Médéa District
Médéa District is a district of Médéa Province, Algeria. In 2008 the population was 152,607. The district is further divided into 3 municipalities: *Médéa *Draa Essamar *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 ... Notable people * Mohamed Belhocine (born 1951), Algerian medical scientist, professor of internal medicine and epidemiology. Districts of Médéa Province {{MédéaDZ-geo-stub ...
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Districts Of Algeria
{{Politics of Algeria The provinces of Algeria are divided into 547 districts (''daïras'' / " دائرة "). The capital of a district is called a ''district seat'' (''chef-lieu de daïra''). Each District is further divided into one or more municipalities (''baladiyahs''). Algiers, the national capital, is the only city in the country which is divided into districts (and municipalities), and the only one which is a province itself. This means that its neighborhoods and suburbs have the same status as those of smaller cities or villages elsewhere in the country. The administration of a district is assigned to a district chief (''chef de daïra'') who is chosen by the Algerian president. The district chief, like the wilaya chief, is an unelected political position. Algeria's districts were created as ''arrondissements'' when Algeria was a colony of France and they had a status equal to those of mainland France. They were, like France's arrondissements, part of ''départements'', ...
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