Alger Centre
Alger Centre is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria. 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Suburb with 75,500 residents
- Description: Algerian commune in Algiers Province
- Also known as: “Alger-Centre”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Djamaa El Kebir and Ketchaoua Mosque.
Djamaa El Kebir
Mosque
Photo: Habib kaki, CC0.
The Djamaa el Kebir or Great Mosque of Algiers, is a mosque located in the city of Algiers, Algeria. Built in 1097, it is one of the few remaining examples of Almoravid architecture.
Ketchaoua Mosque
Mosque
Photo: LeilaBouras, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ketchaoua Mosque, also known as Djamaa Ketchaoua, is a mosque in the city of Algiers, the capital of Algeria. Completed in the 17th century, during Ottoman period, the mosque is located at the foot of the Casbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is on the first of the Casbah's many steep stairways.
Museum of Modern Art of Algiers
Museum
Photo: Rvince, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Museum of Modern Art of Algiers is an art museum in Algiers. It was inaugurated in 2007.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Algiers and Bāb al-Wādī.
Algiers
Photo: Clapsus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Algiers is the capital and largest city of Algeria, set along the Mediterranean coast. Known for its striking French colonial architecture, the city reveals layers of history shaped by Ottoman rule, French colonialism and Algerian independence.
Bāb al-Wādī
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bab El Oued is a neighbourhood in Algiers, the capital of Algeria, along the coast north of the city centre. As of 2008, the population of the commune of Bab El Oued was 64,732.
Belouizdad
Suburb
Photo: GnuCivodul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mohamed Belouizdad is a quarter of Algiers, Algeria in Algiers Province. The quarter was formerly known as Belcourt during the French colonisation period. Belouizdad is situated 4 km southeast of Alger Centre.
Alger Centre
- Categories: commune of Algeria and locality
- Location: Sidi M’hamed, Algiers Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.7765° or 36° 46′ 35″ northLongitude
3.0582° or 3° 3′ 30″ eastPopulation
75,500Elevation
66 metres (217 feet)Open location code
8F85Q3G5+J7OpenStreetMap ID
node 1657151225OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
11204220Wikidata ID
Q2835683
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Alger Centre” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “الجزائر الوسطى”
- Arabic: “بلدية الجزائر الوسطى”
- Arabic: “بلديه الجزائر الوسطى”
- Catalan: “Alger-Centre”
- Chinese: “Alger-Centre”
- Dutch: “Alger-Centre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “الجزائر الوسطى”
- French: “Alger-Centre”
- German: “Alger-Centre”
- Hebrew: “מרכז אלג’יר”
- Italian: “Alger-Centre”
- Kabyle: “Lezzayer Talemmast”
- Malay: “Alger-Centre”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Alger-Centre”
- Persian: “الجزایر وسطى”
- Portuguese: “Alger Centre”
- Portuguese: “Alger-Centre”
- Romanian: “Alger-Centre”
- Slovenian: “Alžir Center”
- Turkish: “Cezayir-Merkez”
- Urdu: “الجزائر وسطی”
- Vietnamese: “Alger Centre”
- Vietnamese: “Alger-Centre”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Emir Abdelkader Square and Equestrian statue of Emir Abdelkader.
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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 “Alger Centre”. Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.