El Biar (from Arabic "الأبيار", meaning "The Wells") is a suburb of
Algiers,
Algeria
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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 Algie ...]
. 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
René Aleman (23 November 1913 – 1989) was a French weightlifter. He competed in the men's lightweight event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Personal life
Aleman enlisted in the French Armed Forces in 1936. During the Second World War, he ...
(1913–1989), French weightlifter
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Khalil Boukedjane, football player
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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 201 ...
(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, wh ...
(1999–2019)
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Saïd Bouteflika, Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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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
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Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), philosopher
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Dahmane El Harrachi, 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
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 B ...
, French painter
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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
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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 ranks ...
, 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 De ...
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Congolese
Congolese or Kongolese may refer to:
African peoples
* Congolese people (disambiguation)
* Kongo people, a Bantu ethnic group who live along the Atlantic coast of Africa from Pointe-Noire (Republic of Congo) to Luanda, Angola, primarily defined by ...
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