Algeria
Algiers Province
Bir Mourad Rais

Bir Mourad Raïs

Bir Mourad Raïs, formerly Birmendreïs, is a town in , . The town is named in honor of the famous Ottoman admiral Murat Raïs. It is the birthplace of French Marxist philosopher Louis Althusser, and Ali Haroun, Member of the High Council of State.
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  • Type: Town with 45,300 residents
  • Description: town in Algiers Province, Algeria
  • Also known as: “Bir Mourad Rais”, “Birmandreis”, “El Mouradia”, “La Redoute”, and “Le Redoute”

Places of Interest

Highlights include El Mouradia Palace and Martyrs Memorial.

Public building
Photo: U.S. Department of State, Public domain.
is the office and residence of the president of Algeria. It is located in the neighborhood of on the hills overlooking . "El Mouradia" is also widely used as a shorthand for the Algerian president's office.

Photo: Poudou99, CC BY 3.0.
The Maqam Echahid is a concrete monument commemorating the Algerian War. The monument was opened on July 5th 1982, on the 20th anniversary of 's independence.

Heritage site
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The villa Sésini is a former torture center established in during the Algerian war in the city of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include El Mouradia and Hydra.

Town
El Mouradia-El Golf is a municipality in , . It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district. Its municipal code is 1627 and postal code is 16035 and it has a population of 29,503 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 11 seats in the PMA.

Town
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is a commune in the province of , . It is located in Bir Mourad Raïs district, in the plateau of western , the wealthier part of the national capital.

Town
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is a municipality in , . It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district. Its municipal code is 1603 and postal code is 16075. It has a population of 51,404 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA.

Bir Mourad Raïs

Latitude
36.73939° or 36° 44′ 22″ north
Longitude
3.05008° or 3° 3′ 0″ east
Population
45,300
Elevation
176 metres (577 feet)
United Nations Location Codes
DZ BIM, DZ D2H, and DZ EMU
Open location code
8F85P3Q2+Q2
Open­Street­Map ID
node 287172660
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2497460
Wiki­data ID
Q2534015
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Bir Mourad Raïs” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بئر مراد رايس”
  • Arabic: “بلدية بئر مراد رايس”
  • Arabic: “بلديه بئر مراد رايس”
  • Arabic: “بير مراد رايس”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bir-Murad-Rays”
  • Chinese: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Chinese: “比曼德利”
  • Croatian: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Danish: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Dutch: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بير مراد رايس”
  • Esperanto: “Bir Mourad Rais”
  • French: “Bir Mourad Rais”
  • French: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • French: “Birmandreis”
  • German: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • German: “Birmandreis (bei Algier)”
  • German: “Birmandreis”
  • Hebrew: “בירמנדראיס”
  • Irish: “Bir Mourad Rais”
  • Italian: “Bir Mourad Rais”
  • Italian: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Italian: “Birmendreis”
  • Italian: “Birmendreïs”
  • Japanese: “ビル・ムラッド・ライ”
  • Japanese: “ビルマンドレ”
  • Kabyle: “Bir Murad Rayes”
  • Malay: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Persian: “بیر مراد رایس”
  • Polish: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Portuguese: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Romanian: “Bir Mourad Rais”
  • Romanian: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Romanian: “Bir-Mourad-Raïs”
  • Russian: “Бир-Мурад-Раис”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بیر مراد رایس”
  • Spanish: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Swahili: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Swedish: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Turkish: “Bir Murad Reis”
  • Urdu: “بئر مراد رایس”
  • Vietnamese: “Bir Mourad Rais”
  • Vietnamese: “Bir Mourad Raïs”
  • Welsh: “Bir Mourad Raïs”

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