Blida is a

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Blida Blida () is a city in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it is located about 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name ''Blida'', i.e. ''bulaydah'', is a diminutive of the Arabic word ''belda'', city. Ge ...

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Algeria Algeria, officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered to Algeria–Tunisia border, the northeast by Tunisia; to Algeria–Libya border, the east by Libya; to Alger ...

. It was named after its capital,

, which is also the capital of the province. It is the most populous district in the province.

Municipalities

The district is further divided into 2

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and Bouarfa.

Notable people

Mhamed Yazid Mhamed Yazid (born in Blida, 1923–2003) was an Algerian independence activist and politician. He joined the nationalist Parti du Peuple Algérien (PPA) in 1942, and later, after moving to Paris, France for university studies, joined its succes ...

(1923-2003), politician * Mahfoud Nahnah (1942-2003), politician * (1893-1976), theologian * (1941-1993), politician Districts of Blida Province {{Blida-geo-stub