Hussein Dey is a

district A district is a type of administrative division that in some countries is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or county, counties, several municipality, municip ...

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 ...

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. It was named after the Ottoman provincial ruler of the

Regency of Algiers The Regency of Algiers was an Early modern period, early modern semi-independent Administrative divisions of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman province and nominal Tributary states of the Ottoman Empire, vassal state on the Barbary Coast of North Afr ...

. He had installed his country house near the beaches of the suburb of Algiers.Located on the seafront, between the Jardin d’essai, Maison Carree Kouba. Hussein Dey had several counties in its periphery: Leveilley, Brossette, Bel Air, Panorama, Côte-Blanche, Côte-Rouge, and Lafarge.

Municipalities

The district is further divided into 4

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: *

Hussein Dey Hussein Dey (real name Hüseyin bin Hüseyin; 1765–1838; ) was the last Dey of the Deylik of Algiers. Early life He was born either in İzmir or Urla in the Ottoman Empire. He went to Istanbul and joined the Canoneers (Topçular in Turkis ...

* Kouba * El Magharia * Belouzidad

Notable people

Known personalities from the area include: * Sidi M'hamed Bou Qobrine, theologian and Sufi * Brahim Boushaki, theologian and Sufi * Mohamed Aïchaoui, journalist, militant activist, politician * Mohamed Arkab, engineer, politician * Mohamed Belouizdad, militant activist, politician * Mohamed Missouri, boxer and coach *

Hocine Yahi Hocine Yahi (born April 25, 1960) is a retired Algerian international footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented Algeria at the 1982 FIFA World Cup. Club career At age 11, Yahi joined his hometown club of CR Belouizdad, where he would ...

, football player

References

Districts of Algiers Province {{Algiers-geo-stub