Médéa ( ar, ولاية المدية) is a

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Médéa Médéa ( ber, Lemdiyyet, ar, المدية ''al-Madiya''), population 123,535 (1998 census) is the capital city of Médéa Province, Algeria. It is located roughly 68 km south of Algiers. The present-day city is situated on the site of ...

Administrative divisions

The province is divided into 19

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daïra A daïra or daerah ( ''circle''; plural ''dawaïr'') is an administrative division in Algeria and Western Sahara in West Africa, as well as Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia in Southeast Asia. It is commonly translated in English as "district". West ...

s''), which are further divided into 64 ''communes'' or municipalities.

Districts

# Aïn Boucif #

Aziz Aziz ( ar, عزيز, , is an Arabic male name. The feminine form of both the adjective and the given name is Aziza. ''Aziz'' in Arabic is derived from the root ''ʕ-z-z'' with a meaning of "strong, powerful" and the adjective has acquired its m ...

# Béni Slimane #

Berrouaghia Berrouaghia is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 58,780. Notable people * Benyoucef Benkhedda - Algerian politician History Berrouaghia was during the Roman Empire called Tanara ...

# Chahbounia # Chellalat El Adhaoura # El Azizia #

El Omaria El Omaria is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordina ...

# Guelb El Kébir #

Ksar El Boukhari Ksar or qsar (Maghrebi Arabic: قصر ''qṣer'' or ڭصر ''gser'', plural ''qṣur''; Berber: ⵉⴴⵔⵎ ''aghrem'' or ''ighrem'', plural: ''igherman''), plural ksars, qsars, ksour or qsour, is the North African term for "fortified vil ...

# Ouamri # Ouled Antar # Ouzera # Seghouane # Si Mahdjoub # Sidi Naâmane # Souaghi #

Tablat Tablat is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates ...

Communes

# Aïn Boucif # Aïn Ou Ksir # Aissaouia #

# Baata # Benchicao #

Beni Slimane Beni Slimane is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coord ...

# Bir Ben Laabed #

Boghar Boghar is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria. History During the Roman Empire the town was the site of a Roman town called Voncaria. At the 411 Carthage conference, between Catholic and Donatist bishops, the town was represented b ...

# Bou Aiche # Bouaichoune # Bouchrahil # Boughezoui # Bouskene # Chahbounia # Chellalat El Adhaoura # Cheniguel # Damiat # Derrag # Deux Bassins # Djouab #

Draa Essamar Draa Essamar is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coord ...

# El Azizia # El Guelbelkebir # El Hamdania #

El Omaria El Omaria is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordina ...

# El Ouinet # Hannacha #

Kef Lakhdar Kef Lakhdar is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordi ...

# Khams Djouamaa # Ksar Boukhari # Meghraoua #

# Medjebar # Meftaha # Mezerana # Mihoub # Ouamri # Oued Harbil # Ouled # Ouled Antar # Ouled Brahim # Ouled Deide # Ouled Hellal # Ouled Maaref # Oum El Djalil # Ouzera # Rebaia #

Saneg Saneg is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it had a population of 3,120. The Roman town of Uzinaza Uzinaza is an ancient Roman- Berber city located in present-day Algeria. It is located in the modern c ...

# Sedraia # Seghouane # Sidi Mahdjoub # Sidi Damed # Sidi Errabia # Sidi Naamane # Sidi Zahar # Sidi Ziane # Souagui #

Tablat Tablat is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates ...

Tafraout Tafraout, also Tafraoute ( ar, تافراوت, Shilha ber, ⵜⴰⴼⵔⴰⵡⵜ) is a town in Tiznit Province, Souss-Massa region, Morocco, in the central part of the Anti-Atlas mountains. It had a population of 4,931 at the 2004 census. Nam ...

Tamesguida Tamesguida is a town and commune in Médéa Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 4964. Geography Tamesguida is situated at the bottom of Djebel Mouzaïa (altitude of 1,604m), 10 km north-west of Médéa Provi ...

# Tizi Mahdi # Tlatet Eddouair #

Zoubiria Zoubiria is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Médéa Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 15,009. References

Communes of Médéa Province {{MédéaDZ-geo-stub ...

Notable people

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

Provinces of Algeria 1962 establishments in Algeria States and territories established in 1962 {{MédéaDZ-geo-stub