Mitidja, (
Arabic: ,
Berber
Berber or Berbers may refer to:
Ethnic group
* Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa
* Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages
Places
* Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile
People with the surname
* Ady Berber (1913–196 ...
: Mettijet ⵎⴻⵜⵙⵉⵛⵝ) is a plain stretching along the outskirts 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 ...
in northern
Algeria. It is about long, with a width of . Traditionally devoted largely to agriculture and serving as the
breadbasket of Algiers, the area has in recent decades become increasingly urbanized with the expansion of Algiers.
Geography
The Mitidja plain is bounded on the east by the
Boudouaou River, on the west by the
Nador River
Nador ( Riffian-Berber: ⵏⴰⴷⵓⵔ) is a coastal city and provincial capital in the northeastern Rif region of Morocco with a population of about 161,726 (2014 census).
Nador city is separated from the Mediterranean Sea by a salt lagoon nam ...
, on the north by the hills of the
Algiers Sahel
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 ...
, and on the south by the range.
[.] It stretches about from east to west, with a width varying from
[.] At an average altitude of , it slopes very slightly towards the sea.
Its fertile soils enjoy a temperate Mediterranean climate with adequate rainfall,
and are devoted largely to the cultivation of citrus fruits in east and grapes in the west.
From west to east, the plain traverses the wilayas (provinces) of
Tipaza,
Blida,
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 ...
,
Boumerdès, and the north-eastern corner of
Médéa. Four important urban centers are located along its edges:
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 ...
to the north,
Blida to the south,
Boumerdès to the east and
Tipaza to the west, while
Boufarik occupies the centre of the plain itself.
[.]
References
''This article uses material translated from the French Wikipedia article.''
Bibliography
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Landforms of Algeria
Plains of Africa