Algeria
Algiers Province
Bab El Oued

Bāb al-Wādī

Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in , the capital of , along the coast north of the . As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.
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  • Type: Suburb with 64,700 residents
  • Description: Commune d’Algérie
  • Also known as: “Bab el Oued”, “Bab El Oued”, “BEO”, and “Faubourg Bab el Oued”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Serkadji Prison and Ketchaoua Mosque.

Museum
, formerly Barberousse Prison, was a high-security prison in , Algeria; in 1995, about two-thirds of the 1,500 prisoners detained are accused or convicted of terrorism.

Mosque
Photo: LeilaBouras, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , also known as Djamaa Ketchaoua, is a in the city of , the capital of . Completed in the 17th century, during Ottoman period, the mosque is located at the foot of the , a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is on the first of the Casbah's many steep stairways.

Mosque
Photo: Habib kaki, CC0.
The or Great Mosque of Algiers, is a located in the city of , Algeria. Built in 1097, it is one of the few remaining examples of Almoravid architecture.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Casbah and Oued Koriche.

Suburb
The of Algiers, commonly referred to as the , corresponds to the old town or medina of , the capital of Algeria. It is a historic district that has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1992.

Suburb
is a suburb of the city of in northern .

Suburb
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a municipality in , . It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district, and it has a population of 96,329 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA.

Bāb al-Wādī

Latitude
36.79077° or 36° 47′ 27″ north
Longitude
3.05308° or 3° 3′ 11″ east
Population
64,700
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Open location code
8F85Q3R3+86
Open­Street­Map ID
node 290029840
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Geo­Names ID
2505857
Wiki­data ID
Q312019
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Bāb al-Wādī” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “باب الواد”
  • Arabic: “باب الوادي”
  • Arabic: “بلدية باب الوادي”
  • Armenian: “Բաբ Էլ Ուեդ”
  • Catalan: “Bab El-Oued”
  • Chinese: “Bab El Oued”
  • Chinese: “巴布瓦德”
  • Dutch: “Bab El Oued”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “باب الوادى”
  • French: “Bab El Oued”
  • French: “Bab El-Oued”
  • French: “Bab-el-Oued”
  • German: “Bāb al-Wādī”
  • German: “Bab El Oued”
  • Greek: “Μπαμπ Ελ Ουέντ”
  • Hebrew: “באב אל וואד”
  • Hebrew: “באב אל-ואד”
  • Italian: “Bab El Oued”
  • Kabyle: “Bab Lwad”
  • Malay: “Bab El-Oued”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bab El Oued”
  • Persian: “باب وادی”
  • Portuguese: “Bab El Oued”
  • Romanian: “Bab El Oued”
  • Romanian: “Bab-El-Oued”
  • Russian: “Баб эль-Уэд”
  • Russian: “Баб-эль-Уэд”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bab El Oued”
  • South Azerbaijani: “باب وادی”
  • Spanish: “Bab El Oued”
  • Swedish: “Bab El Oued”
  • Turkish: “Babü’l-Vadi”
  • Urdu: “باب الوادی”
  • Vietnamese: “Bab El Oued”

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