Aïn Taya is a suburb of
Algiers
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Algeria
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. It is located in the
administrative constituency of
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 ...
in the
Governorate of Greater Algiers
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. Its postal code is 16019 and its municipal code is 1638. Prior to its being part of the Governorate of Greater Algiers, it was part of
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 ...
with postal code 35310. The current president of the
People's Municipal Assembly
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'(
mayor
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) is Abdelkader Rakkas (2017-2022). Aïn Taya has a
budget
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of 46 million
DZD.
Demographics
Aïn Taya had a population of 34,501 at the 2008 census (3,568/km
2).
An important part of the population is of
Kabyle origin. Historical populations include:
*78 families (1847)
*1,666, of whom 549 were
French
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(1870)
*5,674, of whom 3,500
muslim
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s
*6,100 (1954
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*13,700 (1987 census
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*29,515 (1998 census][)
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Geography
The area of the municipality is 955 hectare
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s, or 9,5 km2 (about 3.76 sq mi) of which 60% is used for agriculture
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. It also has 8 km (almost 5 mi) of coastline
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located a few kilometers east of the easternmost point of the gulf
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of Algiers, on the Mediterranean Sea
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.
Railway
In 1914, it was connected to Algiers
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by 1055 mm gauge local railway Chemins de Fer sur Routes d´Algerie
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. The trains departed from Algiers at 6.09, 13.29, and 17.40 arriving in Aïn-Taya at 8.21, 15.37 and 19.57. The return workings departed from Aïn-Taya at 5.37, 12.53 and 17.13 arriving in Algiers at 7.45, 15.05 and 19.25. The rail distance was 32 km (20 miles). This service was hauled by a Decauville
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built narrow gauge steam locomotives. The C.F.R.A. also operated also lines from Algiers to Rovigo
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Geography
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and via Gyotville to Kolea (44 km) and Casiglione (47 km).
Former mayors
This is a list of Aïn Taya's mayors during French colonial times.
*Joseph Guyot 1870-1878
*Jean Dabadie 1879-1884
*Casimir Fabre 1884-1891
*Paul Oudaille 1891-1895
*Désiré Dulin 1896-1898
*Joseph Chabert 1898-1904
*Paul Fabre 1904-1910
*Charles Pellegrin 1910-1919
*Michel Sinters 1920-1935
*Auguste Allier 1935-1945
*Emile Bertoni 1945-1948
*Hector Buchardt 1948-1949
*? Gadrel 1949-1962
Notable people
References
Suburbs of Algiers
Communes of Algiers Province
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