| Official Name: | Bab El Oued |
| Native Name: | Arabic: باب الواد |
| Settlement Type: | Commune |
| Pushpin Map: | Algeria |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Bab El Oued in the Algeria |
| Coordinates: | 36.7907°N 3.0497°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Algeria |
| Subdivision Name1: | Algiers Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Bab El Oued District |
| Government Type: | Municipality |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Athmane Sahbane |
| Established Title: | APC |
| Established Date: | 2012-2017 |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Total Km2: | 11,1 |
| Population As Of: | 2014 |
| Population Total: | 214,900 |
| Population Density Km2: | 57,700 |
| Utc Offset: | +1 |
| Iso Code: | CP |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 16007 |
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.[1]
During the existence of French Algeria, Bab El Oued was established as the main neighbourhood of poor pied-noirs, including many poor fishermen. Towards the end of the Algerian War, the neighbourhood became the stronghold of the Organisation armée secrète, until OAS attacks on the French Army led them to assault and purge the neighbourhood, during the siege of Bab el Oued in March 1962. Soon after, Algeria became independent, and the pied noir population fled the country. The neighbourhood was then settled by Muslim Algerians. The neighbourhood again gained notoriety during the leadup to the Algerian Civil War (which broke out in 1991) as a stronghold of the Islamic Salvation Front, or FIS. Its population in 1998 was 102,200.[2]
Located beyond the Bab al-Oued, on a hillside, is the tomb of 'Abd al-Rahman al-Tha'alibi (1383-1470), a revered scholar and mystic known as the patron saint of Algiers.[3]