Mohamed Belouizdad ( ar, بلوزداد) is a quarter 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 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

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. The quarter was formerly known as Belcourt during the French colonisation period. It was renamed as Hamma-El Annasser ( ar, الحامة-العناصر) after Algerian independence, before the present name Belouizdad was adopted in 1992 in honour of the Algerian militant and nationalist

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 ...

who lived in the quarter. Mohamed Belouizdad Street and Hassiba Ben Bouali Street are the two main arteries for the quarter that also has a seashore stretch on the Mediterranean coast. Important places in Belouizdad include the Hamma National Library, the Botanical Garden Hamma ( ar, حديقة التجارب, lit=The Test Garden, pronounced Hadiqat at Tajareb, or Jardin d'essai in French), the

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soft drinks factory and headquarters, the August 20, 1955 Stadium (in French Stade 20 août 1955) as well as Hotel Sofitel. The quarter also has a famous cave known as Cave Cervantes where the Spanish writer

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hid from the Turkish authorities but was recaptured when he famously attempted to flee back to Spain. Belouizdad is served by 4 stations of the

Algiers Metro The Algiers Metro ( ar, مترو الجزائر العاصمة, french: Métro d'Alger) is a rapid transit system that serves Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Originally designed in the 1970s, it opened in 2011 after decades of delays due to ...

, namely Jardin d'essai Station, Hamma Station in Belouizdad itself and

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and 1er Mai Station in the nearby

Sidi M'Hamed Sidi M'Hamed ( ar, سيدي امحمد) is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is the seat of the district of the same name. Its municipal code is ''1602'' and postal code is ''16014'' and it has a population of 90,455 as of the 1998 ...

municipality. The area is also served by two

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systems, the Téléphérique d'El Madania, inaugurated in 1956, and Téléphérique du Mémorial inaugurated in 1987 linking it to the Botanical Garden and the

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in Algiers that oversees the quarter. The intermodal

Les Fusillés Station Les Fusillés is a transfer station serving the Line 1 of the Algiers Metro and is the western terminus of the Algiers tramway The Algiers Tramway ( ar, ترامواي الجزائر العاصمة, ''Tramwāy al-Jazā'ir al-`Āṣimah'', "A ...

at the eastern border of Belouizdad connects to all points east on the

Algiers tramway The Algiers Tramway ( ar, ترامواي الجزائر العاصمة, ''Tramwāy al-Jazā'ir al-`Āṣimah'', "Algiers Capital Tramway") is a tram system which commenced service on 8 May 2011 in the Algerian capital, Algiers. By June 2012, the o ...

. The quarter is also home to two sports organisations, CR Belouizdad (Chabab Riadhi Belouizdad or just Belouizdad) and

OMR El Annasser Olympic Mostakbel Ruisseau el-Annasser ( ar, أولمبي مستقبل العناصر), known as OMR el-Annasser or simply OMR for short, is an Algerian football club based in the Belouizdad quarter of Algiers. The club was founded on 1962 and ...

(Olympic Mostakbel Ruisseau El Annasser)

Notable people

Known personalities from the area include: *

Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Muhammad ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Gashtuli al-Jurjuri al-Azhari Abu Qabrayn (; died in 1793/1794), mostly known as Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine ( ar, سيدي محمد بو قبرين) was a Berber ash'ari alim'', founder of the Rahmaniyya Sufi order ...

, thelogian and Sufi *

Mohamed Aïchaoui Mohamed Aïchaoui (29 January 1921 - 1959) was an Algerian journalist and militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria. Aïchaoui wrote the ''Declaration of 1 November 1954'', the National Liberation Front's first appeal to the A ...

, journalist, militant activist, politician *

, militant activist, politician *

Hocine Yahi Hocine Yahi (born April 25, 1960 in El Madania, Algiers) is a retired Algerian international Association football, footballer who played at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Club career At age 11, Yahi joined his hometown club of CR Belouizdad, where he ...

, football player *

Biyouna Baya Bouzar ( ar, باية بوزار, 13 September 1952), known by the stage name Biyouna () is an Algerian singer, dancer, actress born in Belcourt, now known as Belouizdad, Algiers, Algeria. Early life Having a very early passion for singi ...

, comedian *

Albert Camus Albert Camus ( , ; ; 7 November 1913 – 4 January 1960) was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was awarded the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His work ...

, writer

References

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