Algiers Province


Province in Algeria


























Algiers Province


ولاية الجزائر

Province

Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers
Map of Algeria highlighting Algiers

Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217Coordinates: 36°42′N 3°13′E / 36.700°N 3.217°E / 36.700; 3.217
Country
 Algeria
CapitalAlgiers
Government

 • PPA presidentMohamed Zaïm (FLN)
 • Wāli
Abdelkader Zoukh (since 2013)
Area

 • Total1,190 km2 (460 sq mi)
Population
(2008)[1]

 • Total2,988,145
 • Density2,500/km2 (6,500/sq mi)
Time zone
UTC+01 (CET)
Area Code+213 (0) 21
ISO 3166 codeDZ-16
Districts13
Municipalities57

Algiers (Arabic: ولاية الجزائرWilāyat al-Jazāʼir, French: 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 département 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.




Contents





  • 1 Administrative divisions

    • 1.1 Districts


    • 1.2 Communes



  • 2 People


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links




Administrative divisions


Algiers province is divided into 13 districts and 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, listed alphabetically, are:



  1. Alger Centre

  2. Aïn Bénian


  3. Aïn Taya (Ain-Taya)

  4. Bab El Oued

  5. Bab Ezzouar

  6. Baba Hassen


  7. Bachdjerrah (Bach Djerrah)

  8. Baraki

  9. Ben Aknoun

  10. Bir Mourad Raïs


  11. Birkhadem (Bir Khadem)

  12. Birtouta


  13. Bologhine (Bouloghine)

  14. Bordj El Bahri


  15. Bordj El Kiffan (Bordj El Kifan)

  16. Bourouba

  17. Bouzaréah

  18. Béni Messous

  19. Casbah

  20. Chéraga

  21. Dar El Beïda

  22. Douéra

  23. Draria


  24. Dély Ibrahim (Dely Brahim)

  25. El Achour

  26. El Biar

  27. El Harrach

  28. El Madania

  29. El Magharia

  30. El Marsa

  31. El Mouradia

  32. Djasr Kasentina

  33. H'raoua

  34. Hammamet

  35. Hussein Dey

  36. Hydra

  37. Khraïcia

  38. Kouba

  39. Les Eucalyptus

  40. Mahelma

  41. Mohamed Belouizdad

  42. Mohammedia

  43. Oued Koriche

  44. Oued Smar

  45. Ouled Chebel

  46. Ouled Fayet

  47. Rahmania

  48. Raïs Hamidou

  49. Reghaïa

  50. Rouïba

  51. Saoula


  52. Sidi M'Hamed (Sidi Mhamed)

  53. Sidi Moussa

  54. Souidania

  55. Staouéli

  56. Tessala El Merdja

  57. Zéralda



People



  • Lyès Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement against the French.


References




  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.



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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