Blida ( ar, ولاية البليدة) is a

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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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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. Its capital is

Blida Blida ( ar, البليدة; Tamazight: Leblida) 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 ...

. The Chréa National Park is situated here.

History

The province was created from parts of

Alger (department) The Department of Algiers (french: département d'Alger, , ar, إقليم الجزائر) is a former French department in Algeria. The department of Alger existed between 1848 and 1974. The origin of the administrative divisions Considered as ...

and El Asnam department in 1974. In 1984 Tipaza Province was carved out of its territory.

Administrative divisions

It is made up of 10 districts and 25

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: #

Boufarik Boufarik is a town in Blida Province, Algeria, approximately 30 km from Algiers. In 2008, its population was 57,162.popul ...

# Bougara # Bouïnian # El Affroun # Larbaâ # Meftah # Mouzaïa #

Oued El Alleug Ouled El Alleug is a town and Communes of Algeria, commune in Blida Province, Algeria. It is at 36.55528°N 2.79028°E. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 33,915. The population density is 383 persons per kilometer. The height of ...

# Ouled Yaïch The municipalities are: # Aïn Romana # Ben Khéllil #

# Bouarfa #

Boufarik Boufarik is a town in Blida Province, Algeria, approximately 30 km from Algiers. In 2008, its population was 57,162.popul ...

# Bougara # Bouïnian # Béni Mered # Béni Tamou # Chiffa # Chréa # Chébli # Djebabra (Djebara) # El Affroun # Guerrouaou # Hammam Melouane # Larbaâ # Meftah # Mouzaïa # Oued Djer #

# Ouled Selama # Ouled Yaïch # Souhane # Soumaâ

Villages

The villages of ''Blida Province'' are: *

Souakria Souakria is a village in the Blida Province in Mitidja, Algeria. Location The village is surrounded by El Harrach River and also the town of Blida. Notable people * Yahia Boushaki (Shahid) Yahia Boushaki (1935 – 28 December 1960), commo ...

Natural features

This province has one of the few

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

areas in Algeria that supports a sub-population of the Barbary macaque, ''Macaca sylvanus''.C. Michael Hogan, (2008
Macaque: Macaca sylvanus'', Globaltwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg

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 successo ...

(1923-2003), politician * Mahfoud Nahnah (1942-2003), leader and politician * (1893-1976), theologian * (1941-1993), politician and martyr *

Yahia Boushaki (Shahid) Yahia Boushaki (1935 – 28 December 1960), commonly known as Si Omar or simply as Boushaki, was a prominent revolutionary leader during the Algerian war of independence as a member of the Front de Libération Nationale (FLN; National Liberati ...

(1935-1960), leader and martyr

References

External links

Official website
Provinces of Algeria States and territories established in 1974 {{Blida-geo-stub