Algiers Province
Province of Algeria
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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.
Districts
The districts, listed according to official numbering (from west to east), are:
Communes
The communes are:
- 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)
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Neighbourhoods
The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:
- Baba Ali
- Beau-Fraisier
- Casbah of Algiers
- Chevalley
- Cité 1er Novembre 1954
- Cité Yahia Boushaki
- Club des Pins
- Diar el Mahçoul
- El Annasser
- El Hamiz
- Hamma
- La Glacière
- Les Dunes
- Les Fusillés
- Moretti
- Riadh El Feth
- Saïd Hamdine
- Sidi Abdellah
- Sidi Yahia
- Tamentfoust
History
Ottoman Algeria
- Bombardment of Algiers (1682)
- Bombardment of Algiers (1683)
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)
Independence Revolution
- Battle of Algiers (1956–57)
- Battle of Bab El Oued (23 March 1962)
- Villa Susini
Salafist terrorism
- List of terrorist incidents in 2007
- 2007 Algiers bombings (11 April 2007)
- 2007 Algiers bombings (11 December 2007)
Religion
Mosques
Cemeteries
Zawiyas
- Zawiya Thaalibia in Algiers.
- Zawiya of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine in Algiers.
- Zawiya of Sidi Saadi in Algiers.
- Zawiya of Sidi Amar in Algiers.
- Zawiya Belkaïdia in Algiers.
Education
Demographics
The population of the province of Algiers increased going from 2,561,992 in 1998 to 2,988,145 in 2008:
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