El Harrach (Berber: ⵍⵃⴻⵔⵔⴰⵛ Arabic: الـحرّاش, formerly Maison-Carrée) is a suburb of the Algerian capital Algiers.
El Harrach
الـحرّاش ⵍⵃⴻⵔⵔⴰⵛ | |
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City and Common | |
 Town halls of El Harrach | |
| Motto(s): "From the people, for the people" | |
 Location of El Harrach in Algiers Province | |
  El Harrach Location of El Harrach in Algeria | |
| Coordinates: 36°43′16″N 3°08′15″E / 36.72111°N 3.13750°E | |
| Country |  Algeria |
| Province | Algiers Province |
| District | El Harrach District |
| APC | 2012-2017 |
| Government | |
| • Type | Municipality |
| • Mayor | Alik Embarek |
| Population (2008[1]) | |
| • Total | 48,869 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| Postal code | 16200-16131 |
| ISO 3166 code | CP |
| Website | www.apc-elharrach.dz |
The town is home to USM El Harrach football club and the Higher National Veterinary School is located in the area.
Notable people
editSee also
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- Massacre of El Ouffia (6 April 1832)
References
edit- ^ "Recensement 2008 de la population algérienne, wilaya d'Alger, sur le site de l'ONS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-07-23. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
External links
edit- The official website of the town of El-Harrach Archived 2019-09-23 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
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