Editing Algiers (section)

===Districts of Algiers===
[[File:NOTRE DAME D'AFRIQUE.ALGER.jpg|thumb|[[Notre Dame d'Afrique]], built by European settlers in 1872<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.wdl.org/en/item/8766/ |title = Notre Dame d'Afrique and Carmelite Convent, Algiers, Algeria |website = [[World Digital Library]] |year = 1899 |access-date = 2013-09-25 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130927125818/http://www.wdl.org/en/item/8766/ |archive-date = 2013-09-27 |url-status = live }}</ref>]]
*'''[[Casbah of Algiers|The Casbah]]''' (of ''Al Qasbah'', "the Citadel"), 1st District of Algiers: called ''Al-Djazaïr Al Mahroussa'' ("Well Kept Algiers"), is founded on the ruins of old Icosium. It is a small city of picturesque winding lanes built on a hill and descending towards the sea, divided into two sections: the High City and the Low City. It includes 17th-century buildings: [[Ketchaoua Mosque]] (rebuilt in the 18th century by the [[Hasan Pasha (son of Barbarossa)|Dey Baba Hassan]]), [[Djamaa el Djedid|El Djedid Mosque]] (built in 1660, at the time of Turkish regency), [[Djamaa el Kebir|El Kebir Mosque]] (oldest of the mosques, built by [[Almoravid]] [[Youssef Ibn Tachfin]] and rebuilt in 1794), the [[Ali Bitchin Mosque]] (Raïs, 1623), and [[Dar Aziza]], formerly part of the Palace of Jénina.
* ''' [[Bab El Oued]]''': Literally ''the River's Gate'', the popular district which extends from the Casbah beyond "the gate of the river". It is the capital's darling and best liked borough. Famous for its square with "the three clocks" and for its "market Triplet", it is also a district of workshops and manufacturing plants.
* ''' [[Edge of sea]]''': from 1840, the architects Pierre-August Guiauchain and [[Charles Frédéric Chassériau]] designed new buildings apart from the Casbah, town hall, law courts, buildings, theatre, palace of the Governor, and casino, to form an elegant walk bordered by arcades which is today the boulevard [[Che Guevara]] (formerly the Boulevard of the [[Republic]]).
* ''' [[Kouba, Algeria|Kouba]]''' ([[will daira]] of [[Hussein-dey]]): Kouba is an old village which was absorbed by the expansion of the town of Algiers. Kouba quickly developed under the French colonial era then continued growing due to formidable demographic expansion that Algiers saw after the independence of Algeria in 1962. It is today a district of Algiers which is largely made up of houses, villas, and buildings not exceeding five stories.
* [[El Harrach]], a suburb of Algiers, is located about {{convert|10|km|0|abbr=off}} to the east of the city.
* The communes of [[Hydra, Algiers|Hydra]], [[Ben Aknoun]], [[El-Biar]] and [[Bouzaréah]] form what the inhabitants of Algiers call the "Heights of Algiers". These communes shelter the majority of the foreign embassies of Algiers, of many ministries and university centres, which makes it one of the administrative and policy centres of the country.
* The '''Didouche Mourad street''' is located in the 3rd district Of Algiers. It extends from the '''Grande Post office''' to the Heights of Algiers. It crosses in particular the '''place Audin''', '''the [[Algiers 1 University|Faculty of Algiers]]''', '''The Crowned Heart''' and '''the Freedom Park (formerly Galland)'''. It is bordered by smart stores and restaurants along most of its length. It is regarded as the heart of the capital.