Algiers Province
Algiers Province
ولاية الجزائر | |
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![]() Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers | |
Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Capital | Algiers |
Government | |
• PPA president | Mohamed Zaïm (FLN) |
• Wāli | Youcef Charfa (since 2020) |
Area | |
• Total | 1,190 km2 (460 sq mi) |
Population (2023)[1] | |
• Total | 7,796,923 |
• Density | 6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01 (CET) |
Area Code | +213 (0) 21 |
ISO 3166 code | DZ-16 |
Districts | 13 |
Municipalities | 57 |
Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir, [wilaːja ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; French: province d'Alger) 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 and has a population of about 8 million. It is the most densely populated province of Algeria, and also the smallest by area.
In 1984, Boumerdès Province and Tipaza Province were carved out of its territory.
Administrative divisions
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Photo_de_la_Casbah_d%27Alger_en_Algerie.jpg/220px-Photo_de_la_Casbah_d%27Alger_en_Algerie.jpg)
Algiers province is coincident with the city of Algiers, and is divided into 13 districts, in turn subdivided into 57 communes or municipalities.
Districts
[edit]The districts, listed according to official numbering (from west to east), are:
1. Zéralda |
8. Sidi M'Hamed |
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Communes
[edit]The communes are:
District | Commune | Arabic |
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Bab El Oued District | Bab El Oued | باب الواد |
Bologhine | بولوغين | |
Casbah | قصبة | |
Oued Koreiche | واد قريش | |
Rais Hamidou | الرايس حميدو | |
Baraki District | Baraki | براقي |
Les Eucalyptus | کالیتوس | |
Sidi Moussa | سيدي موسى | |
Bir Mourad Raïs District | Bir Mourad Raïs | بير مراد رايس |
Birkhadem | بئر خادم | |
Djasr Kasentina | جسر قسنطينة | |
Hydra | حيدرة | |
Saoula | السحاولة | |
Birtouta District | Birtouta | بئر توتة |
Ouled Chebel | أولاد شبل | |
Tessala El Merdja | تسالة المرجة | |
Bouzaréah District | Ben Aknoun | بن عكنون |
Béni Messous | بني مسوس | |
Bouzaréah | بوزريعة | |
El Biar | الأبيار | |
Chéraga District | Aïn Bénian | عين البنيان |
Chéraga | الشراقة | |
Dély Ibrahim | دالي إبراهيم | |
Hammamet | الحمامات | |
Ouled Fayet | أولاد فايت | |
Sidi M'Hamed District | Alger Centre | الجزائر الوسطى |
El Madania | المدنية | |
El Mouradia | المرادية | |
Sidi M'Hamed | سيدي امحمد |
- Aïn Taya (Ain Taya Forest)
- Bab El Oued
- Bab Ezzouar
- Baba Hassen
- Bachdjerrah (Bach Djerrah)
- Bologhine (Bouloghine)
- Bordj El Bahri
- Bordj El Kiffan (Bordj El Kifan)
- Bourouba
- Casbah
- Dar El Beïda
- Douéra
- Draria
- El Achour
- El Harrach
- El Magharia
- El Marsa
- H'raoua
- Hussein Dey
- Khraïcia
- Kouba
- Mahelma
- Mahelma Forest
- Mohamed Belouizdad
- Mohammedia
- Oued Koriche
- Oued Smar
- Rahmania
- Raïs Hamidou
- Reghaïa
- Rouïba
- Souidania
- Staouéli
- Zéralda (Zeralda Forest)
- El Khroub
Neighbourhoods
[edit]The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:
History
[edit]Ottoman Algeria
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Bombardement_d%27Alger_1682.jpg/220px-Bombardement_d%27Alger_1682.jpg)
French conquest
[edit]- Invasion of Algiers (14 June 1830)
- Battle of Staouéli (18 June 1830)
- Massacre of El Ouffia (6 April 1832)
- First Raid on Reghaïa (8 May 1837)
Independence Revolution
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Casbah-cache-Ali-lapointe.jpg/220px-Casbah-cache-Ali-lapointe.jpg)
- Battle of Algiers (1956–57)
- Battle of Bab El Oued (23 March 1962)
- Villa Susini
Salafist terrorism
[edit]- List of terrorist incidents in 2007
- 2007 Algiers bombings (11 April 2007)
- 2007 Algiers bombings (11 December 2007)
Religion
[edit]Mosques
[edit]Cemeteries
[edit]Zawiyas
[edit]- Zawiya Thaalibia in Algiers.
- Zawiya of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine in Algiers.
- Zawiya of Sidi Saadi in Algiers.
- Zawiya of Sidi Amar in Algiers.
- Zawiya Belkaïdia in Algiers.
Education
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Demography
[edit]The population of the province of Algiers increased going from 2,561,992 in 1998 to 2,988,145 in 2008:
Year | 1998 | 2008 |
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Population | 2,561,992 | 2,988,145 |
Communes | Population | Growth rate between 1998 and 2008 |
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Bordj El Kiffan | 151,950 | ![]() |
Djasr Kasentina | 133,247 | ![]() |
Baraki | 116,375 | ![]() |
Les Eucalyptus | 116,107 | ![]() |
Kouba | 104,708 | ![]() |
Bab Ezzouar | 96,597 | ![]() |
Bachdjarah | 93,289 | ![]() |
Reghaia | 85,452 | ![]() |
Bouzereah | 83,797 | ![]() |
Cheraga | 80,824 | ![]() |
Dar El Beida | 80,033 | ![]() |
Birkhadem | 77,749 | ![]() |
Alger-Centre | 75,541 | ![]() |
Bourouba | 71,661 | ![]() |
Ain Benian | 68,354 | ![]() |
Sidi M'Hamed | 67,873 | ![]() |
Bab El Oued | 64,732 | ![]() |
Mohammadia | 62,543 | ![]() |
Rouiba | 61,984 | ![]() |
Douera | 56,998 | ![]() |
Bordj El bahri | 52,816 | ![]() |
Zeralda | 51,552 | ![]() |
El Harrach | 48,869 | ![]() |
Staoueli | 47,664 | ![]() |
El Biar | 47,332 | ![]() |
Oued Koreiche | 46,182 | ![]() |
Bir Mourad Rais | 45,345 | ![]() |
Draria | 44,141 | ![]() |
Hamma Annassers | 44,050 | ![]() |
Bologhine | 43,835 | ![]() |
Saoula | 41,690 | ![]() |
El Achour | 41,070 | ![]() |
Sidi Moussa | 40,750 | ![]() |
Hussein Dey | 40,698 | ![]() |
El Madania | 40,301 | ![]() |
Casbah | 36,762 | ![]() |
Beni Messous | 36,191 | ![]() |
Dely Ibrahim | 35,230 | ![]() |
Ain Taya | 34,501 | ![]() |
Oued Smar | 32,062 | ![]() |
El Magharia | 31,453 | ![]() |
Hydra | 31,133 | ![]() |
Birtouta | 30,575 | ![]() |
Rais Hamidou | 28,451 | ![]() |
Khraicia | 27,910 | ![]() |
Ouled Fayet | 27,593 | ![]() |
Harraoua | 27,565 | ![]() |
Hammamet | 23,990 | ![]() |
Baba Hassen | 23,756 | ![]() |
El Mouradia | 22,813 | ![]() |
Mahelma | 20,758 | ![]() |
Ouled Chebel | 20,006 | ![]() |
Ben Aknoun | 18,838 | ![]() |
Souidania | 17,105 | ![]() |
Tessala El Merdja | 15,847 | ![]() |
El Mersa | 12,100 | ![]() |
Rahmania | 7,396 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ Population résidente des ménages ordinaires et collectifs (MOC) selon la wilaya de résidence et le sexe et le taux d’accroissement annuel moyen (1998-2008) Archived 2019-06-05 at the Wayback Machine Office National des Statistiques.
- ^ "Cimetières d'Alger".
- ^ "Cimetières a Alger, on n'a plus de place pour enterrer nos morts".
- ^ ""Le secteur n'a pas bénéficié d'un intérêt particulier des autorités"".
- ^ "Etat des cimetières".
External links
[edit]- (in French) "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)