Dar El Beïda

Dar El Beïda, a commune of the wilaya of Algiers, is home to Houari Boumediene International Airport, about 16 km from central Algiers. Under French rule the town was called Maison-Blanche. Its present name, Dar El Beïda, means "the white house". It is the seat of the Dar El Beïda circonscription administrative, which also includes Bordj El Bahri, Bab Ezzouar and Bordj El Kiffan. Dar El Beïda had 80,033 inhabitants at the 2008 census (ONS).