Algiers Province ( ar, ولاية الجزائر, ', ; french: wilaya d'Alger or ) is a

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( wilayah) in

Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , religi ...

, 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 3 million. It is the most densely populated province of Algeria, and also the smallest by area.

Territory

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

Administrative divisions

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

Districts

The districts, listed according to official numbering (from

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to east), are:

Communes

The communes are: # Aïn Taya ( Ain-Taya) # Bab El Oued # Bab Ezzouar #

Baba Hassen Baba Hassen ( ar, بابا حسن) is a commune in Algiers Province and a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 ...

Bachdjerrah Bachdjerrah ( ar, باش جراح) is a commune in Algiers Province and a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 ...

( Bach Djerrah) # Bologhine (

Bouloghine Bologhine is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. It is named after Bologhine ibn Ziri Buluggin ibn Ziri, often transliterated Bologhine, in full ʾAbū al Futūḥ Sayf ad Dawlah Bulukīn ibn Zīrī ibn Manād aṣ Ṣanhājī ( ...

) #

Bordj El Bahri Bordj El Bahri is a municipality of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. Bordj El Bahri is on the peninsula A peninsula (; ) is a landform that extends from a mainland and is surrounded by water on most, but not all of its borders. A pen ...

# Bordj El Kiffan (

Bordj El Kifan Bordj El Kiffan (Arabic 'برج الكيفان') is a suburb of the city of Algiers Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population a ...

) # Bourouba # Casbah #

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 ...

# Douéra # Draria #

El Achour El Achour is a suburb of the city of 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 ...

# El Harrach # El Magharia # El Marsa # H'raoua # Hussein Dey #

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# Kouba # Mahelma # Mohamed Belouizdad # Mohammedia #

Oued Koriche Oued Koriche is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , ...

# Oued Smar # Rahmania # Raïs Hamidou # Reghaïa # Rouïba #

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# Staouéli # Zéralda # El Khroub

Neighbourhoods

The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are: # # # Casbah of Algiers # # # Cité Yahia Boushaki # #

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 ...

# # # # # # # # # # # # Tamentfoust

History

Ottoman Algeria

* Bombardment of Algiers (1682) * Bombardment of Algiers (1683)

French conquest

* Invasion of Algiers (14 June 1830) *

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(18 June 1830) * Massacre of El Ouffia (6 April 1832) *

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(8 May 1837)

Independence Revolution

* Battle of Algiers (1956–57) * Battle of Bab El Oued (23 March 1962) * Villa Susini

Salafist terrorism

* List of terrorist incidents in 2007 ** 2007 Algiers bombings (11 April 2007) ** 2007 Algiers bombings (11 December 2007)

Religion

Mosques

File:Grande Mosquée d'Alger.jpg, Djamaa el Djazaïr File:Alger-Grande-Mosquée.jpg, Djamaa el Kebir File:Alger-Place-des-Martyrs-Casbah cropped.jpg, Djamaa el Djedid File:The Ketchaoua Mosque.jpg, Ketchaoua Mosque 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 T ...

Cemeteries

File:Cimetière des Thaalba à Alger 5.JPG, Thaalibia Cemetery File:Marabout Sidi M'hamed Alger.jpg, Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery File:Sidi Garidi Cemetery in Kouba مقبرة سيدي قاريدي في القبة.jpg,

Sidi Garidi Cemetery Sidi Garidi Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة سيدي قاريدي) is a cemetery in the commune of Kouba in Algeria. The name related to ''Sidi Garidi''. Notable interments * * * * * * * Abderrachid Boukerzaza * * * *Brahim Boushaki * * * *Hacène Lal ...

File:El Kettar القطار.jpg, El Kettar Cemetery File:Alya-door2.jpg, El Alia Cemetery

Zawiyas

* Zawiya Thaalibia in Algiers. * in Algiers. * in Algiers. * in Algiers. * in Algiers.

Education

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Madrasa Thaalibia The Madrasa Thaalibia (; french: link=no, Médersa Thaâlibiyya), is a madrasa located in Algiers, Algeria. It was founded on 17 October 1904 by Charles Jonnart and subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centres of Alg ...

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 File:USTHB5.JPG, University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene ,

Demography

The population of the province of Algiers increased going from in 1998 to in 2008:

Notable people

References

External links

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Alger, Capitale previligiée pour l'investissement

Archive
- National Agency of Investment Development (Agence Nationale de Développement de l'Investissement or ANDI, الوكالة الوطنية لتطوير الاستثمار) {{Authority control Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974