Demography

The city of Annaba had a population of 257,359 in 2008 (General Census of the population and habitat).

There is a branch campus of the French international school Lycée international Alexandre-Dumas.

Economy

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As of 1911, Annaba was producing iron, zinc, cork, livestock, and cereal.

The city is an important hub of the world steel industry with the steel complex of El Hadjar, south of the city. It is the largest in Africa. Phosphate and metal industries now include the Seybousa complex and the metallurgical complex of Allelik. The private industrial sector is also very important in Annaba and geared especially to the agri-food, metal processing, wood products and construction industries. These industrial areas occupy nearly between Bouchet Bridge, Meboudja, Berrahal and Kherraza. Business areas are also to be found in the suburbs of the city, such as Sidi Salem, El Eulma and Wadi El-Aneb.

Transportation

Annaba was described as the "chief seaport of Algeria after Oran and Algiers," by Baedeker's in 1911. After the war, most of the American dead were repatriated for burial in the United States, but this was not traditional in the British Empire.

International relations

Twin towns – sister cities

Annaba is twinned with:

  • Bizerte, Tunisia
  • Yekaterinburg, Russia
  • Saint-Étienne, France

Notable people

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  • Augustine of Hippo (354–430), also known as Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo Regius (present-day Annaba)
  • Ahmad al-Buni, (died 1225), born in Bône (now Annaba), well-known Sufi and writer on the esoteric value of letters and topics relating to mathematics, sihr (sorcery) and spirituality.
  • Hamdi Benani (1943–2020), born in Annaba, Algerian singer and musician
  • Raoul Borra (1896-1988), born in Bône, French politician
  • Mohamed Boudiaf (1919–1992), Algerian president, assassinated in Annaba
  • Robert Cohen (1930–2022), born in Bône, French boxer
  • Eustache Cuicci (1908-1980), French politician
  • Edwige Fenech (born 1948), born in Bône, Italian actress
  • Professor Alain Ferry (born 1939), writer, awarded the 2009 Prix Médicis
  • Salim Halali (1920–2005), born in Annaba, Algerian singer
  • Juba I of Numidia (ca. 85–46 BC), Amazigh king of Numidia
  • Juba II (c. 48 BC – AD 23), son of Juba I, Amazigh king of Numidia and Mauretania, spouse of Cleopatra Selene II
  • Marshal Alphonse Juin (1888–1967), born in Bône, French pied-noir general during World Wars I & II
  • Michèle Victory (born 1958), French politician

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In the arts

  • An engraving of a painting by J Salmon, was published in Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap Book, 1837 along with a poetical illustration by Letitia Elizabeth Landon entitled Bona, The Pirate's Song.

See also

  • European enclaves in North Africa before 1830
  • Edough Massif

Notes

Sources

  • Annaba City
  • Annaba