El Mouradia
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El Mouradia (Arabic: المرادية) is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district.[1] Its municipal code is 1627 and postal code is 16070 and it has a population of 29,503 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 11 seats in the PMA. [2]
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El Mouradia is also the name of the main presidential palace in Algeria. It is a Mauresque style villa pre-dating independence that was chosen to house the Algerian presidency's main offices, including the Algerian president's office itself. El Mouradia symbolises the Algerian presidency therefore just like the White House or the Kremlin symbolise the American or Russian presidencies. Entrance is guarded by dismounted troops from the Algerian Haras Joumhouri (Republican Cavalry).
[edit] References
- ^ The official journal of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.
- ^ The official journal of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria. Retrieved on 2007-11-06.