Bab El Oued Explained

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]

History

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]

Shrine

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]

Notable people

Notes and References

  1. Web site: El Djazaïr (Province). citypopulation.de. 21 December 2014. 20 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170620194447/http://www.citypopulation.de/php/algeria-admin.php?adm1id=16. live.
  2. http://www.populstat.info/Africa/algeriat.htm populstat
  3. Book: Bloom, Jonathan . Architecture of the Islamic west: North Africa and the Iberian Peninsula, 700-1800 . Warner . Nicholas . 2020 . Yale University Press . 978-0-300-21870-1 . New Haven . 241 . on1121602964 . 2024-05-22 . 2024-05-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240522103828/https://search.worldcat.org/title/on1121602964 . live .