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Algiers Province

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.

Algiers Province
ولاية الجزائر
Province
Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers
Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers
Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217
Country Algeria
CapitalAlgiers
Government
 • PPA presidentMohamed Zaïm (FLN)
 • WāliYoucef Charfa (since 2020)
Area
 • Total1,190 km2 (460 sq mi)
Population
 (2023)[1]
 • Total7,796,923
 • Density6,600/km2 (17,000/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01 (CET)
Area Code+213 (0) 21
ISO 3166 codeDZ-16
Districts13
Municipalities57

Territory edit

In 1984, Boumerdès Province and Tipaza Province were carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions edit

 
Casbah of Algiers

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
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 edit

The communes are:

District Commune Arabic
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


  1. Aïn Taya (Ain-Taya)
  2. Bab El Oued
  3. Bab Ezzouar
  4. Baba Hassen
  5. Bachdjerrah (Bach Djerrah)
  6. Bologhine (Bouloghine)
  7. Bordj El Bahri
  8. Bordj El Kiffan (Bordj El Kifan)
  9. Bourouba
  10. Casbah
  11. Dar El Beïda
  12. Douéra
  13. Draria
  14. El Achour
  15. El Harrach
  16. El Magharia
  17. El Marsa
  18. H'raoua
  19. Hussein Dey
  20. Khraïcia
  21. Kouba
  22. Mahelma
  23. Mohamed Belouizdad
  24. Mohammedia
  25. Oued Koriche
  26. Oued Smar
  27. Rahmania
  28. Raïs Hamidou
  29. Reghaïa
  30. Rouïba
  31. Souidania
  32. Staouéli
  33. Zéralda
  34. El Khroub

Neighbourhoods edit

The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:

  1. Baba Ali [fr]
  2. Beau-Fraisier [fr]
  3. Casbah of Algiers
  4. Chevalley [ar]
  5. Cité 1er Novembre 1954 [ar]
  6. Cité Yahia Boushaki
  7. Club des Pins [ar]
  8. Diar el Mahçoul
  9. El Annasser [it]
  10. El Hamiz [fr]
  11. Hamma [fr]
  12. La Glacière [fr]
  13. Les Dunes [fr]
  14. Les Fusillés [fr]
  15. Moretti [fr]
  16. Riadh El Feth [ar]
  17. Saïd Hamdine [fr]
  18. Sidi Abdellah [fr]
  19. Sidi Yahia [fr]
  20. Tamentfoust

History edit

Main article: History of Algeria

Ottoman Algeria edit

 
Bombardment of Algiers by the fleet of Admiral Duquesne in 1682
Main article: Ottoman Algeria

French conquest edit

Main article: French conquest of Algeria

Independence Revolution edit

 
The remains during the Battle of Algiers of a house in the Casbah of Algiers destroyed in the explosion that killed Ali la Pointe.
Main article: Algerian Revolution

Salafist terrorism edit

Main article: Salafist terrorism in Algeria
See also: Terrorist bombings in Algeria and List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s

Religion edit

Main articles: Algerian Islamic reference, Islam in Algeria, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments in Algeria, and Muftis of Algiers

Mosques edit

Main article: Mosques in Algiers

Cemeteries edit

Main article: Cemeteries of Algiers

Zawiyas edit

Main article: Zawiyas in Algiers

Education edit

Main articles: Education in Algeria, Ministry of National Education (Algeria), Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Algeria), and List of universities in Algeria

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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:

Historical population of Algiers Province
Year19982008
Population2,561,9922,988,145
Communes Population Growth rate between 1998 and 2008
Bordj El Kiffan 151,950   4.0 %
Djasr Kasentina 133,247   5.0 %
Baraki 116,375   2.1 %
Les Eucalyptus 116,107   1.9 %
Kouba 104,708   −0.1 %
Bab Ezzouar 96,597   0.5 %
Bachdjarah 93,289   0.4 %
Reghaia 85,452   2.6 %
Bouzereah 83,797   2.0 %
Cheraga 80,824   3.0 %
Dar El Beida 80,033   6.1 %
Birkhadem 77,749   3.6 %
Alger-Centre 75,541   −2.4 %
Bourouba 71,661   −0.8 %
Ain Benian 68,354   2.8 %
Sidi M'Hamed 67,873   −2.9 %
Bab El Oued 64,732   −3.0 %
Mohammadia 62,543   4.1 %
Rouiba 61,984   2.2 %
Douera 56,998   3.2 %
Bordj El bahri 52,816   6.7 %
Zeralda 51,552   4.6 %
El Harrach 48,869   0.1 %
Staoueli 47,664   2.1 %
El Biar 47,332   −1.1 %
Oued Koreiche 46,182   −1.5 %
Bir Mourad Rais 45,345   0.5 %
Draria 44,141   6.8 %
Hamma Annassers 44,050   −3.0 %
Bologhine 43,835   0.1 %
Saoula 41,690   2.9 %
El Achour 41,070   7.9 %
Sidi Moussa 40,750   3.9 %
Hussein Dey 40,698   −2.1 %
El Madania 40,301   −2.4 %
Casbah 36,762   −3.2 %
Beni Messous 36,191   7.7 %
Dely Ibrahim 35,230   1.5 %
Ain Taya 34,501   1.6 %
Oued Smar 32,062   4.2 %
El Magharia 31,453   0.3 %
Hydra 31,133   −1.4 %
Birtouta 30,575   3.5 %
Rais Hamidou 28,451   2.9 %
Khraicia 27,910   4.8 %
Ouled Fayet 27,593   6.3 %
Harraoua 27,565   4.3 %
Hammamet 23,990   2.1 %
Baba Hassen 23,756   5.7 %
El Mouradia 22,813   −2.6 %
Mahelma 20,758   3.5 %
Ouled Chebel 20,006   2.1 %
Ben Aknoun 18,838   −0.3 %
Souidania 17,105   4.0 %
Tessala El Merdja 15,847   4.0 %
El Mersa 12,100   3.3 %
Rahmania 7,396   2.6 %

References edit

  1. ^ 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) Office National des Statistiques.
  2. ^ "Cimetières d'Alger".
  3. ^ "Cimetières a Alger, on n'a plus de place pour enterrer nos morts".
  4. ^ ""Le secteur n'a pas bénéficié d'un intérêt particulier des autorités"".
  5. ^ "Etat des cimetières".

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