Ben Aknoun ( ar, بن عكنون) is a commune of

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

and 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 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...

in northern

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. As of the 2008 census, the commune's population was 18,838. The Ministry of Finance has its head office in the ''Immeuble Ahmed Francis'' (Ahmed Francis Building) in Ben Aknoun.

Education

American International School Algiers villa

The presence of a large

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community in Ben Aknoun prompted the creation of international educational institutions. The

American International School of Algiers The American International School of Algiers (in ar, المدرسة الدولية الأمريكية بالجزائر; in ber, script=Latn, Aɣerbaz Agreɣlan Amarikani n Dzayer), abbreviated as AISA, is a private, coeducational, internatio ...

provides an academic program for English-speaking students from

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to the seventh grade, taught by

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educators. A French school, Lycée International Alexandre-Dumas d'Alger, has also its campus set in the city, serving French-speaking students from primary school () to senior high school ().

Notable people

References

Suburbs of Algiers Communes of Algiers Province {{Algiers-geo-stub