Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir, [wilaːja ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; French: wilaya d'Alger or 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 3 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  (2008)[1]
• 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

Territory

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

Administrative divisions

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

Communes

The communes are:

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

The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:

History

Ottoman Algeria

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

French conquest

• 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

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

Salafist terrorism

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

Religion

Mosques

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

Cemeteries

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

Zawiyas

• 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

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

,

Demography

The population of the province of Algiers increased going from 2,561,992 in 1998 to 2,988,145 in 2008:

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 %

Notable people

References

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)

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