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El Alia Cemetery
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Details
Established1928
Location
Algiers
Country Algeria
Coordinates36°43′11″N 3°09′53″E / 36.71972°N 3.16472°E / 36.71972; 3.16472
Size18 hectares (44 acres)

El Alia Cemetery (Arabic: مقبرة العالية) is a cemetery in a suburb of Algiers in the commune of Oued Smar in Algeria. The name "El Alia" means in Arabic which is high, but came from the surname of the donor of the land in 1928, Hamza El-Alia.[1]

History

It comprises tombs of numerous Algerian notables and also has the graves of actors and actresses and other artists (opera singers, musicians, painters, sculptors, architects, writers, poets). It also includes the tombs of several scientists, academicians and sports people.

Allied soldiers who died during the North African Campaign were also buried there, including men who were evacuated to Africa after being wounded during Operation Husky, and who died there. Commonwealth graves are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Notable interments

See also

References

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  8. ^ "Algeria buries former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika". Al Jazeera. 2021-09-19. Retrieved 2021-09-20.
  9. ^ "Algeria gives disgraced ex-leader Bouteflika 3-days mourning". Associated Press. 2021-09-18. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  10. ^ "Abdelkader Bensalah inhumé au cimetière d'El-Alia" [Abdelkader Bensalah buried in El-Alia cemetery]. Algérie Presse Service (in French). 23 September 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2021.

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Cemeteries of Algiers
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