Bou Saâda District is a
district
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 ...
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M'Sila Province
ber, ⵎⵙⵉⵍⴰ ') is a province (''wilaya'') of northern Algeria. It has a population of 1 million people and an area of 18,718 km², while its capital, also called M'sila, home to M'Sila University, has a population of about 100,000 ...
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Algeria
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Municipalities
The district is further divided into 3
municipalities
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Bou Saâda
Bou Saada ( ar, بو سعادة, ''bu s‘adah'', meaning "place of happiness") is a town and municipality in M'Sila Province, Algeria, situated 245 km south of Algiers. As Arena it was the site of a city and bishopric in Roman Africa, now a C ...
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El Hamel
El Hamel is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in M'Sila Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 10,195.
El Hamel was built in the 11th century on two hills at the foot of Mount Omrane; Surrounded by mountains o ...
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Oultene
Zawiya
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Zawiyet El Hamel
A ''zawiya'' or ''zaouia'' ( ar, زاوية, lit=corner, translit=zāwiyah; ; also spelled ''zawiyah'' or ''zawiyya'') is a building and institution associated with Sufism, Sufis in the Islamic world. It can serve a variety of functions such a p ...
The creation of the Zaouïa complex dates back to the 19th century, founded by born in 1823 in the vicinity of
Hassi Bahbah in the
Djelfa Province
Djelfa ( ar, ولاية الجلفة) is a province (''wilaya'') of Algeria. Its capital is Djelfa.
It was first established by the administrative reorganization of 1974, and is home to over 1.2 million inhabitants. Localities in this province i ...
. After he died in 1897, his daughter
Lalla Zaynab
Lalla Zaynab (c. 1862 – 19 December 1904), was an Algerian Sufi Muslim spiritual leader. Regarded as a living saint by her followers, she fought a bitter battle over the succession of her father's barakah and Zawiya with her cousin Sa'id ibn ...
succeeded him until 1904.
The
zaouïa consists of a mosque, a Koranic school, and the mausoleum where the founder and his successors rest.
District of M'Sila Province
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