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Algiers Province

Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, romanizedWilāyat al-Jazāʾir, pronounced [wilaːjat ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; French: wilaya d'Alger) is a province (wilayah) in Algeria, named after its capital, Algiers, which is also the national capital. It is adopted from the old French department of Algiers and has a population of about 8 million. It is the most densely populated province of Algeria, and also the smallest by area.

In 1984, Boumerdès Province and Tipaza Province were carved out of its territory.

Algiers province is coincident with the city of Algiers, and is divided into 13 districts, in turn subdivided into 57 communes or municipalities.

The districts, listed according to official numbering (from west to east), are:

The communes are:

The neighbourhoods, listed alphabetically, are:

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The population of the province of Algiers increased going from 2,561,992 in 1998 to 2,988,145 in 2008:

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