by a government or its forces (see state terrorism and state-sponsored terrorism).
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*To be included, entrie ...
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2007 Algiers bombings (11 April 2007)
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2007 Algiers bombings (11 December 2007)
Religion
Mosques
File:Grande Mosquée d'Alger.jpg, Djamaa el Djazaïr
Djamaa el Djazaïr ( ar, جامع الجزائر), also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers (french: Grande mosquée d'Alger), is a mosque in Algiers, Algeria. It houses the world's tallest minaret and is the third-largest mosque in the world aft ...
File:Alger-Grande-Mosquée.jpg, Djamaa el Kebir
Djamaa el Kebir ( ar, الجامع الكبير, translit=djama' el-kebir), also known as the Great Mosque of Algiers (), is a historic mosque in Algiers, Algeria. It is located within the Casbah (old city), near the city's harbor. Dating to 1097, ...
File:Alger-Place-des-Martyrs-Casbah cropped.jpg, Djamaa el Djedid
File:The Ketchaoua Mosque.jpg, Ketchaoua Mosque
The Ketchaoua Mosque ( ar, جامع كتشاوة, ''Djamaa Ketchaoua'') is a mosque in the city of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It was built during the Ottoman rule in the 17th century and is located at the foot of the Casbah of Algiers, whic ...
File:جامع سفير القصبة 3.JPG, Safir Mosque
Safir Mosque ( or ) is an old mosque in the city of Algiers, Algeria. It is located inside the UNESCO World Heritage inscribed medina quarter Casbah of Algiers. The design follows the Ottoman architecture, Ottoman architectural style.
Etymology
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Cemeteries
File:Cimetière des Thaalba à Alger 5.JPG, Thaalibia Cemetery
Thaalibia Cemetery ( ar, المقبرة الثعالبية) or Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة سيدي عبد الرحمان الثعالبي) is a cemetery in the Casbah of Algiers in the commune of the Casbah of Algiers. T ...
File:Marabout Sidi M'hamed Alger.jpg, Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery
Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة سيدي أمحمد بوقبرين) is a cemetery in the Communes of Algeria, commune of Belouizdad, Algiers, Belouizdad in Algeria. The name relates to Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine.
History
In the ...
File:Sidi Garidi Cemetery in Kouba مقبرة سيدي قاريدي في القبة.jpg, Sidi Garidi Cemetery
File:El Kettar القطار.jpg, El Kettar Cemetery
El Kettar Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة القطار) is one of the most famous cemeteries in Algeria. It is situated in a suburb of the city of Algiers in the Communes of Algeria, commune of Oued Koriche. It opened in 1838 replacing the cemetery of S ...
File:Alya-door2.jpg, El Alia Cemetery
El Alia Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة العالية ) is a cemetery in a suburb of Algiers in the commune of Oued Smar in Algeria. The name "El Alia" means in Arabic ''which is high'', but came from the surname of the donor of the land in 1928, ...
Zawiyas
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Zawiya Thaalibia in
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
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Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
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* in
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
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Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
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Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
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Education
File:المدرسة الثعالبية.jpg, Madrasa Thaalibia
File:Algiers, High School (GRI) - Flickr - Getty Research Institute.jpg,
File:Caroubier University - Hussein Dey - Wilaya of Algiers.jpg,
File:Université d'Alger.jpg, Algiers 1 University
The University of Algiers (Arabic:جامعة الجزائر – بن يوسف بن خـدة ), commonly called the Algiers 1 University, is a public research university located in Algiers, Algeria. It is the oldest and most prestigious univers ...
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Demography
The population of the province of Algiers increased going from in
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently ...
to in
2008
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Notable people
References
External links
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Alger, Capitale previligiée pour l'investissementArchive - National Agency of Investment Development (Agence Nationale de Développement de l'Investissement or ANDI, الوكالة الوطنية لتطوير الاستثمار)
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Provinces of Algeria
States and territories established in 1974