El Biar

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.

1. Buildings

Villa Susini

1. Notable people

René Aleman (1913–1989), French weightlifter Khalil Boukedjane, football player Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937–2021), 5th President of Algeria (1999–2019) Saïd Bouteflika, Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika 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 Mustapha Ayad, actor and comedian Moïse Tshombe, Congolese politician put under house arrest

1. Government and infrastructure

The Transport Ministry has its head office in El Biar.

1. References


1. External links

(in English) Ministry of Energy and Mining