El Biar (from Arabic "الأبيار", meaning "The Wells") is a suburb of
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques d ...
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. It is located in the
administrative constituency of
Bouzaréah
Bouzareah or Bouzaréah ( ar, بوزريعة, būzareah, link=no) is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It had a population of 69,200 people in 1998[Algiers Province
Algiers Province ( ar, ولاية الجزائر, ', ; french: wilaya d'Alger or ) 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 Algier ...]
. As of the 1998 census, it has a population of 52,582 inhabitants. The suburb's postal code is 16030 and its municipal code is 1610.
Buildings
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Villa Susini
Notable people
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Khalil Boukedjane
Khalil Boukedjane (born January 27, 1981 in El Biar) is a former Algerian footballer.
Club career
In June 2005, Boukedjane joined CR Belouizdad.
Honours
* Won the Algerian Cup once with CR Belouizdad in 2009
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, football player
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ar, عبد العزيز بوتفليقة, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Būtaflīqa ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as President of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019 ...
(1937–2021), 5th
President of Algeria
The president of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria is the head of state and chief executive of Algeria, as well as the commander-in-chief of the Algerian People's National Armed Forces.
History of the office
The Tripoli Program, whi ...
(1999–2019)
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Saïd Bouteflika
Saïd Bouteflika ( ar, سعيد بوتفليقة; ber, ⵙⵄⵉⴷ ⴰⵠⵓⵜⴼⵉⵇⴰ; born January 1958) is an Algerian politician and academic. He is the brother and was a special adviser of Abdelaziz Bouteflika in his former role as Pr ...
, Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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Eldridge Cleaver
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) was an American writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party.
In 1968, Cleaver wrote '' Soul on Ice'', a collection of essays that, at the time of i ...
(1935–1998), civil rights leader & author
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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida (; ; born Jackie Élie Derrida; See also . 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was an Algerian-born French philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in numerous texts, and which was developed th ...
(1930–2004), philosopher
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Dahmane El Harrachi
Dahmane El Harrachi (real name Abderrahmane Amrani), (July 7, 1926 – August 31, 1980), was an Algerian Chaâbi singer of Chaoui origin. His song Ya Rayah made him the best exported and most translated Chaabi artist.
He moved to France in ...
, chaabi singer
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Hàm Nghi
Emperor Hàm Nghi (, vi-hantu, lit. "entirely right", ar, هام نغي; 3 August 1872 – 4 January 1943), personal name Nguyễn Phúc Ưng Lịch, also Nguyễn Phúc Minh, was the eighth emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn dynasty. He reign ...
, eighth Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty
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Mohamed Hamdoud
Mohamed "Moha" Hamdoud (born June 9, 1976 in El Biar, Algiers, Alger, Algeria) is an Algerian former football (soccer), football player.
Club career
International career
Career statistics Club
Honours
* Won the Algerian Championnat Nat ...
, football player
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Tarek Lazizi
Tarek "Baresi" Lazizi (born June 8, 1971) is a retired Algerian footballer in Finland. He played as a central defender.
Career
He was nicknamed «Baresi» after Italian defender Franco Baresi and is mostly remembered for his career-ending tack ...
, retired football player
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Djamel Menad
Djamel Menad ( ar, جمال مناد; born 22 July 1960) is an Algerian retired professional footballer, who played as a forward and who manages USM El Harrach.
Club career
Born in El Bayadh, Menad started his playing career with CR Belouizdad ...
, retired football player
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Lahcène Nazef, football player
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Abderrahmane Nekli, diplomat
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Issam Nima
Issam Nima ( ar, عصام نيمة, born 8 April 1979 in El Biar, Alger) is an Algerian long jumper. His personal best long jump is 8.26 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Zaragoza which stands as the Algerian record as of today. He has also comp ...
, long jumper
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Georges Rochegrosse, French painter
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Rouiched, actor and comedian
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Abderrahmane Soukhane, retired football player
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Moïse Tshombe
Moïse Kapenda Tshombe (sometimes written Tshombé) (10 November 1919 – 29 June 1969) was a Congolese businessman and politician. He served as the president of the secessionist State of Katanga from 1960 to 1963 and as prime minister of the D ...
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Congolese politician put under house arrest
Government and infrastructure
The
Transport Ministry has its head office in El Biar.
Contact
" Transport Ministry. Retrieved on 3 February 2012. "01, Chemin Ibn Badis El-Mouiz Ex Poirsson, El Biar 16300 Alger"
References
External links
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Ministry of Energy and Mining
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Suburbs of Algiers
Communes of Algiers Province