It is located in the administrative constituency of Dar El Beïda in the Governorate of Greater Algiers.

The current president of the People's Municipal Assembly'(mayor) is Abdelkader Rakkas (2017-2022).

Historical populations include: The area of the municipality is 955 hectares, or 9,5 km2 (about 3.76 sq mi) of which 60% is used for agriculture.

It also has 8 km (almost 5 mi) of coastline located a few kilometers east of the easternmost point of the gulf of Algiers, on the Mediterranean Sea.

In 1914, it was connected to Algiers by 1055 mm gauge local railway Chemins de Fer sur Routes d´Algerie.