Algiers Province

Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir, [wilaːja ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; French: wilaya 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
Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E
Country	Algeria
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

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

Administrative divisions

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

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 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 Forest)
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 (El-Marsa Forest)
18. H'raoua
19. Hussein Dey
20. Khraïcia
21. Kouba
22. Mahelma
23. Mahelma Forest
24. Mohamed Belouizdad
25. Mohammedia
26. Oued Koriche
27. Oued Smar
28. Rahmania
29. Raïs Hamidou
30. Reghaïa
31. Rouïba
32. Souidania
33. Staouéli
34. Zéralda (Zeralda Forest)
35. El Khroub

Neighbourhoods

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

Main article: History of Algeria

Ottoman Algeria

Bombardment of Algiers by the fleet of Admiral Duquesne in 1682

Main article: Ottoman Algeria

• Bombardment of Algiers (1682)
• Bombardment of Algiers (1683)

French conquest

Main article: French conquest of Algeria

• 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

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

• Battle of Algiers (1956–57)
• Battle of Bab El Oued (23 March 1962)
• Villa Susini

Salafist terrorism

Main article: Salafist terrorism in Algeria

See also: Terrorist bombings in Algeria and List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s

• List of terrorist incidents in 2007
  • 2007 Algiers bombings (11 April 2007)
  • 2007 Algiers bombings (11 December 2007)

Religion

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

Mosques

Main article: Mosques in Algiers

• 
  Djamaa el Djazaïr
• 
  Djamaa el Kebir
• 
  Djamaa el Djedid
• 
  Ketchaoua Mosque
• 
  Safir Mosque

Cemeteries

Main article: Cemeteries of Algiers

• 
  Thaalibia Cemetery^[2]
• 
  Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery^[3]
• 
  Sidi Garidi Cemetery
• 
  El Kettar Cemetery^[4]
• 
  El Alia Cemetery^[5]

Zawiyas

Main article: Zawiyas in Algiers

• Zawiya Thaalibia in Algiers.
• Zawiya of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine [ar] in Algiers.
• Zawiya of Sidi Saadi [ar] in Algiers.
• Zawiya of Sidi Amar [fr] in Algiers.
• Zawiya Belkaïdia [fr] in Algiers.

Education

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

• 
  Emir Abdelkader Lyceum [ar]
• 
  College of Islamic Sciences in Algiers [ar]
• 
  Algiers 1 University
• 
  University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene

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Demography

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

Year	1998	2008
Population	2,561,992	2,988,145

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

• Algeria portal

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) Archived 2019-06-05 at the Wayback Machine 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".

External links

• (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)