Dar El Beïda is a suburb 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...

, Algeria

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 the seat of the district

Districts of Algeria

The provinces of Algeria are divided into 553 districts . The capital of a district is called a district seat...

 with the same name

Dar El Beïda District

Dar El Beïda is a district in Algiers Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, Dar El Beïda.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 7 municipalities, which is the highest number in the province:*Dar El Beïda*Bab Ezzouar...

. During French colonian times

French Algeria

French Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. From 1848 until independence, the whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France, much like Corsica and Réunion are to this day. The vast arid interior of Algeria, like the rest...

, it was officially called with its French

French language

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 name Maison Blanche (mɛzɔ̃ blɑ̃ʃ) , which meant the same thing as its current Arabic name: (the) white house. It is pronounced ɑdːɑr.ulbɑjdˤɑʔ in Classical Arabic

Classical Arabic

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 and (ə)dɑr.(əl)bɑjdɑ in Darja

Algerian Arabic

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.
It has an area of 3200 hectare

Hectare

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s (32 km²/12 sq mi). It is home to the international Houari Boumedienne Airport

Houari Boumedienne Airport

Houari Boumediene Airport , also known as Algiers Airport, is an international airport serving Algiers, the capital of Algeria. It is located east southeast of the city.The airport is named after Houari Boumediene, a former president of Algeria...

, the largest in algeria. The airport is divided into two main terminals, one for international flights and the older one for domestic flights.
It has 44,753 inhabitants as of the 1998 census. In 1987 it had 12,900 inhabitants.

Economy

It is home to an industrial park

Industrial park

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 which it shares with the neighboring municipality of Oued Smar

Oued Smar

Oued Smar is a suburb of the city of Algiers in northern Algeria....

. Historic municipal budgets

Government budget

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 include:

• 2003: 290 million DZD
• 2004: 320 million DZD
• 2005: 730 million DZD
• 2006: 750 million DZD
• 2007: 1.6 billion DZD