Algiers
Algiers is a neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is across the Mississippi River from the rest of New Orleans. Connected to the city by bridge and Ferry, it has attractions, restaurants, and bed & breakfasts in an area an easy trip to central New Orleans while retaining some of the feel of a small Louisiana town.Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Village with 60,000 residents
- Description: community within the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
- Also known as: “Algiers, Louisiana”, “Algiers, New Orleans”, “Duverjeburg”, and “Kings Plantation”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Naval Support Activity New Orleans and Cita Dennis Hubbell Branch.
Naval Support Activity New Orleans
Military installation
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Naval Support Activity New Orleans was a United States Navy installation until September 2011. During its time in operation, it was the largest military installation in greater New Orleans.
Cita Dennis Hubbell Branch
Library
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cita Dennis Hubbell Branch is a library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Algiers Point and Holy Cross.
Algiers Point
Hamlet
Algiers Point is a location on the Lower Mississippi River in New Orleans, Louisiana. In river pilotage, Algiers Point is one of the many points of land around which the river flows—albeit a significant one.
Holy Cross
Hamlet
Photo: Infrogmation, CC BY 2.5.
Holy Cross is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Lower Ninth Ward District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St.
Algiers
- Categories: neighborhood, unincorporated community, and locality
- Location: City of New Orleans, Orleans, Louisiana, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.94135° or 29° 56′ 29″ northLongitude
-90.03759° or 90° 2′ 15″ westPopulation
60,000Elevation
3 feet (1 metre)United Nations Location Code
US UAYOpen location code
76XFWXR6+GXOpenStreetMap ID
node 151926664OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Urdu—“Algiers” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “阿尔及尔”
- Dutch: “Algiers”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الچيرز، نيو اورلينز”
- French: “Algiers”
- German: “Algiers”
- Hebrew: “ניו אורלינס/אלג’יר”
- Irish: “Algiers”
- Italian: “Algiers”
- Japanese: “アルジアーズ”
- Japanese: “アルジャース”
- Persian: “آلجایرز، نیواورلئان”
- Persian: “آلجایرز”
- South Azerbaijani: “آلجیرز، نیو اورلینز”
- Swedish: “Algiers”
- Urdu: “الجزائر، نیو اورلینز”
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