Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, romanized: Wilāyat al-Jazāʾir, pronounced [wilaːjat ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; Berber languages: ⵓⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ, romanized: ugezdu n Dzayer, French: wilaya d'Alger) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is the most 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.
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
Neighbourhoods
The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:
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
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.
Demographics
The population of the province of Algiers increased going from 2,561,992 in 1998 to 2,988,145 in 2008: