Mosquée El-Oumma

Mosquée El-Oumma is a mosque in Bologhine Ibn Ziri, Bab El Oued, Algiers Province. Mosquée El-Oumma is situated near the government office ONDA Bologhine, as well as near Embassy of Madagascar.

Photo: ThierryCollard, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Type: Mosque
Description: building in Algeria
Address: Bologhine

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Notre-Dame d’Afrique and Omar Hamadi Stadium.

Notre-Dame d’Afrique

Church

Photo: Magharebia, CC BY 2.0.

The Basilique Notre Dame d'Afrique is a Catholic basilica in Algiers, Algeria. It is the origin of the modern Catholic devotion to Our Lady of Africa. Pope Pius IX granted two Pontifical decrees towards the shrine on the same day on 15 April 1876. Notre-Dame d’Afrique is situated 620 metres south of Mosquée El-Oumma.

Omar Hamadi Stadium

Stadium

Photo: Emma, CC BY 2.0.

Omar Hamadi Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Bologhine, Algiers, Algeria. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of USM Alger. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people. Omar Hamadi Stadium is situated 1 km southeast of Mosquée El-Oumma.

Astrophysical and Geophysical Astronomy Research Center

Observatory

Photo: Mehnimalik, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Algiers Observatory was built in the late 19th century in the Algiers suburb of Bouzaréah, Algeria, North Africa. It participated in the Astrographic Catalogue project, taking the zone between -2 and +4 degrees to expose 1,260 plates between the years 1891 and 1911. Astrophysical and Geophysical Astronomy Research Center is situated 1¼ km southwest of Mosquée El-Oumma.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bologhine and Bāb al-Wādī.

Bologhine

Suburb

Photo: Yves Jalabert, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Bologhine is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria. It is named after Buluggin ibn Ziri, who founded the city in 944.

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.