El Alia Cemetery ( ar, مقبرة العالية ) is a cemetery in a suburb of Algiers in the

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. The name "El Alia" means in

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''which is high'', but came from the surname of the donor of the land in 1928, Hamza El-Alia.

History

It comprises tombs of numerous Algerian notables and also has the graves of actors and actresses and other artists (opera singers, musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, writers, poets). It also includes the tombs of several scientists, academicians and sports people. Allied soldiers who died during the North African Campaign were also buried there, including men who were evacuated to Africa after being wounded during

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, and who died there. Commonwealth graves are maintained by the

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Notable interments

Emir Abdelkader Abdelkader ibn Muhieddine (6 September 1808 – 26 May 1883; ar, عبد القادر ابن محي الدين '), known as the Emir Abdelkader or Abdelkader El Hassani El Djazairi, was an Algerian religious and military leader who led a struggl ...

, military, political and religious leader, freedom fighter, writer, human rights advocate (body controversially reinterned from 1883 burial grounds in Damascus near his mentor Ibn Arabi's body in 1965) *

Ahmed Mahsas Ahmed Mahsas (November 17, 1923 – February 24, 2013) was an Algerian militant in the nationalist movement against French Algeria. Early life Ahmed Mahsas was born on 17 November 1923 in Boudouaou, Kabylia (now Boumerdès). He grew up in the ...

, politician *

Kateb Yacine Kateb Yacine (; 2 August 1929 or 6 August 1929 – 28 October 1989) was an Algerian writer notable for his novels and plays, both in French and Algerian Arabic, and his advocacy of the Berber cause. Biography Kateb Yacine was officially bo ...

, writer * Colonel Amirouche, revolutionary fighter *

Lalla Fatma N'Soumer Lalla Fatma N'Soumer (c.1830 – c. 1863) ( kab, Lalla Faḍma n Sumer; ar, لالة فاطمة نسومر) was an Algerian anti-colonial leader during 1849–1857 of the French conquest of Algeria and subsequent Pacification of Algeria. ...

, important figure of the Algerian resistance movement * Krim Belkacem, revolutionary fighter and politician *

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, political leader *

Warda Al-Jazairia Warda Al-Jazairia ( ar, وردة الجزائرية; born Warda Mohammed Ftouki (); 22 July 1939 – 17 May 2012) was an Algerian singer. She was well known for her Egyptian Arabic songs and music. Her name was sometimes shortened to just Warda ( ...

, singer * Larbi Ben M'hidi, leader * Mohamed Benameur, football player *

Ali Kafi Ali Kafi ( ar, علي كافي; ALA-LC: ''ʿAlī Kāfī''; 7 October 1928 – 16 April 2013) was an Algerian politician who was Chairman of the High Council of State and acting President from 1992 to 1994. Early life Ali Kafi was born in ...

, politician * Smain Lamari, head of an Algerian intelligence service, the Department of Counter-Espionage and Internal Security *

M'hamed Benguettaf M'hamed Benguettaf ( – 5 January 2014) was an Algerian actor and playwright. M'hamed Benguettaf died following a long illness on 5 January 2014, aged 75, in his hometown of Algiers. He was buried in El Alia Cemetery El Alia Cemeter ...

, actor and playwright * Abderrezak Bouhara, politician *

Ahmed Ben Bella Ahmed Ben Bella ( ar, أحمد بن بلّة '; 25 December 1916 – 11 April 2012) was an Algerian politician, soldier and socialist revolutionary who served as the head of government of Algeria from 27 September 1962 to 15 September 1963 ...

, socialist soldier, revolutionary and first

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Chadli Bendjedid Chadli Bendjedid ( ar, الشاذلي بن جديد; ALA-LC: ''ash-Shādhilī bin Jadīd''; 14 April 1929 – 6 October 2012) was the third President of Algeria and an Algerian Nationalist. His presidential term of office ran from 9 February 19 ...

, politician and third

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colonel, military and politician, and second

* Djelloul Khatib, revolutionary fighter and public servant *

, politician * Mahfoud Nahnah, politician * Mostefa Beloucif, military * Ali Tounsi, Chief of

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's national police force * Abdelmadjid Aouchiche, founder of DNC/ANP and ex minister of the habitat * Mohamed Hardi, politician *

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, politician * Cherif Guellal, businessman and diplomat * Lakehal Ayat, military general and politician * Chérif Belkacem, politician * Gaston Désiré Chatelain, military adjudant-chef buried in 1958 he was exhumed in 1959 and buried in Thugny-Trugny,

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. *

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 ...

, politician and seventh

. *

Abdelkader Bensalah Abdelkader Bensalah ( ar, عبد القـادر بن صالح, ʿAbd āl-Qādar bin Ṣāliḥ, 24 November 1941 – 22 September 2021) was an Algerian politician. He served as the President of the Council of the Nation, the upper house of the ...

, politician,

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of the

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and acting Head of State of Algeria.

References

External links

*
El Alia Cemetery
at Find a Grave
El Alia Cemetery at billiongraves.com
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History

Notable interments

See also

References

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