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Blida ( ar, ولاية البليدة) is a
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 ...
(''
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 ...
'') in
Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...
. Its capital is
Blida Blida ( ar, البليدة; Berber languages, Tamazight: Leblida) is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name ''Blida'', i.e. ''bulaydah'' ...
. The
Chréa National Park The Chréa National Park (Arabic:الحديقة الوطنية الشريعة) is one of the largest List of national parks of Algeria, national parks of Algeria. It is located in Blida Province, named after Chréa, a town near this park. The park ...
is situated here.


History

The province was created from parts of
Alger (department) The Department of Algiers (french: département d'Alger, , ar, إقليم الجزائر) is a former French department in Algeria. The department of Alger existed between 1848 and 1974. The origin of the administrative divisions Considered as ...
and El Asnam department in 1974. In 1984
Tipaza Province Tipaza or Tipasa ( ar, ولاية تيبازة, ''Tibaza'', older ''Tefessedt'') is a province (''wilaya'') on the coast of Algeria, Its capital is Tipaza, 50 km west of the capital of Algeria. History The province was created from Blida Pr ...
was carved out of its territory.


Administrative divisions

It is made up of 10
districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
and 25
municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
. The districts are: #
Blida Blida ( ar, البليدة; Berber languages, Tamazight: Leblida) is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name ''Blida'', i.e. ''bulaydah'' ...
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Boufarik Boufarik is a town in Blida Province, Algeria, approximately 30 km from Algiers. In 2008, its population was 57,162.popul ...
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Bougara Bougara is a town in the Mitidja plain in Algeria, about 20 kilometers due south of Algiers. Located on the N29, the main road between Blida and Larbaâ, it is the capital of Bougara District, in Blida Province. In 1998 it had a population of 34 ...
# Bouïnian #
El Affroun El Affroun العفرون البليدة is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital ...
# Larbaâ # Meftah #
Mouzaïa Mouzaïa is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinate ...
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Oued El Alleug Ouled El Alleug is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Blida Province, Algeria. It is at 36.55528°N 2.79028°E. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 33,915. The population density is 383 persons per kilometer. The height of ...
# Ouled Yaïch The municipalities are: #
Aïn Romana Aïn Romana is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordina ...
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Ben Khéllil Ben Khéllil is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordin ...
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Blida Blida ( ar, البليدة; Berber languages, Tamazight: Leblida) is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name ''Blida'', i.e. ''bulaydah'' ...
# Bouarfa #
Boufarik Boufarik is a town in Blida Province, Algeria, approximately 30 km from Algiers. In 2008, its population was 57,162.popul ...
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Bougara Bougara is a town in the Mitidja plain in Algeria, about 20 kilometers due south of Algiers. Located on the N29, the main road between Blida and Larbaâ, it is the capital of Bougara District, in Blida Province. In 1998 it had a population of 34 ...
# Bouïnian #
Béni Mered Béni Mered or Beni Marad is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algie ...
# Béni Tamou #
Chiffa Chiffa is a town and gorge in the Tell Atlas Mountains of northern Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Alg ...
# Chréa # Chébli # Djebabra (Djebara) #
El Affroun El Affroun العفرون البليدة is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital ...
# Guerrouaou # Hammam Melouane # Larbaâ # Meftah #
Mouzaïa Mouzaïa is a town and commune in Blida Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinate ...
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Oued Djer Oued Djer is a Village and commune in Blida Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordin ...
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Oued El Alleug Ouled El Alleug is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Blida Province, Algeria. It is at 36.55528°N 2.79028°E. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 33,915. The population density is 383 persons per kilometer. The height of ...
# Ouled Selama # Ouled Yaïch #
Souhane Souhane is a small mountain town between Larbaa and Tablat in the ''wilaya'' of Blida, Algeria, along the RN 8 highway about 25 km south of Algiers. Following the Souhane massacre The largest of the Souhane massacres took place in the ...
# Soumaâ


Villages

The villages of ''Blida Province'' are: *
Souakria Souakria is a village in the Blida Province in Mitidja, Algeria. Location The village is surrounded by El Harrach River and also the town of Blida. Notable people * Yahia Boushaki (Shahid) Yahia Boushaki (1935 – 28 December 1960), commo ...


Natural features

This province has one of the few
habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...
areas in Algeria that supports a sub-population of the
Barbary macaque The Barbary macaque (''Macaca sylvanus''), also known as Barbary ape, is a macaque species native to the Atlas Mountains of Algeria, Libya, Tunisia and Morocco, along with a small introduced population in Gibraltar. It is the type species of the ...
, ''Macaca sylvanus''.C. Michael Hogan, (2008
Macaque: Macaca sylvanus'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg


Notable people

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Mhamed Yazid Mhamed Yazid (born in Blida, 1923–2003) was an Algerian independence activist and politician. He joined the nationalist Parti du Peuple Algérien (PPA) in 1942, and later, after moving to Paris, France for university studies, joined its success ...
(1923-2003), politician *
Mahfoud Nahnah Mahfoud Nahnah ( ar, محفوظ نحناح; 27 January 1942 – 19 June 2003) was an Algerian politician who served as the leader of the Islamist political party Movement of Society for Peace (commonly referred to as ''Hamas'') in Algeria. N ...
(1942-2003), leader and politician * (1893-1976), theologian * (1941-1993), politician and martyr *
Yahia Boushaki (Shahid) Yahia Boushaki (1935 – 28 December 1960), commonly known as Si Omar or simply as Boushaki, was a prominent revolutionary leader during the Algerian war of independence as a member of the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN; National Liberati ...
(1935-1960), leader and martyr


References


External links


Official website
Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974 {{Blida-geo-stub