Bab El Oued
Bab El Oued is a city gate in Casbah, Bab El Oued, Algiers Province. Bab El Oued is situated nearby to the government office Direction générale de la Sureté Nationale, as well as near the college المدرسة الوطنية العليا للتكنولوجيا المتقدمة.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ali Bitchin Mosque and Ketchaoua Mosque.
Ali Bitchin Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Dziri16, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Ali Bitchin Mosque is a Sunni mosque in Algiers, Algeria. It's named after Ali Bitchin, who ordered its construction in 1622 CE. It is situated inside the Casbah of Algiers, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, located at the crosspoint between Bab El Oued and the lower area of the Casbah. Ali Bitchin Mosque is situated 220 metres south of Bab El Oued.
Ketchaoua Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Rachid Hamatou, 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. Ketchaoua Mosque is situated 430 metres south of Bab El Oued.
Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions
Museum
Photo: Abderrahmane boudjenane, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions is an art museum in Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The museum is located on Rue Socgemah in the Souk El-Djemaâ of the Basse-Casbah district and welcomes around 47,000 visitors every year. Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions is situated 250 metres south of Bab El Oued.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bāb al-Wādī and Alger Centre.
Bāb al-Wādī
Suburb
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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.
Alger Centre
Suburb
Photo: Dan Sloan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
Bab El Oued
- Type: City gate
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Casbah, Bab El Oued, Algiers Province, Algeria, North Africa, Africa
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Latitude
36.78896° or 36° 47′ 20″ northLongitude
3.06144° or 3° 3′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8F85Q3Q6+HHOpenStreetMap ID
node 6361253088OpenStreetMap feature
historic=city_gate
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Bab El Oued” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “باب الوادي”
- French: “Bab El Oued”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Direction générale de la Sureté Nationale and المدرسة الوطنية العليا للتكنولوجيا المتقدمة.
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