Bir El Djir | |
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Commune and town | |
Coordinates: 35°44′12″N0°33′15″W / 35.73667°N 0.55417°W | |
Country | Algeria |
Province | Oran Province |
District | Bir El Djir District |
Area | |
• Total | 12.53 sq mi (32.46 km2) |
Population (2009) | |
• Total | 171,883 |
Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
Bir El Djir is a town located close north-east of Oran in the Oran Province, Algeria. According to the 2009 census it has a population of 171,883.
Bir El Djir hosts the University of Oran 2 Mohamed Ben Ahmed [1]
Bir El Djir is one of the three venues that held the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran. [2]
Oran is a major coastal city located in the northwest of Algeria. It is considered the second most important city of Algeria, after the capital, Algiers, because of its population and commercial, industrial and cultural importance. It is 432 km (268 mi) west-southwest from Algiers. The total population of the city was 803,329 in 2008, while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately 1,500,000, making it the second-largest city in Algeria.
Oran Province is a province (wilayah) in Algeria whose seat is the city of the same name.
Miloud Hadefi Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Belgaïd, in the Bir El Djir suburb of Oran, Algeria. Completed in 2019, it is used mostly for football matches. It has a capacity of 40,143 people. The value of construction work of the stadium was about 142,3 million US$, it is an olympic stadium with the athletics track and it is a part of the Miloud Hadefi Olympic Complex which is the first big complex in Algeria exceeding the Mohamed Boudiaf Olympic Complex in Algiers and it is also the first stadium entirely covered in Algeria. The stadium expected to be special for the Algeria national football team with Stade du 5 Juillet and Nelson Mandela Stadium, and also clubs of Oran especially MC Oran.
Bir El Djir is a district in Oran Province, Algeria, on the Mediterranean Sea. It was named after its capital, Bir El Djir.
The Algerian Grand Prix or Grand Prix d'Alger was a motor race held in the 1920s and 1930s at several coastal road courses in the department of French Algeria.
The 2022 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the XIX Mediterranean Games and commonly known as Oran 2022, was an international multi-sport event held from 25 June to 6 July 2022 in Oran, Algeria. Oran was announced as the host city at the ICMG General Assembly in Pescara, Italy, on 15 August 2015. 3,298 athletes took part in the games.
The Oran Metro is planned to be an extensive network of rapid transit electrified railway lines that will run mostly underground in central Oran and into the city's suburbs. It will be part of the larger public transport system of Oran, the second largest city in Algeria.
Ardis is a supermarket chain in Algiers, the capital city of Algeria. The first hypermarket was opened in 2012 in Mohammedia, the second was opened in Bir El Djir, Oran in 2016. It is owned by Arcofina Group.
Football at the 2022 Mediterranean Games took place between 26 June and 5 July 2022 at the Ahmed Zabana Stadium, Mers El Hadjadj Stadium and Abdelkrim Kerroum Stadium. Associations affiliated with FIFA were invited to send their men's U-18, U-19 and U-21 national teams. There was no women's tournament on this occasion.
Turkey participates in the 2022 Mediterranean Games held in Oran, Algeria from 25 June to 5 July 2022. 321 athletes from Turkey were registered to compete in 24 sports at the Games.
The women's volleyball tournament at the 2022 Mediterranean Games started on 26 June and is scheduled to end on 4 July at the Bir El Djir Sports Hall in Bir El Djir and the Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace in Oran, Algeria.
Italy competed at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria from 25 June to 6 July 2022.
The women's handball tournament at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held from 30 June to 6 July in Aïn El Turk and Bir El Djir.
The swimming competitions at the 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran was held from 1 to 5 July at the Miloud Hadefi Complex Aquatic Center in Bir El Djir, Oran.
The men's 100 metre freestyle competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 2 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.
The men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay competition at the 2022 Mediterranean Games was held on 3 July 2022 at the Aquatic Center of the Olympic Complex in Bir El Djir.
The 2022 Arab Swimming Championships was the 5th edition of the Arab Swimming Championships and was held from 20 to 24 July 2022 in Bir El Djir, Oran, Algeria at the Miloud Hadefi Complex Aquatic Center.
Swimming at the 2023 Arab Games was held at Miloud Hadefi Complex Aquatic Center in Bir El Djir, Oran, Algeria from 5 to 10 July.
At the 2023 Arab Games, the gymnastics (Artistic) events were held at Miloud Hadefi Complex Omnisport Arena in Bir El Djir, Oran, Algeria from 7 to 10 July. A total of 13 events were contested.