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Algiers Province is an administrative region in Algeria that includes the capital city of Algiers and its surrounding areas. It is significant as the political, economic, and cultural center of the country, making it the most important province in Algeria.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- province of Algeria
- Country
- France
- Located in
- French Algeria
- Contains
- Zéralda District
- Capital
- Algiers
- Population
- 2988145
- Area
- 1190
- Elevation
- 193
- Shares border with
- Boumerdès Province
- Image
- I love Algiers.jpg
- Licence plate code
- 16
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- topic has template
- Template:Algiers Province
- Commons category
- Algiers Province
- category for people born here
- Category:Births in Algiers Province
- topic's main category
- Category:Algiers Province
- category of associated people
- Category:People from Algiers Province
- native label
- Wilaya d'Alger
- language used
- Arabic
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Encyclopedic overview
Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, romanized: Wilāyat al-Jazāʾir, pronounced [wilaːjat ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; Berber languages: ⵓⴳⴻⵣⴷⵓ ⵏ ⴷⵣⴰⵢⴻⵔ, romanized: ugezdu n Dzayer, French: wilaya d'Alger) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is the most populated province of Algeria, and also the smallest by area.
In 1984, Boumerdès Province and Tipaza Province were carved out of its territory.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Algiers Province” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.