Alger Centre

Alger Centre is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district,^[1] and it has a population of 96,329 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA.^[2]

Name

The name of the municipality is officially bilingual (French: Alger Centre, Arabic: الجزائر الوسطى or وسط الجزائر‎). The French name means "Algiers-Center" and the first version of the Arabic name means Central Algiers, and the later means "Center of Algiers". True to its name, this municipality forms the downtown of Algiers, and the port of Algiers is also located there.

References

Algiers Province Zéralda District Zéralda Staouéli Souidania Rahmania Mahelma Chéraga District Chéraga Hammamet Dély Ibrahim Aïn Bénian Ouled Fayet Draria District Draria Baba Hassen Douéra Khraïcia El Achour Birtouta District Birtouta Ouled Chebel Tessala El Merdja Bir Mourad Raïs District Bir Mourad Raïs Hydra Saoula Birkhadem Gué de Constantine Bouzaréah District Bouzaréah Béni Messous Ben Aknoun El Biar Bab El Oued District Bab El Oued Casbah Bologhine Oued Koriche Raïs Hamidou Hussein Dey District Hussein Dey Kouba El Magharia Mohamed Belouizdad Sidi M'Hamed District Sidi M'Hamed El Madania El Mouradia Alger Centre El Harrach District El Harrach Oued Smar Bourouba Bachdjerrah Baraki District Baraki Les Eucalyptus Sidi Moussa Dar El Beïda District Dar El Beïda Bab Ezzouar Aïn Taya El Marsa Bordj El Bahri Bordj El Kiffan Mohammedia Rouïba District Rouïba Reghaïa H'raoua

Coordinates: 36°46′N 3°03′E / 36.767°N 3.050°E / 36.767; 3.050