El Biar

El Biar
الأبيار
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Official seal of El Biar
Seal
El Biar is located in Algeria
El Biar
El Biar
Coordinates: 36°46′09″N 3°01′47″E / 36.769069°N 3.029684°E / 36.769069; 3.029684
Country Algeria
ProvinceAlgiers
Population
 (1998)
 • Total
52,582
Ministry of Energy and Mining in El Biar by night

El Biar (from Arabic "الأبيار", meaning "The Wells") is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It is located in the administrative constituency of Bouzaréah in the Algiers Province. 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

  • Villa Susini

Notable people

  • René Aleman (1913–1989), French weightlifter
  • Khalil Boukedjane, football player
  • Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937–2021), 5th President of Algeria (1999–2019)[1]
  • Saïd Bouteflika, Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika[2]
  • Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), civil rights leader & author
  • Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), philosopher
  • Dahmane El Harrachi, chaabi singer
  • Marcelle Laloë, (1884–1974), wife of Hàm Nghi
  • Hàm Nghi, eighth Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty
  • Mohamed Hamdoud, football player
  • Tarek Lazizi, retired football player
  • Djamel Menad, retired football player
  • Lahcène Nazef, football player
  • Abderrahmane Nekli, diplomat
  • Issam Nima, long jumper
  • Georges Rochegrosse, French painter
  • Rouiched, actor and comedian
  • Moïse Tshombe, Congolese politician put under house arrest

Government and infrastructure

The Transport Ministry has its head office in El Biar.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Algérie : la famille Bouteflika délogée de la résidence présidentielle ?" (in French). Maroc Diplomatique. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2021.
  2. ^ Farid Alilat (5 August 2013). "Saïd Bouteflika : Mister mystère". jeuneafrique.com. Retrieved 21 October 2013.
  3. ^ "Contact Archived 2017-02-11 at the Wayback Machine." Transport Ministry. Retrieved on 3 February 2012. "01, Chemin Ibn Badis El-Mouiz Ex Poirsson, El Biar 16300 Alger"
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