El Biar



El Biar (from Arabic "الأبيار", meaning "The Wells") is a suburb of Algiers, Algeria. It is located in the administrative constituency of Bouzaréah in the Algiers Province. As of the 1998 census, it has a population of 52,582 inhabitants. The suburb's postal code is 16030 and its municipal code is 1610.

Buildings

 * Villa Susini

Notable people

 * René Aleman (1913–1989), French weightlifter
 * Khalil Boukedjane, football player
 * Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937–2021), 5th President of Algeria (1999–2019)
 * Saïd Bouteflika, Algerian politician and academic, brother of Abdelaziz Bouteflika
 * Eldridge Cleaver (1935–1998), civil rights leader & author
 * Jacques Derrida (1930–2004), philosopher
 * Dahmane El Harrachi, chaabi singer
 * Marcelle Laloë, (1884–1974), wife of Hàm Nghi
 * Hàm Nghi, eighth Emperor of the Vietnamese Nguyễn Dynasty
 * Mohamed Hamdoud, football player
 * Tarek Lazizi, retired football player
 * Djamel Menad, retired football player
 * Lahcène Nazef, football player
 * Abderrahmane Nekli, diplomat
 * Issam Nima, long jumper
 * Georges Rochegrosse, French painter
 * Rouiched, actor and comedian
 * Mohamed Hamdoud, football player
 * Abderraouf Zeghdane known as RAOUF ADEAR, Rapper, songwriter music producer
 * Moïse Tshombe, Congolese politician put under house arrest

Government and infrastructure
The Transport Ministry has its head office in El Biar.