Algiers Province

Infobox Algerian Province

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name1 = Algiers
name2 = الجزائر
provincecode = 16
areacode = 21
capital = Algiers
districts = 13
municipalities = 57
wali = Mr. Mohamed Kebir Addou
president = Mr. Mohamed Zaïm (FLN)
order = 1 E+8 m²
area1 = 273
area2 = 105.4
population = 2,947,461 [http://rgph2008.ons.dz/resultat/histo.htm 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. ]
popyear = 2008
density1 = 10,796.6
density2 = 27,964.5|

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.

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
#Hussein Dey
#Sidi M'Hamed
#El Harrach
#Baraki
#Dar El Beïda
#Rouïba

The municipalities are:
*Aïn Benian
*Ain-bessem
*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
*Reghaïa
*Rouiba
*Saoula
*Sidi Mhamed
*Souidania
*Staoueli
*Zeralda

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