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The Department of Algiers (French: département d'Alger, [depaʁtəmɑ̃ dalʒe], Arabic: عمّالة الجزائر) [1] was a former French department in Algeria. The department of Alger existed between 1848 and 1974. Considered a French province, Algeria was departmentalized on December 9, 1848.
The station's history dates back to the second half of the nineteenth century, when it was inaugurated with the Blida train station on August 15, 1862, in parallel with the receipt of the first railway line, 50 km long, linking the city of Algiers with the city of Blida. [3] [4] French architect Charles Frédéric Chassériau designed the ...
Immediately after independence, Algeria retained its 15 former French départements, which were renamed wilayas (provinces) in 1968, for the most part, with some name changes: 8A-El Wahat (Currently Ouargla, formerly Oasis) 8B-Saoura (Currently Béchar) 9A-Alger (Algiers) 9B-Batna; 9C-Annaba (Formerly Bône, English: Bona) 9D-Constantine; 9E ...
Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa: 8 July 1835 to 12 February 1837: Bertrand, comte Clauzel, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa: 2nd term: 12 February 1837 to 12/13 October 1837: Charles Marie Denys, comte de Damrémont, Governor-General of the French Possessions in Africa: Killed in combat during the siege ...
The three Algerian departments in 1848 Departments of French Algeria from 1957 to 1962. Unlike the rest of the French possessions in Africa, Algeria was divided into departments just like Corsica or Normandy from 1848 until its independence in 1962. These departments were supposed to be "assimilated" or "integrated" to France sometime in the ...
Pages in category "Former departments of France in Algeria" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Algiers Province (Arabic: ولاية الجزائر, Wilāyat al-Jazāʼir, [wilaːja ald͡ʒazaːʔir]; French: wilaya d'Alger) is a province 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 ...
Since 2019, there has been a Houari Boumediene Airport railway station, located between terminals 1 and 2. The commuter rail network of the SNTF connects the airport with Agha station in downtown Algiers with a stopover at El Harrach station . The train frequency is one train every 30 minutes with a 20-minute journey time.