Algiers Province

 ( Provinces Of Algeria ) 

Algiers Province (, ; ) 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.

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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.

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Districts The districts, listed according to official numbering (from west to east), are:

1. Zéralda 2. Chéraga 3. Draria District 4. Bir Mourad Raïs 5. Birtouta 6. Bouzaréah 7. Bab El Oued| style="width: 20em"	8. Sidi M'Hamed 9. Hussein Dey 10. El Harrach 11. Baraki District 12. Dar El Beïda 13. Rouïba

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Communes The communes are:

Bab El Oued District	Bab El Oued	باب الواد
	Bologhine	بولوغين
	Casbah	قصبة
	Oued Koriche	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 Forest)
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 (El-Marsa Forest)
18. H'raoua
19. Hussein Dey
20. Khraïcia
21. Kouba
22. Mahelma
23. Mahelma Forest
24. Mohamed Belouizdad
25. Mohammedia
26. Oued Koriche
27. Oued Smar
28. Rahmania
29. Raïs Hamidou
30. Reghaïa
31. Rouïba
32. Souidania
33. Staouéli
34. Zéralda (Zeralda Forest)

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Neighbourhoods The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:

1. Casbah of Algiers
2. Yahia Boushaki
3. Diar el Mahçoul
4. Tamentfoust

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History

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Ottoman Algeria

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

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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)

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Independence Revolution

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

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Salafist terrorism

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

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Religion

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Mosques 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

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Cemeteries File:Cimetière des Thaalba à Alger 5.JPG|Thaalibia Cemetery File:Marabout Sidi M'hamed Alger.jpg|Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery File:Sidi Garidi Cemetery in Kouba مقبرة سيدي قاريدي في القبة.jpg|Sidi Garidi Cemetery File:El Kettar القطار.jpg|El Kettar Cemetery File:Alya-door2.jpg|El Alia Cemetery

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Zawiyas

• Zawiya Thaalibia in Algiers.
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• in Algiers.

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Education File:Algiers, High School (GRI) - Flickr - Getty Research Institute.jpg| File:Caroubier University - Hussein Dey - Wilaya of Algiers.jpg| File:Université d'Alger.jpg|Algiers 1 University File:USTHB5.JPG|University of Science and Technology Houari Boumédiène ,

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Demography The population of the province of Algiers increased going from in 1998 to in 2008:

Bordj El Kiffan		%
Djasr Kasentina		%
Baraki		%
Les Eucalyptus		%
Kouba		%
Bab Ezzouar		%
Bachdjerrah		%
Reghaia		%
Bouzaréah		%
Chéraga		%
Dar El Beïda		%
Birkhadem		%
Alger-Centre		%
Bourouba		%
Ain Benian		%
Sidi M'Hamed		%
Bab El Oued		%
Mohammadia		%
Rouïba		%
Douéra		%
Bordj El bahri		%
Zeralda		%
El-Harrach		%
Staouéli		%
El Biar		%
Oued Koriche		%
Bir Mourad Raïs		%
Draria		%
Hamma Annassers		%
Bologhine		%
Saoula		%
El Achour		%
Sidi Moussa		%
Hussein Dey		%
El Madania		%
Casbah		%
Béni Messous		%
Dély Ibrahim		%
Ain Taya		%
Oued Smar		%
El Magharia		%
Hydra		%
Birtouta		%
Rais Hamidou		%
Khraicia		%
Ouled Fayet		%
Harraoua		%
Hammamet		%
Baba Hassen		%
El Mouradia		%
Mahelma		%
Ouled Chebel		%
Ben Aknoun		%
Souidania		%
Tessala El Merdja		%
El Mersa		%
Rahmania		%

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External links

• " 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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