Algeria
Algiers Province
Bouzareah

Bouzaréah

Bouzareah or Bouzaréah, formerly known as Bouzriah, is a suburb of , Algeria. The former name is derived from Arabic and is commonly interpreted as meaning “city of the wind.” Bouzareah is situated at an altitude of over 300 metres above sea level.
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  • Type: Town with 83,800 residents
  • Description: Algerian commune in Algiers Province
  • Also known as: “Bonzarea”, “Bouzarea”, “Bouzareah”, “Bouzaréah ⴱⵓⵣⴰⵔⵔⵉⵄⴰ بوزريعة”, and “La Bouzaréa”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Astrophysical and Geophysical Astronomy Research Center and Notre-Dame d’Afrique.

Observatory
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The Algiers Observatory was built in the late 19th century in the suburb of Bouzaréah, Algeria, North Africa. It participated in the Astrographic Catalogue project, taking the zone between -2 and +4 degrees to expose 1,260 plates between the years 1891 and 1911.

Church
Photo: Magharebia, CC BY 2.0.
Basilique Notre Dame d'Afrique is a Catholic basilica in , . It is the origin of the modern Catholic devotion to Our Lady of Africa. Pope Pius IX granted two Pontifical decrees towards the shrine on the same day on 15 April 1876:… is situated 2½ km northeast of Bouzaréah.

Stadium
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is a multi-purpose stadium in , , . It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of USM Alger. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people. is situated 3 km northeast of Bouzaréah.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oued Koriche and El Biar.

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of in northern .

Suburb
Photo: Abderraouf BENLARBI, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a suburb of , . It is located in the administrative constituency of Bouzaréah in the . 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. is situated 2½ km southeast of Bouzaréah.

Suburb
Photo: Yves Jalabert, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a suburb of the city of in northern . It is named after ibn Ziri, who founded the city in 944. is situated 3 km northeast of Bouzaréah.

Bouzaréah

Latitude
36.79031° or 36° 47′ 25″ north
Longitude
3.01727° or 3° 1′ 2″ east
Population
83,800
Elevation
366 metres (1,201 feet)
Open location code
8F85Q2R8+4W
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3645120159
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2502174
Wiki­data ID
Q612537
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bouzaréah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بلدية بوزريعة”
  • Arabic: “بلديه بوزريعه”
  • Arabic: “بوزريعة”
  • Catalan: “Bouzereah”
  • Chinese: “Bouzareah”
  • Chinese: “布扎爾”
  • Dutch: “Bouzaréah”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بوزريعه”
  • French: “Bouzareah”
  • French: “Bouzaréah”
  • German: “Bouzareah”
  • German: “Bouzaréah”
  • Hebrew: “בוזריעה”
  • Italian: “Bouzaréah”
  • Japanese: “ブーザレアー”
  • Japanese: “ブザールアー”
  • Kabyle: “Buzerriɛa”
  • Kabyle: “Buzerriεa”
  • Malay: “Bouzareah”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bouzareah”
  • Persian: “بوزریعه”
  • Portuguese: “Bouzaréah”
  • Romanian: “Bouzaréah”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بوزریعه”
  • Spanish: “Bouzereah”
  • Swahili: “Bouzaréah”
  • Turkish: “Buzeriya”
  • Urdu: “بوزریعہ”
  • Vietnamese: “Bouzareah”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Bouzaréah”. Photo: Mehnimalik, CC BY-SA 3.0.