El Biar

El Biar الأبيار ⵍⴻⴱⵢⴰⵔ
Seal
El Biar
Coordinates: 36.769069°N 3.029684°E / 36.769069; 3.029684
Country	Algeria
Province	Algiers
Population  (1998)
• Total	52,582
Website	elbiar-dz.org

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

Main article: List of people from Algiers Province

• 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
• Mohamed Hamdoud, football player
• 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. 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"

External links

• (in English) Ministry of Energy and Mining