Thénia is a

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Boumerdès 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 ...

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. It was named after its capital, Thénia which, under French rule, was called Ménerville.

Municipalities

The district is further divided into 4

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: * Thénia * Souk El-Had *

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 ...

Ammal Ammal is a town and commune in Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 8,567. Villages The villages of the commune of ''Ammal'' are: History French conquest * Expedition of the Col des Beni Aïcha ( ...

Villages

The villages of ''Thénia District'' are:

Zawiya

* Zawiyet Sidi Boushaki

History

French conquest

* Battle of Thénia (1837), a battle during the French conquest of Algeria. * First Battle of the Issers (1837), a battle during the French conquest of Algeria. * Battle of Thénia (1846), a battle during the French conquest of Algeria. * Battle of Thénia (1871), a battle during the Mokrani Revolt of Algeria.

Algerian Revolution

* Ferme Gauthier

Salafist terrorism

* 2007 Souk El Had bombing (13 February 2007) * 2008 Thénia bombing (29 January 2008) *

2008 Beni Amrane bombings The 2008 Beni Amrane bombings were two bombings on June 9, 2008 that killed 13 people in the town of Beni Amrane in the Boumerdès Province, from Algiers, the capital of Algeria. The first bomb killed a French citizen and his Algerian driver ...

(9 June 2008) * 2010 Ammal bombing (11 June 2010) * 2012 Thénia bombing (11 January 2012)

Rivers

This district is crossed by several rivers: * * * * * *

Isser River The Oued Isser is a river of Algeria. It begins in Médéa Province, is the main river, with Oued Sébaou of the Medea, which runs through the Lower Kabylie of Djurdjura (or the current province of Boumerdès) Wilaya of Bouira, then flows into ...

* * * Meraldene River * *

Dams

Barrage de Thénia, Bourdine, Mraldène, Gueddara, Mehrène, Aïth Aïcha, Basse Kabylie, Boumerdès

This district has two dams: *

Meraldene Dam The Meraldene Dam, or Barrage Meraldene, is an embankment dam on the Meraldene River, located at southwest of Thénia in Boumerdès Province within Kabylia in Algeria. Construction The design of this project was entrusted to the engineer-arc ...