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 d ...
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. It is located in the
administrative constituency of
Bouzaréah
Bouzareah or Bouzaréah ( ar, بوزريعة, būzareah, link=no) is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It had a population of 69,200 people in 1998[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 Algier ...]
. 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
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Villa Susini
Notable people
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René Aleman (1913–1989), French weightlifter
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Khalil Boukedjane, football player
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937–2021), 5th
President of Algeria (1999–2019)
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Saïd Bouteflika, Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), civil rights leader & author
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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida (; ; born Jackie Élie Derrida; See also . 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in numerous texts, and which was developed th ...
(1930–2004), philosopher
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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
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Marcelle Laloë, (1884-1974), wife of Hàm Nghi
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Hàm Nghi, eighth Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty
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Mohamed Hamdoud, football player
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Tarek Lazizi, retired football player
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Djamel Menad, retired football player
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Lahcène Nazef, football player
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Abderrahmane Nekli, diplomat
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Issam Nima, long jumper
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Georges Rochegrosse, French painter
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Rouiched, actor and comedian
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Abderrahmane Soukhane, retired football player
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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 ...
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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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Suburbs of Algiers
Communes of Algiers Province
Algiers Province