H'raoua

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H'raoua

Total population

27,565

Land area13 km²

Coordinates36.77°, 3.31°

Demographic figures from Office National des Statistiques (Algeria). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

H'raoua is a municipality in Algiers province, Algeria. It is located in Rouïba district, and is an outer suburb of Algiers. It has a small coastline on the Mediterranean Sea. The town proper of H'raoua is located 2 kilometers (1.2 mi) from the beaches of Terfaya and Kadous. It was created out of parts of Aïn Taya in 1984. Currently, it is the site of the construction of 1853 homes.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Notable people from here

Tony Gatlif

French film director, actor and screenwriter

Abdelmadjid Kaouah

Algerian journalist (1950-2025)

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Rachid Mimouni

Algerian writer (1945-1995)

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Hassan Hattab

Algerian Islamist leader

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Hassen Chabri

Algerian association football player

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Kamel Khrissate

French official

Ramon Grimalt

French painter

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Si Salah

member of the nationalist and anti-colonialist Parti du Peuple Algérien (PPA)

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Ahmed Mahsas

Algerian politician

Farès Brahimi

footballer

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Walid Derrardja

footballer

Mustapha Haciane

writer

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Djamel Okacha

Algerian jihadist

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Mohamed Aïssa

Algerian politician

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René Vinciguerra

French politician

Noureddine Bedoui

Prime Minister of Algeria in 2019

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Algiers

• Djaafri
  2.9 mi away
• Rouiba
  2.9 mi away · pop. 61,984
• Sbaat
  4.4 mi away
• Chaibia
  20.2 mi away
• Ouled Chebel
  21.2 mi away
• Soajo
  711 mi away · pop. 385
• Castro Laboreiro
  711 mi away · pop. 96
• Britelo
  711.3 mi away · pop. 485
• Entre Ambos-os-Rios
  711.5 mi away · pop. 502
• Ermelo
  711.6 mi away · pop. 92
• Vila Chã (Santiago)
  711.9 mi away · pop. 139
• Vila Chã (São João Baptista)
  711.9 mi away · pop. 484

Browse all places in Algiers →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

False Black Widow

Steatoda grossa

Seen 2026-10-14

Sesame Leafroller

Antigastra catalaunalis

Seen 2026-10-13

Idaea incisaria

Idaea incisaria

Seen 2026-10-13

Red House Spider

Nesticodes rufipes

Seen 2026-10-11

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Streptopelia decaocto

Seen 2026-10-01

Mediterranean Brocade

Spodoptera littoralis

Seen 2026-09-29

European Firebug

Pyrrhocoris apterus

Seen 2026-09-25

Saharan Pond Turtle

Mauremys leprosa saharica

Seen 2026-09-25

Western Cattle-Egret

Ardea ibis

Seen 2026-09-21

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).