Algiers Province

Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir, [wilaːja ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; 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 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 / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217
Country	Algeria
Capital	Algiers
Government
• PPA president	Mohamed Zaïm (FLN)
• Wāli	Youcef Charfa (since 2020)
Area
• Total	1,190 km^2 (460 sq mi)
Population  (2023)^[1]
• Total	7,796,923
• Density	6,600/km^2 (17,000/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

 

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)
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:

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

•  

  Madrasa Thaalibia

•  

  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 %

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Algiers Province

• Sidi Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi, 15th-century theologian and sufi.
• Sidi Ahmed Zouaoui, 15th-century theologian ans sufi.
• Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine, 18th-century theologian ans sufi.
• Mohamed ben Zamoum, 19th-century resistant against French colonization.
• Khalid ibn Hashim, 19th-20th-century resistant against French colonization.
• Abdelhalim Bensmaia, 20th-century scholar, reformist, humanist and musician.
• Lyès Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement.
• Brahim Boushaki, 20th-century theologian ans sufi.
• Ali La Pointe, 20th-century militant of the Algerian national political movement.
• Mohamed Aïchaoui, 20th-century militant of the Algerian national political movement.
• Mohamed Seghir Boushaki, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement.
• El Hadj M'Hamed El Anka, 20th-century artist.
• Ahmed Mahsas, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement.
• Hocine Mezali, 20th-21st-century journalist and writer.
• Djamila Bouhired, 20th-century militant of the Algerian national political movement.
• Hassiba Ben Bouali, 20th-century militant of the Algerian national political movement.
• Mohamed Belouizdad, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement against the French.
• Djamila Boupacha, 20th-century militant of the Algerian national political movement.
• Mohamed Bencheneb, 20th-century professor, writer and historian.
• Mourad Didouche, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement.
• Ali Haroun, 20th-century politician and lawyer.
• Mohamed Missouri, 20th-century boxer and coach.
• Hamdan Khodja, 19th-century dignitary and scholar.
• Mohamed Belhocine, 20th-21st-century professor of internal medicine and epidemiology.
• Amine ibn El Boushaki, 20th-21st-century judoka.
• Amina Belouizdad, 20th-century television presenter.
• Shahnez Boushaki, 21st-century basketball player.
• Ali Fawzi Rebaine, 21st-century politician and doctor.
• Mohamed Arkab, 20th-21st-century politician and engineer.
• Rezki Zerarti, 20th-21st-century politician and engineer.
• Feriel Boushaki, 21st-century artist.

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) 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) "" (Archive) - National Agency of Investment Development (Agence Nationale de Développement de l'Investissement or ANDI, الوكالة الوطنية لتطوير الاستثمار)