where is algiers la
Location of Algiers within New Orleans (Note: Map shows only the upper half of Algiers). Algiers is a community within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. It is the only portion of Orleans Parish on the West Bank of the Mississippi River.Algiers is also known as the 15th Ward, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans.uch land in Algiers and elsewhere in south Louisiana was owned by John McDonogh, who was one of the world's largest private land owners until his death in 1850 when his estate was willed to public schools in Baltimore and New Orleans.