El Biar (from Arabic "الأبيار", meaning "The Wells") is a suburb 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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. It is located in the administrative constituency of Bouzaréah in the

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 ...

. As of the 1998 census, it has a population of 52,582 inhabitants. The suburb's postal code is 16030 and its municipal code is 1610.

Buildings

* Villa Susini

Notable people

* René Aleman (1913–1989), French weightlifter *

Khalil Boukedjane Khalil Boukedjane (born January 27, 1981 in El Biar) is a former Algerian footballer. Club career In June 2005, Boukedjane joined CR Belouizdad. Honours * Won the Algerian Cup once with CR Belouizdad in 2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, F ...

, football player *

Abdelaziz Bouteflika Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ar, عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as President of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019 ...

(1937–2021), 5th

President of Algeria The president of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces. History of the office The Tripoli Program, whi ...

(1999–2019) *

Saïd Bouteflika Saïd Bouteflika ( ar, سعيد بوتفليقة; ber, ⵙⵄⵉⴷ ⴰⵠⵓⵜⴼⵉⵇⴰ; born January 1958) is an Algerian politician and academic. He is the brother and was a special adviser of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in his former role as Pr ...

, Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika *

Eldridge Cleaver Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party. In 1968, Cleaver wrote '' Soul on Ice'', a collection of essays that, at the time of i ...

(1935–1998), civil rights leader & author * Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), philosopher *

Dahmane El Harrachi Dahmane El Harrachi (real name Abderrahmane Amrani), (July 7, 1926 – August 31, 1980), was an Algerian Chaâbi singer of Chaoui origin. His song Ya Rayah made him the best exported and most translated Chaabi artist. He moved to France in ...

, chaabi singer *

Marcelle Laloë Marcelle Aimée Léonie Laloë (Algiers, July 2, 1884 - Château de Losse, Thonac, Dordogne, September 5, 1974) was a French woman who was the wife of Emperor Hàm Nghi of the Nguyễn dynasty of Vietnam. She was the daughter of Francis Laloë, P ...

, (1884-1974), wife of Hàm Nghi *

Hàm Nghi Emperor Hàm Nghi (, vi-hantu, lit. "entirely right", ar, هام نغي; 3 August 1872 – 4 January 1943), personal name Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Lịch, also Nguyễn Phúc Minh, was the eighth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty. He reign ...

, eighth Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty *

Mohamed Hamdoud Mohamed "Moha" Hamdoud (born June 9, 1976 in El Biar, Algiers, Alger, Algeria) is an Algerian former football (soccer), football player. Club career International career Career statistics Club Honours * Won the Algerian Championnat Nat ...

, football player *

Tarek Lazizi Tarek "Baresi" Lazizi (born June 8, 1971) is a retired Algerian footballer in Finland. He played as a central defender. Career He was nicknamed «Baresi» after Italian defender Franco Baresi and is mostly remembered for his career-ending tack ...

, retired football player *

Djamel Menad Djamel Menad ( ar, جمال مناد; born 22 July 1960) is an Algerian retired professional footballer, who played as a forward and who manages USM El Harrach. Club career Born in El Bayadh, Menad started his playing career with CR Belouizdad ...

, retired football player *

Lahcène Nazef Lahcène Amar Nazef (born September 2, 1974 in Algiers, Algeria) is an Algerian football player who is currently playing as a midfielder for WA Boufarik in the Algerian third division.Abderrahmane Nekli Abderrahmane Nekli (July 19, 1914, in El Kseur – February 8, 1990) was an Algerian diplomat and ambassador. He served as Adviser on Foreign Affairs from 1964, Ambassador of Algeria to Niger from July 26, 1971, to June 30, 1978, and Director of t ...

, diplomat *

Issam Nima Issam Nima ( ar, عصام نيمة, born 8 April 1979 in El Biar, Alger) is an Algerian long jumper. His personal best long jump is 8.26 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Zaragoza which stands as the Algerian record as of today. He has also comp ...

, long jumper *

Georges Rochegrosse Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (; 2 August 1859 – 7 November 1938) was a French historical and decorative painter. Life and career He was born in Versailles and studied in Paris with Jules Joseph Lefebvre and Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Bo ...

, French painter *

Rouiched Ahmed Ayad (Arabic: أحمد عياد) better known by his stage name as Rouiched; was an Algerian comedy actor and singer, born on April 28, 1921, at Algiers and died on January 28, 1999, at El Biar (Algiers). Biography Rouiched was from Ka ...

, actor and comedian *

Abderrahmane Soukhane Abderrahmane Soukane (13 September 1936 – 5 July 2015) was an Algerian footballer who played as a striker. Biography Soukane was born in 1936 in El Biar, Algiers, Algeria. Nicknamed Soukane II, he started his playing career in the junior ran ...

, retired football player *

Moïse Tshombe Moïse Kapenda Tshombe (sometimes written Tshombé) (10 November 1919 – 29 June 1969) was a Congolese businessman and politician. He served as the president of the secessionist State of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and as prime minister of the D ...

, Congolese politician put under house arrest

Government and infrastructure

The Transport Ministry has its head office in El Biar.Contact
" Transport Ministry. Retrieved on 3 February 2012. "01, Chemin Ibn Badis El-Mouiz Ex Poirsson, El Biar 16300 Alger"

References

External links

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Ministry of Energy and Mining
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