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Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir, [wilaːja ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; 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 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.

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In 1984, Boumerdès Province and Tipaza Province were carved out of its territory.

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Administrative divisions

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Casbah of Algiers

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:

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
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The 13 districts of Algiers province

Communes

The communes are:

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  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)
  35. El Khroub
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Neighbourhoods

The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:

  1. Baba Ali [fr]
  2. Beau-Fraisier [fr]
  3. Casbah of Algiers
  4. Chevalley [ar]
  5. Cité 1er Novembre 1954 [ar]
  6. Cité Yahia Boushaki
  7. Club des Pins [ar]
  8. Diar el Mahçoul
  9. El Annasser [it]
  10. El Hamiz [fr]
  11. Hamma [fr]
  12. La Glacière [fr]
  13. Les Dunes [fr]
  14. Les Fusillés [fr]
  15. Moretti [fr]
  16. Riadh El Feth [ar]
  17. Saïd Hamdine [fr]
  18. Sidi Abdellah [fr]
  19. Sidi Yahia [fr]
  20. Tamentfoust
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History

Main article: History of Algeria

Ottoman Algeria

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Bombardment of Algiers by the fleet of Admiral Duquesne in 1682
Main article: Ottoman Algeria

French conquest

Main article: French conquest of Algeria

Independence Revolution

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The remains during the Battle of Algiers of a house in the Casbah of Algiers destroyed in the explosion that killed Ali la Pointe.
Main article: Algerian Revolution

Salafist terrorism

Main article: Salafist terrorism in Algeria
See also: Terrorist bombings in Algeria and List of Algerian massacres of the 1990s

Religion

Main articles: Algerian Islamic reference, Islam in Algeria, Ministry of Religious Affairs and Endowments in Algeria, and Muftis of Algiers

Mosques

Main article: Mosques in Algiers

Cemeteries

Main article: Cemeteries of Algiers

Zawiyas

Main article: Zawiyas in Algiers
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Education

Main articles: Education in Algeria, Ministry of National Education (Algeria), Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research (Algeria), and List of universities in Algeria

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Demography

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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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