Hydra (Algiers)
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حيدرة ⵃⵉⴷⵔⴰ Hydra |
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| Coordinates | 36 ° 45 ' N , 3 ° 1' E | ||
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| Country | Algeria | ||
| Algiers | |||
| circle | Sidi-M'Hamed | ||
| ISO 3166-2 | DZ-16 | ||
| Residents | 60,000 | ||
Hydra ( Arabic حيدرة Hīdra , DMG Ḥīdra , tamazight ⵃⵉⴷⵔⴰ; until 1962 French Hydra ) is the most expensive district in the center of the Algerian capital Algiers . It is characterized by its expensive restaurants and hotels and includes the Ministry of Mines ( Ministère des Mines ). It forms the 18th arrondissement of the city. From an administrative point of view, Hydra belongs to the Sidi-M'Hamed district in the northern Algerian province of Algiers and has almost 60,000 inhabitants.