Bab El Oued

Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre. As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.^[1]

Bab El Oued باب الواد
Commune
Bab El Oued
Location of Bab El Oued in the Algiers Province
Bab El Oued Location of Bab El Oued in the Algeria
Coordinates: 36°47′26.53″N 3°2′59.03″E
Country	Algeria
Province	Algiers Province
District	Bab El Oued District
APC	2012-2017
Government
• Type	Municipality
• Mayor	Athmane Sahbane
Area
• Total	43 sq mi (111 km2)
Population  (2014[citation needed])
• Total	214,900
• Density	149,000/sq mi (57,700/km2)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
Postal code	16007
ISO 3166 code	CP

History

During the existence of French Algeria, Bab El Oued was established as the main neighbourhood of poor pied-noirs, including many poor fishermen. Towards the end of the Algerian War, the neighbourhood became the stronghold of the Organisation armée secrète, until OAS attacks on the French Army led them to assault and purge the neighbourhood, during the siege of Bab el Oued in March 1962. Soon after, Algeria became independent, and the pied noir population fled the country. The neighbourhood was then settled by Muslim Algerians. The neighbourhood again gained notoriety during the leadup to the Algerian Civil War (which broke out in 1991) as a stronghold of the Islamic Salvation Front, or FIS. Its population in 1998 was 102,200.^[2]

Shrine

Located beyond the Bab al-Oued, on a hillside, is the tomb of 'Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (1383-1470), a revered scholar and mystic known as the patron saint of Algiers.^[3]

Notable people

• Sofia Boutella
• Dida Diafat
• Djamel Keddou
• Baya Rahouli
• Abdul Abdullah Yahia
• Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi is buried here
• Souad Massi

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References

• Algeria portal

1. "El Djazaïr (Province)". citypopulation.de. Archived from the original on 20 June 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
2. populstat Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
3. Bloom, Jonathan; Warner, Nicholas (2020). Architecture of the Islamic west: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1800. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 241. ISBN 978-0-300-21870-1. OCLC 1121602964. Archived from the original on 2024-05-22. Retrieved 2024-05-22.