Algiers Province

Algiers (ولاية الجزائر Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir, Wilaya d'Alger) is a province (wilayah) 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. It is the smallest and most densely populated province of Algeria.

Administrative divisions
Algiers province is divided into 13 districts and 57 communes or municipalities.

Districts
The districts, listed according to official numbering (from west to east), are:

Communes
The communes, listed alphabetically, are:


 * 1) Alger Centre
 * 2) Aïn Bénian
 * 3) Aïn Taya (Ain-Taya)
 * 4) Bab El Oued
 * 5) Bab Ezzouar
 * 6) Baba Hassen
 * 7) Bachdjerrah (Bach Djerrah)
 * 8) Baraki
 * 9) Ben Aknoun
 * 10) Bir Mourad Raïs
 * 11) Birkhadem (Bir Khadem)
 * 12) Birtouta
 * 13) Bologhine (Bouloghine)
 * 14) Bordj El Bahri
 * 15) Bordj El Kiffan (Bordj El Kifan)
 * 16) Bourouba
 * 17) Bouzaréah
 * 18) Béni Messous
 * 19) Casbah
 * 20) Chéraga
 * 21) Dar El Beïda
 * 22) Douéra
 * 23) Draria
 * 24) Dély Ibrahim (Dely Brahim)
 * 25) El Achour
 * 26) El Biar
 * 27) El Harrach
 * 28) El Madania
 * 29) El Magharia
 * 30) El Marsa
 * 31) El Mouradia
 * 32) Djasr Kasentina
 * 33) H'raoua
 * 34) Hammamet
 * 35) Hussein Dey
 * 36) Hydra
 * 37) Khraïcia
 * 38) Kouba
 * 39) Les Eucalyptus
 * 40) Mahelma
 * 41) Mohamed Belouizdad
 * 42) Mohammedia
 * 43) Oued Koriche
 * 44) Oued Smar
 * 45) Ouled Chebel
 * 46) Ouled Fayet
 * 47) Rahmania
 * 48) Raïs Hamidou
 * 49) Reghaïa
 * 50) Rouïba
 * 51) Saoula
 * 52) Sidi M'Hamed (Sidi Mhamed)
 * 53) Sidi Moussa
 * 54) Souidania
 * 55) Staouéli
 * 56) Tessala El Merdja
 * 57) Zéralda

People

 * Lyès Deriche, 20th-century leader of the Algerian national political movement against the French.