# Algiers Province

Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir,; 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.
In 1984, Boumerdès Province and Tipaza Province were carved out of its territory.

## 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:
| 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 | The 13 districts of Algiers province |

### Communes

The communes are:
| District | Commune | Arabic |
| Bab El Oued District | Bab El Oued | باب الواد |
| Bab El Oued District | Bologhine | بولوغين |
| Bab El Oued District | Casbah | قصبة |
| Bab El Oued District | Oued Koreiche | واد قريش |
| Bab El Oued District | Rais Hamidou | الرايس حميدو |
| Baraki District | Baraki | براقي |
| Baraki District | Les Eucalyptus | کالیتوس |
| Baraki District | Sidi Moussa | سيدي موسى |
| Bir Mourad Raïs District | Bir Mourad Raïs | بير مراد رايس |
| Bir Mourad Raïs District | Birkhadem | بئر خادم |
| Bir Mourad Raïs District | Djasr Kasentina | جسر قسنطينة |
| Bir Mourad Raïs District | Hydra | حيدرة |
| Bir Mourad Raïs District | Saoula | السحاولة |
| Birtouta District | Birtouta | بئر توتة |
| Birtouta District | Ouled Chebel | أولاد شبل |
| Birtouta District | Tessala El Merdja | تسالة المرجة |
| Bouzaréah District | Ben Aknoun | بن عكنون |
| Bouzaréah District | Béni Messous | بني مسوس |
| Bouzaréah District | Bouzaréah | بوزريعة |
| Bouzaréah District | El Biar | الأبيار |
| Chéraga District | Aïn Bénian | عين البنيان |
| Chéraga District | Chéraga | الشراقة |
| Chéraga District | Dély Ibrahim | دالي إبراهيم |
| Chéraga District | Hammamet | الحمامات |
| Chéraga District | Ouled Fayet | أولاد فايت |
| Sidi M'Hamed District | Alger Centre | الجزائر الوسطى |
| Sidi M'Hamed District | El Madania | المدنية |
| Sidi M'Hamed District | El Mouradia | المرادية |
| Sidi M'Hamed District | Sidi M'Hamed | سيدي امحمد |
* 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)
* El Khroub

## Neighbourhoods

The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:
* Baba Ali [fr]
* Beau-Fraisier [fr]
* Casbah of Algiers
* Chevalley [ar]
* Cité 1er Novembre 1954 [ar]
* Cité Yahia Boushaki
* Club des Pins [ar]
* Diar el Mahçoul
* El Annasser [it]
* El Hamiz [fr]
* Hamma [fr]
* La Glacière [fr]
* Les Dunes [fr]
* Les Fusillés [fr]
* Moretti [fr]
* Riadh El Feth [ar]
* Saïd Hamdine [fr]
* Sidi Abdellah [fr]
* Sidi Yahia [fr]
* 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

* Djamaa el Djazaïr
* Djamaa el Kebir
* Djamaa el Djedid
* Ketchaoua Mosque
* Safir Mosque

### Cemeteries

* Thaalibia Cemetery
* Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine Cemetery
* Sidi Garidi Cemetery
* El Kettar Cemetery
* El Alia Cemetery

### Zawiyas

* Zawiya Thaalibia in Algiers.
* Zawiya of Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine [ar] in Algiers.
* Zawiya of Sidi Saadi [ar] in Algiers.
* Zawiya of Sidi Amar [fr] in Algiers.
* Zawiya Belkaïdia [fr] in Algiers.

## Education

* Emir Abdelkader Lyceum [ar]
* College of Islamic Sciences in Algiers [ar]
* Algiers 1 University
* University of Science and Technology Houari Boumediene

## Demography

The population of the province of Algiers increased going from 2,561,992 in 1998 to 2,988,145 in 2008:
Historical population of Algiers Province :
| Year | 1998 | 2008 |
| Population | 2,561,992 | 2,988,145 |
| Communes | Population | Growth rate between 1998 and 2008 |
| Bordj El Kiffan | 151,950 | 4.0 % |
| Djasr Kasentina | 133,247 | 5.0 % |
| Baraki | 116,375 | 2.1 % |
| Les Eucalyptus | 116,107 | 1.9 % |
| Kouba | 104,708 | −0.1 % |
| Bab Ezzouar | 96,597 | 0.5 % |
| Bachdjarah | 93,289 | 0.4 % |
| Reghaia | 85,452 | 2.6 % |
| Bouzaréah | 83,797 | 2.0 % |
| Chéraga | 80,824 | 3.0 % |
| Dar El Beïda | 80,033 | 6.1 % |
| Birkhadem | 77,749 | 3.6 % |
| Alger-Centre | 75,541 | −2.4 % |
| Bourouba | 71,661 | −0.8 % |
| Ain Benian | 68,354 | 2.8 % |
| Sidi M'Hamed | 67,873 | −2.9 % |
| Bab El Oued | 64,732 | −3.0 % |
| Mohammadia | 62,543 | 4.1 % |
| Rouiba | 61,984 | 2.2 % |
| Douera | 56,998 | 3.2 % |
| Bordj El bahri | 52,816 | 6.7 % |
| Zeralda | 51,552 | 4.6 % |
| El Harrach | 48,869 | 0.1 % |
| Staouéli | 47,664 | 2.1 % |
| El Biar | 47,332 | −1.1 % |
| Oued Koreiche | 46,182 | −1.5 % |
| Bir Mourad Raïs | 45,345 | 0.5 % |
| Draria | 44,141 | 6.8 % |
| Hamma Annassers | 44,050 | −3.0 % |
| Bologhine | 43,835 | 0.1 % |
| Saoula | 41,690 | 2.9 % |
| El Achour | 41,070 | 7.9 % |
| Sidi Moussa | 40,750 | 3.9 % |
| Hussein Dey | 40,698 | −2.1 % |
| El Madania | 40,301 | −2.4 % |
| Casbah | 36,762 | −3.2 % |
| Béni Messous | 36,191 | 7.7 % |
| Dély Ibrahim | 35,230 | 1.5 % |
| Ain Taya | 34,501 | 1.6 % |
| Oued Smar | 32,062 | 4.2 % |
| El Magharia | 31,453 | 0.3 % |
| Hydra | 31,133 | −1.4 % |
| Birtouta | 30,575 | 3.5 % |
| Rais Hamidou | 28,451 | 2.9 % |
| Khraicia | 27,910 | 4.8 % |
| Ouled Fayet | 27,593 | 6.3 % |
| Harraoua | 27,565 | 4.3 % |
| Hammamet | 23,990 | 2.1 % |
| Baba Hassen | 23,756 | 5.7 % |
| El Mouradia | 22,813 | −2.6 % |
| Mahelma | 20,758 | 3.5 % |
| Ouled Chebel | 20,006 | 2.1 % |
| Ben Aknoun | 18,838 | −0.3 % |
| Souidania | 17,105 | 4.0 % |
| Tessala El Merdja | 15,847 | 4.0 % |
| El Mersa | 12,100 | 3.3 % |
| Rahmania | 7,396 | 2.6 % |