Alger Centre
Encyclopedia
Alger-Centre is a municipality in Algiers Province, Algeria
. It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district
, and it has a population of 96,329 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA
.
: Alger Centre, ). The French name means "Algiers-Center" and the first version of the Arabic name means Central Algiers, and the later means "Center of Algiers". True to its name, this municipality forms the downtown
of Algiers
, and the port
of Algiers is also located there.
Algeria
Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...
. It is administratively part of Sidi M'Hamed district
Sidi M'Hamed District
Sidi M'Hamed is a district in Algiers Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Sidi M'Hamed.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 4 municipalities:*Sidi M'Hamed*El Madania*El Mouradia*Alger-Centre...
, and it has a population of 96,329 as of the 1998 census, which gives it 15 seats in the PMA
People's Municipal Assembly
The People's Municipal Assembly , is the political body governing the municipalities of Algeria. It is composed of an assembly elected on universal suffrage for five years. This assembly further elects a president, the president of the People's Municipal Assembly, which is the Algerian equivalent...
.
Name
The name of the municipality is officially bilingual (FrenchFrench language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
: Alger Centre, ). The French name means "Algiers-Center" and the first version of the Arabic name means Central Algiers, and the later means "Center of Algiers". True to its name, this municipality forms the downtown
Downtown
Downtown is a term primarily used in North America by English speakers to refer to a city's core or central business district ....
of Algiers
Algiers
' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...
, and the port
Port
A port is a location on a coast or shore containing one or more harbors where ships can dock and transfer people or cargo to or from land....
of Algiers is also located there.