Kouba

Kouba is a commune of the wilaya of Algiers. The name Kouba comes from the Arabic qubba, "dome", after a domed mosque built there in the 16th century under Ottoman rule. It belongs to the Hussein Dey circonscription administrative, one of the 13 groups of communes created by decree 26-112 of 8 March 2026. The decree moved Kouba to this group from the Bir Mourad Raïs circonscription. The commune had 104,708 inhabitants at the 2008 census (ONS).