Algiers Province

Algiers Province ولاية الجزائر
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers
Country	Algeria
Capital	Algiers
Government
• PPA president	Mr. Mohamed Zaïm (FLN)
• Wāli	Mr. Mohamed Kebir Addou
Area
• Total	1,190 km2 (460 sq mi)
Population  (2008)
• Total	2,988,145
• Density	2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code	+213 (0) 21
ISO 3166 code	DZ-16
Districts	13
Municipalities	57

Algiers (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old French département of Algiers and has a population of about 3 million. It is the smallest and most densely populated province of Algeria.

Administrative divisions

Algiers province is divided into 13 districts and 57 communes or municipalities.

Districts

The districts, listed according to official numbering (from west to east), are:

1. Zéralda 2. Chéraga 3. Draria 4. Bir Mourad Raïs 5. Birtouta 6. Bouzaréah 7. Bab El Oued

8. Sidi M'Hamed 9. Hussein Dey 10. El Harrach 11. Baraki 12. Dar El Beïda 13. Rouïba

The 13 districts of Algiers province

Communes

The communes, listed alphabetically, are:

1. Alger Centre
2. Aïn Bénian
3. Aïn Taya (Ain-Taya)
4. Bab El Oued
5. Bab Ezzouar
6. Baba Hassen
7. Bachdjerrah (Bach Djerrah)
8. Baraki
9. Ben Aknoun
10. Bir Mourad Raïs
11. Birkhadem (Bir Khadem)
12. Birtouta
13. Bologhine (Bouloghine)
14. Bordj El Bahri
15. Bordj El Kiffan (Bordj El Kifan)
16. Bourouba
17. Bouzaréah
18. Béni Messous
19. Casbah
20. Chéraga
21. Dar El Beïda
22. Douéra
23. Draria
24. Dély Ibrahim (Dely Brahim)
25. El Achour
26. El Biar
27. El Harrach
28. El Madania
29. El Magharia
30. El Marsa
31. El Mouradia
32. Djasr Kasentina
33. H'raoua
34. Hammamet
35. Hussein Dey
36. Hydra
37. Khraïcia
38. Kouba
39. Les Eucalyptus
40. Mahelma
41. Mohamed Belouizdad
42. Mohammedia
43. Oued Koriche
44. Oued Smar
45. Ouled Chebel
46. Ouled Fayet
47. Rahmania
48. Raïs Hamidou
49. Reghaïa
50. Rouïba
51. Saoula
52. Sidi M'Hamed (Sidi Mhamed)
53. Sidi Moussa
54. Souidania
55. Staouéli
56. Tessala El Merdja
57. Zéralda

External links

• Template:Fr icon "Alger, Capitale previligiée pour l'investissement" (Archive) - National Agency of Investment Development (Agence Nationale de Développement de l'Investissement or ANDI, الوكالة الوطنية لتطوير الاستثمار)