The Sidi Abdellah new town covers 7,000 hectares across Mahelma, Rahmania, Zéralda, Douera and Souidania. Of this area, 3,158 hectares are for building and 3,842 hectares are protected. A further 400 hectares are planned for upgrading the existing urban areas of Mahelma and Rahmania.
The Sidi Abdellah new town
The Sidi Abdellah new town covers 7,000 hectares across Mahelma, Rahmania, Zéralda, Douera and Souidania. Of this area, 3,158 hectares are for building and 3,842 hectares are protected. A further 400 hectares are planned for upgrading the existing urban areas of Mahelma and Rahmania.
Its plan gives priority to university research, training and advanced technology. It includes hubs for medicines, biotechnology, health and information technology. Decree 16-216 of 11 August 2016 approved its development plan.
Industry
In 2020 the industrial zone of Rouïba covered 960 ha, of which 721.9 ha were in use. The eastern part of the Rouïba Reghaïa industrial zone lies in Reghaïa. Reghaïa also has a wastewater treatment plant.
Run by SEAAL, the Baraki treatment plant is the main wastewater plant of Algiers. It opened in 1989 with a capacity equal to the waste water of 900,000 people. After an extension, this capacity doubled to 1.8 million in 2015.
A cement works was built on the plateau of Pointe Pescade, in Raïs Hamidou, in the early 20th century. The Guide Bleu of 1955 described it as an important Lafarge cement works.
Head offices and state works
Sonatrach, the national oil and gas company, has its head office at Djenane El Malik in Hydra. The building is not open to the public.
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