Algiers Province
Daïra de Dar el Beïda
Commune de Bordj el Kiffan

Bordj El Kiffan

Bordj El Kiffan is a suburb of the city of in northern . It is in the eastern section of the city, near Matares Beach. Named Fort de l'Eau under French rule prior to 1962, used to be a famous beach resort within the Bay of Algiers, complete with luxury hotels and a casino.
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  • Type: Town with 152,000 residents
  • Description: municipality of Algeria
  • Also known as: “Burj Al Kifan” and “Fort de l’Eau”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Omar Benrabah Stadium and University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumediene.

Stadium
, is a multi-use located in the district of , . It is currently used mostly for football matches. is situated 3½ km southeast of Bordj El Kiffan.

University
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The University of Science and Technology – Houari Boumediene is a university located in the town of Bab-Ezzouar 15 kilometres from , . The university was designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and was inaugurated in 1974. is situated 4 km south of Bordj El Kiffan.

Ticket shop
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The is a tram system serving , the capital and largest city of . Opened in 2011, the network is operated by the Société d'exploitation des tramways and owned by the Entreprise Métro d'Alger.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dar El Beïda and Mohammadia.

Suburb
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is a suburb of , . It is the seat of the district with the same name. During French colonial times, it was officially called by its French name Maison Blanche, which meant the same thing as its current Arabic name: white house. is situated 4 km southeast of Bordj El Kiffan.

Suburb
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Mohamadia is a suburb of the city of in northern . is situated 4½ km southwest of Bordj El Kiffan.

Town
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is a suburb of the capital . The town is home to USM football club and the Higher National Veterinary School is located in the area. is situated 6 km southwest of Bordj El Kiffan.

Bordj El Kiffan

Latitude
36.7473° or 36° 44′ 50″ north
Longitude
3.1909° or 3° 11′ 27″ east
Population
152,000
Elevation
11 metres (36 feet)
United Nations Location Code
DZ BEK
Open location code
8F85P5WR+W9
Open­Street­Map ID
node 273094269
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2503661
Wiki­data ID
Q1184993
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Waray—“Bordj El Kiffan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “برج الكيفان”
  • Arabic: “بلديه برج الكيفان”
  • Catalan: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Catalan: “Fort-de-l’Eau”
  • Cebuano: “Bordj el Kiffan”
  • Chinese: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Chinese: “基凡堡”
  • Dutch: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “برج الكيفان”
  • Esperanto: “Borĝ El Kiffan”
  • French: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • French: “Fort de l’eau”
  • French: “Fort-de-l’eau”
  • German: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • German: “Burdsch al-Kifan”
  • German: “Burj-al-Kiffan”
  • Greek: “Μπορτζ Ελ Κιφάν”
  • Hebrew: “בורג‘ אל-כיפאן”
  • Italian: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Japanese: “ボルジ・エル・キッファン”
  • Kabyle: “Burj Lkifan”
  • Lithuanian: “Bordj el Kiffan”
  • Lithuanian: “Bordž el Kifanas”
  • Lithuanian: “Burj al Kifan”
  • Luxembourgish: “Burj-al-Kiffan”
  • Malay: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Norwegian: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Persian: “برج الکیفان، الجزایر”
  • Polish: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Polish: “Burdż al-Kifan”
  • Portuguese: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Romanian: “Bordj El Kifan”
  • Romanian: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Russian: “Бурдж-эль-Киффан”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Borj El Kifan”
  • South Azerbaijani: “برج الکیفان، الجزاییر”
  • Spanish: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Swahili: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Swedish: “Bordj el Kiffan”
  • Turkish: “Burcü’l-Kifan”
  • Urdu: “برج الکیفان”
  • Vietnamese: “Bordj El Kiffan”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Bordj el Kiffan”

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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 “Bordj El Kiffan”. Photo: Medifel, CC BY-SA 3.0.