Chorfa is a village in the
Boumerdès Province in
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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Algeria
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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 ...
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Isser River and
Boumerdès River
Boumerdès ( ar, بومرداس; Kabyle: Bumerdas; formerly ''Rocher Noir'') is the capital city of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. It is located on the Mediterranean Sea. It had a population of 28,500 in 1998 and 15,000 in 1987.
Boumerdès is a s ...
and the towns of
Beni Amrane
Beni Amrane is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 21,452.
Villages
The villages of the commune of ''Beni Amrane'' are:
History
French conquest
* Expedition of the Col des B ...
and
Thénia
Thénia (), sometimes written as ''Thenia'', with around 40,000 inhabitants, is the chief town in the daïra of the same name, in the wilaya of Boumerdès, in northern Algeria. Historically, the name is a contraction of ''Theniet Beni Aicha'' (ث٠...
in the ''Khachna'' mountain range.
Notable people
References
Villages in Algeria
Populated places in Boumerdès Province
Kabylie
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