El Biar (from Arabic "الأبيار", meaning "The Wells") is a suburb of
Algiers
Algiers is the capital city of Algeria as well as the capital of the Algiers Province; it extends over many Communes of Algeria, communes without having its own separate governing body. With 2,988,145 residents in 2008Census 14 April 2008: Offi ...
,
Algeria
Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...
. It is located in the
administrative constituency of
Bouzaréah in the
Algiers Province
Algiers Province (, ', ; ) is a Provinces of Algeria, province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old Departments of France#Departments of Algeria (Départements d'Al ...
. 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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René Aleman (1913–1989), French weightlifter
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Khalil Boukedjane, football player
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Abdelaziz Bouteflika
Abdelaziz Bouteflika (; ; 2 March 1937 – 17 September 2021) was an Algerian politician and diplomat who served as the seventh president of Algeria from 1999 to his resignation in 2019.
Before his stint as an Algerian politician, Bouteflika s ...
(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.
The current president is Abdelmadjid Tebbo ...
(1999–2019)
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Saïd Bouteflika, Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika
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Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), civil rights leader & author
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Jacques Derrida
Jacques Derrida (; ; born Jackie Élie Derrida;Peeters (2013), pp. 12–13. See also 15 July 1930 – 9 October 2004) was a French Algerian philosopher. He developed the philosophy of deconstruction, which he utilized in a number of his texts, ...
(1930–2004), philosopher
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Dahmane El Harrachi, chaabi singer
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Marcelle Laloë, (1884–1974), wife of Hàm Nghi
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Hàm Nghi, eighth Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty
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Mohamed Hamdoud, football player
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Tarek Lazizi, retired football player
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Djamel Menad, retired football player
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Lahcène Nazef, football player
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Abderrahmane Nekli, diplomat
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Issam Nima, long jumper
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Georges Rochegrosse, French painter
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Rouiched, actor and comedian
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Moïse Tshombe
Moïse Kapenda Tshombe (sometimes written Tshombé; 10 November 1919 – 29 June 1969) was a List of people from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congolese businessman and politician. He served as the president of the secessionist State of ...
,
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
Algiers Province