Aïn Defla ( ar, ولاية عين الدفلى, is a
wilaya
A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes fr ...
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province
A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or sovereign state, state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''Roman province, provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire ...
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Algeria
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. It is located to the southwest of
Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city of Algeria. The city's population at the 2008 Census was 2,988,145Census 14 April 2008: Office National des Statistiques ...
, the capital. Localities in Ain Delfa include
Khemis Miliana
Khemis Miliana ( ar, خميس مليانة, links=no) is a town in northern Algeria of around 500000 inhabitants. It is a university town located 120 kilometers west of Algiers. It was known as Malliana in Roman times, then Affreville during th ...
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Miliana
Miliana ( ar, مليانة) is a commune in Aïn Defla Province in northwestern Algeria. It is the administrative center of the daïra, or district, of the same name. It is approximately southwest of the Algerian capital, Algiers.r/sup>, which ...
,
Hammam Righa,
Oued Zebboudj and
Aïn Torki.
History
The province was created from
Chlef Province
Chlef ( ar, ولاية الشلف) is a province (''wilaya'') in Algeria formerly known as El Asnam, and has about 1 million inhabitants. Its capital is Chlef. Another locality is Ténès, on the Mediterranean Sea.
History
The province was origi ...
in 1984.
Administrative divisions
It is made up of 14
districts
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and 36
municipalities
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The districts are:
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Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla ( ar, عين الدفلى, lit. ''oleander spring'') is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune.
History
In Roman times the city was called Oppidum Novum. The vestiges of the Oppidum Novum are still visib ...
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Aïn Lechiakh
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Bathia
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Bordj El Amir Khaled
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Boumedfaâ
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Djendel
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Djelida
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El Abadia
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El Amra
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El Attaf
El Attaf is a town in northern Algeria, located in the wilaya (province) of Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla ( ar, عين الدفلى, lit. ''oleander spring'') is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune.
History
In Roman ...
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Hammam Righa
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Khemis
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Miliana
Miliana ( ar, مليانة) is a commune in Aïn Defla Province in northwestern Algeria. It is the administrative center of the daïra, or district, of the same name. It is approximately southwest of the Algerian capital, Algiers.r/sup>, which ...
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Rouina
The municipalities are:
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Aïn Bénian
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Aïn Bouyahia
Aïn Bouyahia is a town in northern Algeria
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Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla ( ar, عين الدفلى, lit. ''oleander spring'') is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune.
History
In Roman times the city was called Oppidum Novum. The vestiges of the Oppidum Novum are still visib ...
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Aïn Lechiakh
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Aïn Soltane
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Aïn Torki
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Arib
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Barbouche
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Bathia
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Bellas
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Ben Allal
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Bir Ould Khelifa
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Bordj Emir Khaled Chikh
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Bouchared
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Boumedfaa
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Djelida
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Djemaa Ouled
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Djendel
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El Abadia
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El Amra
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El Attaf
El Attaf is a town in northern Algeria, located in the wilaya (province) of Aïn Defla
Aïn Defla ( ar, عين الدفلى, lit. ''oleander spring'') is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune.
History
In Roman ...
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El Hassania
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El Maine
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Hammam Righa
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Hoceinia
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Khemis Miliana
Khemis Miliana ( ar, خميس مليانة, links=no) is a town in northern Algeria of around 500000 inhabitants. It is a university town located 120 kilometers west of Algiers. It was known as Malliana in Roman times, then Affreville during th ...
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Mekhatria
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Miliana
Miliana ( ar, مليانة) is a commune in Aïn Defla Province in northwestern Algeria. It is the administrative center of the daïra, or district, of the same name. It is approximately southwest of the Algerian capital, Algiers.r/sup>, which ...
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Oued Chorfa
Sued Chorfa is a coastal town in northern Algeria
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Oued Djemaa
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Rouina
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Sidi Lakhdar
Sidi Lakhdar is an Algerian commune in the Aïn Defla Province, approximately 125 km west of the capital, Algiers
Algiers ( ; ar, الجزائر, al-Jazāʾir; ber, Dzayer, script=Latn; french: Alger, ) is the capital and largest city ...
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Tacheta Zougagha
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Tarik Ibn Ziad
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Tiberkanine
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Zeddine
Notable people
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Mohamed Charef
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Muhammad and variations may also refer to:
*Muhammad (name), a given name and surname, and list of people with the name and its variations
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(1908-2011), theologian and mufti.
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Mohamed Belhocine
Mohamed Belhocine ( ar, محمد بلحسين; born 9 April 1951, in Tizi Ouzou) is an Algerian medical scientist and professor of internal medicine and epidemiology.
Training
After primary studies in Sidi Lakhdar (formerly known as Lavarande, ...
(born 1951), Algerian medical scientist, professor of internal medicine and epidemiology.
References
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Provinces of Algeria
States and territories established in 1984