Aïn Defla ( ar, ولاية عين الدفلى, is a

wilaya A wilayah ( ar, وَلاية, wālāya or ''wilāya'', plural ; Urdu and fa, ولایت, ''velâyat''; tr, vilayet) is an administrative division, usually translated as "state", "province" or occasionally as "governorate". The word comes fr ...

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province A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

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Algeria ) , image_map = Algeria (centered orthographic projection).svg , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Algiers , coordinates = , largest_city = capital , relig ...

. It is located to the southwest of Algiers, the capital. Localities in Ain Delfa include

Khemis Miliana Khemis Miliana ( ar, خميس مليانة, links=no) is a town in northern Algeria of around 500000 inhabitants. It is a university town located 120 kilometers west of Algiers. It was known as Malliana in Roman times, then Affreville during th ...

Miliana Miliana ( ar, مليانة) is a commune in Aïn Defla Province in northwestern Algeria. It is the administrative center of the daïra, or district, of the same name. It is approximately southwest of the Algerian capital, Algiers.r/sup>, which ...

, Hammam Righa, Oued Zebboudj and Aïn Torki.

History

The province was created from

Chlef Province Chlef ( ar, ولاية الشلف) is a province ('' wilaya'') in Algeria formerly known as El Asnam, and has about 1 million inhabitants. Its capital is Chlef. Another locality is Ténès, on the Mediterranean Sea. History The province was ori ...

in 1984.

Administrative divisions

It is made up of 14 districts and 36

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...

. The districts are: #

Aïn Defla Aïn Defla ( ar, عين الدفلى, lit. ''oleander spring'') is the capital city of Aïn Defla Province, Algeria. It is also a commune. History In Roman times the city was called Oppidum Novum. The vestiges of the Oppidum Novum are still visi ...

# Aïn Lechiakh # Bathia # Bordj El Amir Khaled # Boumedfaâ # Djendel # Djelida # El Abadia # El Amra # El Attaf # Hammam Righa # Khemis #

# Rouina The municipalities are: # Aïn Bénian # Aïn Bouyahia #

# Aïn Lechiakh # Aïn Soltane # Aïn Torki #

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# Barbouche # Bathia # Bellas # Ben Allal # Bir Ould Khelifa # Bordj Emir Khaled Chikh # Bouchared # Boumedfaa # Djelida # Djemaa Ouled # Djendel # El Abadia # El Amra # El Attaf # El Hassania # El Maine # Hammam Righa # Hoceinia #

# Mekhatria #

# Oued Chorfa # Oued Djemaa # Rouina # Sidi Lakhdar # Tacheta Zougagha # Tarik Ibn Ziad # Tiberkanine # Zeddine

Notable people

* Mohamed Charef (1908-2011), theologian and mufti. * Mohamed Belhocine (born 1951), Algerian medical scientist, professor of internal medicine and epidemiology.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ain Defla Province Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1984