Algiers Province
{{Short description|Province of Algeria}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Algiers Province
| native_name = ولاية الجزائر
| native_name_lang = ar
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| type = Province
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| image_map = DZ-16 (2019).svg
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| map_caption = Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers
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| map_caption1 = Map of the 13 districts of Algiers
| coordinates = {{coord|36|42|N|3|13|E|region:DZ-16_type:adm1st|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Algeria}}
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Algiers
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| leader_party =
| leader_title = PPA president
| leader_name = Mohamed El-Habib Benboulaid (FLN)
| leader_title1 = Wāli
| leader_name1 = Youcef Charfa (since 2020)
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 1190
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| population_total = 7796923
| population_as_of = 2023
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = CET
| utc_offset1 = +01
| iso_code = DZ-16
| area_code_type = Area Code
| area_code = +213 (0) 21
| blank_name_sec1 = Districts
| blank_info_sec1 = 13
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Algiers Province ({{langx|ar|ولاية الجزائر}}, {{transl|ar|ALA|Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir}}, {{IPA|ar|wilaːja ald͡ʒazaːʔir|}}; {{langx|fr|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.
In 1984, Boumerdès Province and Tipaza Province were carved out of its territory.
Administrative divisions
File:Photo de la Casbah d'Alger en Algerie.jpg]]
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:
| valign="top"
| style="width: 20em" | 1. Zéralda 2. Chéraga 3. Draria 5. Birtouta 6. Bouzaréah 7. Bab El Oued | style="width: 20em" | 8. Sidi M'Hamed 9. Hussein Dey 10. El Harrach 11. Baraki 12. Dar El Beïda 13. Rouïba | |
=Communes=
The communes are:
| class="wikitable sortable"
!District !Commune !Arabic |
| rowspan="5" |Bab El Oued District
|باب الواد |
| Bologhine
|بولوغين |
| Casbah
|قصبة |
| Oued Koreiche
|واد قريش |
| Rais Hamidou
|الرايس حميدو |
| rowspan="3" |Baraki District
|براقي |
| Les Eucalyptus
|کالیتوس |
| Sidi Moussa
|سيدي موسى |
| rowspan="5" |Bir Mourad Raïs District
|بير مراد رايس |
| Birkhadem
|بئر خادم |
| Djasr Kasentina
|جسر قسنطينة |
| Hydra
|حيدرة |
| Saoula
|السحاولة |
| rowspan="3" |Birtouta District
|بئر توتة |
| Ouled Chebel
|أولاد شبل |
| Tessala El Merdja
|تسالة المرجة |
| rowspan="4" |Bouzaréah District
|بن عكنون |
| Béni Messous
|بني مسوس |
| Bouzaréah
|بوزريعة |
| El Biar
|الأبيار |
| rowspan="5" |Chéraga District
|عين البنيان |
| Chéraga
|الشراقة |
| Dély Ibrahim
|دالي إبراهيم |
| Hammamet
|الحمامات |
| Ouled Fayet
|أولاد فايت |
| rowspan="4" |Sidi M'Hamed District
|الجزائر الوسطى |
| El Madania
|المدنية |
| El Mouradia
|المرادية |
| Sidi M'Hamed
|سيدي امحمد |
- Aïn Taya (Ain Taya Forest)
- Bab El Oued
- Bab Ezzouar
- Baba Hassen
- Bachdjerrah (Bach Djerrah)
- Bologhine (Bouloghine)
- Bordj El Bahri
- Bordj El Kiffan (Bordj El Kifan)
- Bourouba
- Casbah
- Dar El Beïda
- Douéra
- Draria
- El Achour
- El Harrach
- El Magharia
- El Marsa (El-Marsa Forest)
- H'raoua
- Hussein Dey
- Khraïcia
- Kouba
- Mahelma
- Mahelma Forest
- Mohamed Belouizdad
- Mohammedia
- Oued Koriche
- Oued Smar
- Rahmania
- Raïs Hamidou
- Reghaïa
- Rouïba
- Souidania
- Staouéli
- Zéralda (Zeralda Forest)
- El Khroub
Neighbourhoods
The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:
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- {{interlanguage link|Baba Ali (Algiers)|fr|Baba Ali (agglomération)|lt=Baba Ali}}
- {{interlanguage link|Beau-Fraisier|fr|Beau-Fraisier}}
- Casbah of Algiers
- {{interlanguage link|Chevalley (Algiers)|ar|شوفالي|lt=Chevalley}}
- {{interlanguage link|Cité 1er Novembre 1954|ar|حي أول نوفمبر}}
- Cité Yahia Boushaki
- {{interlanguage link|Club des Pins|ar|نادي الصنوبر}}
- Diar el Mahçoul
- {{interlanguage link|El Annasser|it|El Annasser}}
- {{interlanguage link|El Hamiz|fr|El Hamiz}}
- {{interlanguage link|Hamma (Algiers)|fr|Hamma (Alger)|lt=Hamma}}
- {{interlanguage link|La Glacière (Algiers)|fr|La Glacière (Alger)|lt=La Glacière}}
- {{interlanguage link|Les Dunes (Algiers)|fr|Les Dunes (Algérie)|lt=Les Dunes}}
- {{interlanguage link|Les Fusillés (Algiers)|fr|Les Fusillés|lt=Les Fusillés}}
- {{interlanguage link|Moretti (Algiers)|fr|Moretti (station balnéaire)|lt=Moretti}}
- {{interlanguage link|Riadh El Feth|ar|رياض الفتح}}
- {{interlanguage link|Saïd Hamdine|fr|Saïd Hamdine}}
- {{interlanguage link|Sidi Abdellah (Algiers)|fr|Sidi Abdellah|lt=Sidi Abdellah}}
- {{interlanguage link|Sidi Yahia (Algiers)|fr|Sidi Yahia|lt=Sidi Yahia}}
- Tamentfoust
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History
{{Main|History of Algeria}}
=Ottoman Algeria=
File:Bombardement d'Alger 1682.jpg by the fleet of Admiral Duquesne in 1682]]
{{Main|Ottoman Algeria}}
=French conquest=
{{Main|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=
File:Casbah-cache-Ali-lapointe.jpg of a house in the Casbah of Algiers destroyed in the explosion that killed Ali la Pointe.]]
{{Main|Algerian Revolution}}
- Battle of Algiers (1956–57)
- Battle of Bab El Oued (23 March 1962)
- Villa Susini
=Salafist terrorism=
{{Main|Salafist terrorism in Algeria}}
{{See also|Terrorist bombings in Algeria|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|Algerian Islamic reference|Islam in Algeria|Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments in Algeria|Muftis of Algiers}}
=Mosques=
{{main|Mosques in Algiers}}
File:Grande Mosquée d'Alger.jpg|Djamaa el Djazaïr
File:Alger-Grande-Mosquée.jpg|Djamaa el Kebir
File:Alger-Place-des-Martyrs-Casbah cropped.jpg|Djamaa el Djedid
File:The Ketchaoua Mosque.jpg|Ketchaoua Mosque
File:جامع سفير القصبة 3.JPG|Safir Mosque
=Cemeteries=
{{main|Cemeteries of Algiers}}
File:Cimetière des Thaalba à Alger 5.JPG|Thaalibia Cemetery{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/elwatan/19230|title = Cimetières d'Alger}}
File:Marabout Sidi M'hamed Alger.jpg|Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/elwatan/497099|title = Cimetières a Alger, on n'a plus de place pour enterrer nos morts}}
File:Sidi Garidi Cemetery in Kouba مقبرة سيدي قاريدي في القبة.jpg|Sidi Garidi Cemetery
File:El Kettar القطار.jpg|El Kettar Cemetery{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/letemps/8980|title="Le secteur n'a pas bénéficié d'un intérêt particulier des autorités"}}
File:Alya-door2.jpg|El Alia Cemetery{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/fr/infosoir/25731|title = État des cimetières}}
=Zawiyas=
{{main|Zawiyas in Algiers}}
- Zawiya Thaalibia in Algiers.
- {{interlanguage link|Zawiya of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine (Algiers)|ar|زاوية سيدي أمحمد بوقبرين|lt=Zawiya of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine}} in Algiers.
- {{ill|Zaouïa of Sidi Saâdi|lt=Zawiya of Sidi Saadi|ar|زاوية سي السعدي|display=y}} in Algiers.
- {{interlanguage link|Zawiya of Sidi Amar|fr|Zaouïa de Sidi Amar}} in Algiers.
- {{interlanguage link|Zawiya Belkaïdia (Algiers)|fr|Zaouïa de Sidi Belkaïd|lt=Zawiya Belkaïdia}} in Algiers.
Education
{{main|Education in Algeria|Ministry of National Education (Algeria)|Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Algeria)|List of universities in Algeria}}
File:Algiers, High School (GRI) - Flickr - Getty Research Institute.jpg|{{interlanguage link|Emir Abdelkader Lyceum|ar|ثانوية الأمير عبد القادر}}
File:Caroubier University - Hussein Dey - Wilaya of Algiers.jpg|{{interlanguage link|College of Islamic Sciences in Algiers|ar|كلية العلوم الإسلامية في الجزائر}}
File:Université d'Alger.jpg|Algiers 1 University
File:USTHB5.JPG|University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene
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Demography
The population of the province of Algiers increased going from {{formatnum:2561992}} in 1998 to {{formatnum:2988145}} in 2008:
{{Demography
| titre = Demographic evolution
| 1998 = {{formatnum:2561992}}
| 2008 = {{formatnum:2988145}}
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! Communes ! Population ! Growth rate between 1998 and 2008 |
| Bordj El Kiffan
| align="right" | {{formatnum:151950}} | align="center" | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:4.0}} % |
| Djasr Kasentina
| align="right" | {{formatnum:133247}} | align="center" | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:5.0}} % |
| Baraki
| align="right" | {{formatnum:116375}} | align="center" | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:2.1}} % |
| Les Eucalyptus
| align="right" | {{formatnum:116107}} | align="center" | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:1.9}} % |
| Kouba
| align="right" | {{formatnum:104708}} | align="center" | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-0.1}} % |
| Bab Ezzouar
| align="right" | {{formatnum:96597}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:0.5}} % |
| Bachdjarah
| align="right" | {{formatnum:93289}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:0.4}} % |
| Reghaia
| align="right" | {{formatnum:85452}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:2.6}} % |
| Bouzaréah
| align="right" | {{formatnum:83797}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:2.0}} % |
| Chéraga
| align="right" | {{formatnum:80824}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:3.0}} % |
| Dar El Beïda
| align="right" | {{formatnum:80033}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:6.1}} % |
| Birkhadem
| align="right" | {{formatnum:77749}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:3.6}} % |
| Alger-Centre
| align="right" | {{formatnum:75541}} | align="center" | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-2.4}} % |
| Bourouba
| align="right" | {{formatnum:71661}} | align="center" | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-0.8}} % |
| Ain Benian
| align="right" | {{formatnum:68354}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:2.8}} % |
| Sidi M'Hamed
| align=right | {{formatnum:67873}} | align=center | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-2.9}} % |
| Bab El Oued
| align=right | {{formatnum:64732}} | align=center | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-3.0}} % |
| Mohammadia
| align="right" | {{formatnum:62543}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:4.1}} % |
| Rouiba
| align="right" | {{formatnum:61984}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:2.2}} % |
| Douera
| align="right" | {{formatnum:56998}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:3.2}} % |
| Bordj El bahri
| align="right" | {{formatnum:52816}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:6.7}} % |
| Zeralda
| align="right" | {{formatnum:51552}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:4.6}} % |
| El Harrach
| align="right" | {{formatnum:48869}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:0.1}} % |
| Staouéli
| align="right" | {{formatnum:47664}} | align="center" |{{augmentation}} {{Formatnum:2.1}} % |
| El Biar
| align=right | {{formatnum:47332}} | align=center | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-1.1}} % |
| Oued Koreiche
| align=right | {{formatnum:46182}} | align=center | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-1.5}} % |
| Bir Mourad Raïs
| align=right | {{formatnum:45345}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:0.5}} % |
| Draria
| align=right | {{formatnum:44141}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:6.8}} % |
| Hamma Annassers
| align=right | {{formatnum:44050}} | align=center | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-3.0}} % |
| Bologhine
| align=right | {{formatnum:43835}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:0.1}} % |
| Saoula
| align=right | {{formatnum:41690}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:2.9}} % |
| El Achour
| align=right | {{formatnum:41070}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:7.9}} % |
| Sidi Moussa
| align=right | {{formatnum:40750}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:3.9}} % |
| Hussein Dey
| align="right" | {{formatnum:40698}} | align="center" | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-2.1}} % |
| El Madania
| align="right" | {{formatnum:40301}} | align="center" | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-2.4}} % |
| Casbah
| align="right" | {{formatnum:36762}} | align="center" | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-3.2}} % |
| Béni Messous
| align=right | {{formatnum:36191}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:7.7}} % |
| Dély Ibrahim
| align=right | {{formatnum:35230}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:1.5}} % |
| Ain Taya
| align=right | {{formatnum:34501}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:1.6}} % |
| Oued Smar
| align=right | {{formatnum:32062}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:4.2}} % |
| El Magharia
| align=right | {{formatnum:31453}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:0.3}} % |
| Hydra
| align="right" | {{formatnum:31133}} | align="center" | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-1.4}} % |
| Birtouta
| align=right | {{formatnum:30575}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:3.5}} % |
| Rais Hamidou
| align=right | {{formatnum:28451}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:2.9}} % |
| Khraicia
| align=right | {{formatnum:27910}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:4.8}} % |
| Ouled Fayet
| align=right | {{formatnum:27593}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:6.3}} % |
| Harraoua
| align=right | {{formatnum:27565}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:4.3}} % |
| Hammamet
| align=right | {{formatnum:23990}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:2.1}} % |
| Baba Hassen
| align=right | {{formatnum:23756}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:5.7}} % |
| El Mouradia
| align="right" | {{formatnum:22813}} | align="center" | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-2.6}} % |
| Mahelma
| align=right | {{formatnum:20758}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:3.5}} % |
| Ouled Chebel
| align=right | {{formatnum:20006}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:2.1}} % |
| Ben Aknoun
| align="right" | {{formatnum:18838}} | align="center" | {{Diminution}} {{formatnum:-0.3}} % |
| Souidania
| align=right | {{formatnum:17105}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:4.0}} % |
| Tessala El Merdja
| align=right | {{formatnum:15847}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:4.0}} % |
| El Mersa
| align=right | {{formatnum:12100}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:3.3}} % |
| Rahmania
| align=right | {{formatnum:7396}} | align=center | {{augmentation}} {{formatnum:2.6}} % |
References
{{Portal|Algeria}}
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{in lang|fr}} "[https://web.archive.org/web/20120417054154/http://www.andi.dz/fr/PDF/MONOGRAPHIE/Alger.pdf Alger, Capitale previligiée pour l'investissement]" ([http://web.archive.org/web/20120417054154/http://www.andi.dz/fr/PDF/MONOGRAPHIE/Alger.pdf Archive]) – National Agency of Investment Development (Agence Nationale de Développement de l'Investissement or ANDI, الوكالة الوطنية لتطوير الاستثمار)
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