Algiers Province
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| Algiers Province | |
| ولاية الجزائر | |
 Map of Algeria highlighting the Province of Algiers |
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| Province Code | 16 |
| Area Code | +213 (0) 21 |
| Administration | |
| Capital | Algiers |
| Districts | 13 |
| Municipalities | 57 |
| Wāli | Mr. Mohamed Kebir Addou |
| PPA president | Mr. Mohamed Zaïm (FLN) |
| Basic statistics | |
| Area | 273 km² (105.4 sq mi) |
| Population | 2,947,461[1] (2008) |
| Density | 10,796.6/km² (27,964.5/sq mi) |
Algiers (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر) is a province 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.
[edit] Administrative divisions
It is divided into 13 districts and 57 municipalities. The districts are according to official numbering (they were numbered from west to east):
- Zéralda
- Chéraga
- Draria
- Birtouta
- Bir Mourad Raïs
- Bouzaréah
- Bab El Oued
- Sidi M'Hamed
- Hussein Dey
- El Harrach
- Baraki
- Dar El Beïda
- Rouïba
The municipalities are:
- Aïn Benian
- Ain-Taya
- Alger centre
- Baba Hassen
- Bab El-Oued
- Bab Ezzouar
- Bach Djerrah
- Baraki
- Belouizdad
- Ben Aknoun
- Beni Messous
- Bir Khadem
- Bir-Mourad-Raïs
- Bordj El Bahri
- Bordj El Kifan
- Bouloghine
- Bourouba
- Bouzareah
- Casbah
- Chéraga
- Dar El Beïda
- Dely Brahim
- Douera
- Draria
- El Achour
- El Biar
- El Harrach
- El Madania
- El Magharia
- El Mouradia
- Gué de Constantine
- Hussein-Dey
- Hydra
- Khraicia
- Kouba
- Les Eucalyptus
- Mahelma
- Mohamadia
- Oued Koriche
- Oued Smar
- Ouled Fayet
- Raïs-Hamidou (ex-La pointe pescade)
- Reghaïa
- Rouiba
- Saoula
- Sidi Mhamed
- Souidania
- Staoueli
- Zeralda
[edit] References
- ^ Office National des Statistiques, Recensement General de la Population et de l’Habitat 2008 Preliminary results of the 2008 population census. Accessed on 2008-07-02.
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