Ben Aknoun

Ben Aknoun بن عكنون
Commune
Country	Algeria
Province	Algiers
Area
• Land	3.67 km^2 (1.42 sq mi)
Population  (2008[1])
• Total	18,838
Time zone	UTC+1 (West Africa Time)

Ministry of Finance building, the Immueble Ahmed Francis

Ben Aknoun (Arabic: بن عكنون) is a commune of Algiers Province and a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. As of the 2008 census, the commune's population was 18,838.^[1]

The Ministry of Finance has its head office in the Immeuble Ahmed Francis (Ahmed Francis Building) in Ben Aknoun.^[2]

Education

American International School of Algiers' villa in Ben Aknoun in 2016.

The presence of a large diplomatic community in Ben Aknoun prompted the creation of international educational institutions. The American International School of Algiers provides an academic program for English-speaking students from kindergarten to the seventh grade, taught by U.S. educators.^[3] A French school, Lycée International Alexandre-Dumas d'Alger, has also its campus set in the city, serving French-speaking students from primary school (primaire) to senior high school (lycée).^[4]

Notable people

Main article: List of people from Algiers Province

References

1. "El Djazaïr (Province)". citypopulation.de. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
2. "Contactez-Nous." Ministry of Finance. Retrieved on 16 October 2012. "Immeuble Ahmed FRANCIS 16306 BEN AKNOUN - ALGER"
3. "Welcome". AISAlgiers.org. Retrieved 23 July 2020.
4. "Mentions légales" (in French). LIAD-Alger.fr. Archived from the original on 11 December 2017. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

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