Meftah is a town and
commune in
Blida Province
Blida () is a province (''wilaya'') in Algeria. Its capital is Blida. The Chréa National Park is situated here.
History
The province was created from parts of Alger (department) and El Asnam department in 1974.
In 1984 Tipaza Province was c ...
,
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 ...
. According to the 2008 census it has a population of 40,878.
Statoids
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Notable people
* Djamel Bouaïcha
Djamel Bouaïcha (born June 19, 1982) is an Algerian football player who plays for RC Arbaâ in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1.
Club career
In the summer of 2011, Bouaïcha left USM Annaba for MC El Eulma. On September 10, 2011, he made h ...
- professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
* Noureddine Drioueche
Noureddine Drioueche (born October 27, 1973, in Meftah, Blida Province) is an Algerian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for MC Saïda in the Algerian league.
Honours
* Won the CAF Cup three times with JS Kabylie in 2000, 2001 and 2 ...
- professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
* Abdelmalek Droukdel
Abdelmalek Droukdel (; 20 April 1970 – 3 June 2020), also known by his alias as Abu Musab Abdel Wadoud (), was the emir, or leader, of the Algerian Islamic militant group Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), formerly the Salafist Group f ...
- Islamic militant
* 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 ...
- militant and shahid
* Zoubir Zmit
Zoubir Zmit (; born June 11, 1975) is an Algerian Association football, football player. He currently plays for MO Constantine in the Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 2.
Club career
On August 14, 2010, Zmit joined CS Constantine, signing a contract ...
- professional footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
References
Communes of Blida Province
Cities in Algeria
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