Azela is a village in the

Boumerdès Province Boumerdès ( ar, ولاية بومرداس, Kabyle: Tanebḍit n Bumerdas) is a province ('' wilaya'') of northern Algeria, located in the Kabylia region, between Algiers and Tizi-Ouzou, with its capital at the coastal city of Boumerdès (form ...

Kabylie Kabylia ('' Kabyle: Tamurt n Leqbayel'' or ''Iqbayliyen'', meaning "Land of Kabyles", '','' meaning "Land of the Tribes") is a cultural, natural and historical region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kabyle people. It is part of the ...

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Location

The village is surrounded by

Meraldene River The Oued Meraldene or Oued Merabtene, also called Oued Bourdine, is a river of Algeria located in Kabylia within the framework of the Province of Boumerdès. Presentation The ''Meraldène'' stream is one of the main tributaries of the Boumerd ...

and the town of Thenia in the ''Khachna'' mountain range.

Notable people

Boualem Boukacem Boualem Boukacem ( ar, ), (October 12, 1957, in Beni Amrane) is a singer of Kabyle music within Algerian music. Life He was born on October 12, 1957, under the name ''Boualem Boukacem'' in the Azela village within the actual Boumerdès Pro ...

(born 1957), Algerian artist. *

Mohamed Hassaïne Mohamed Hassaïne ( ar, محمد حساين) (born in Beni Amrane on 5 January 1945, and died in Larbatache on 28 February 1994) was an Algerian journalist. Early life Hassaïne was born in 1945 in the village of Azela, Boumerdès, Azela within ...

(1945-1994), Algerian journalist.

References

Villages in Algeria Boumerdès Province Kabylie {{Boumerdès-geo-stub