El Biar
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El Biar (from Arabic "الأبيار", meaning "The Wells") is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It is located in the administrative constituency of Bouzaréah in the Algiers Province. As of the 1998 census, it has a population of 52,582 inhabitants. The suburb's postal code is 16030 and its municipal code is 1610.
Buildings
Notable people
- René Aleman (1913–1989), French weightlifter
- Khalil Boukedjane, football player
- Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937–2021), 5th President of Algeria (1999–2019){{cite web|url=https://maroc-diplomatique.net/algerie-la-famille-bouteflika-delogee-de-la-residence-presidentielle1/|title=Algérie : la famille Bouteflika délogée de la résidence présidentielle ?|publisher=Maroc Diplomatique|accessdate=18 September 2021|language=French}}
- Saïd Bouteflika, Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika{{cite web|title=Saïd Bouteflika : Mister mystère|url=http://www.jeuneafrique.com/136661/politique/saed-bouteflika-mister-myst-re/|author=Farid Alilat|website=jeuneafrique.com|date=5 August 2013|access-date=21 October 2013}}
- Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), civil rights leader & author
- Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), philosopher
- Dahmane El Harrachi, chaabi singer
- Marcelle Laloë, (1884–1974), wife of Hàm Nghi
- Hàm Nghi, eighth Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty
- Mohamed Hamdoud, football player
- Tarek Lazizi, retired football player
- Djamel Menad, retired football player
- Lahcène Nazef, football player
- Abderrahmane Nekli, diplomat
- Issam Nima, long jumper
- Georges Rochegrosse, French painter
- Rouiched, actor and comedian
- Moïse Tshombe, Congolese politician put under house arrest
Government and infrastructure
The Transport Ministry has its head office in El Biar."[http://www.ministere-transports.gov.dz/index.php?option=com_contact&Itemid=3 Contact] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211155201/http://www.ministere-transports.gov.dz/index.php?option=com_contact&Itemid=3 |date=2017-02-11 }}." Transport Ministry. Retrieved on 3 February 2012. "01, Chemin Ibn Badis El-Mouiz Ex Poirsson, El Biar 16300 Alger"
References
{{Portal|Algeria}}
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External links
- {{in lang|en}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20090207190752/http://mem-algeria.org/english/index.php Ministry of Energy and Mining]
{{Algiers Province}}{{Authority control}}