Mahelma

Mahelma is a commune about 25 km west of the city of Algiers, and part of the Sidi Abdellah new town lies within it. Other spellings of the name are Maalma and Maelma, and in Arabic it is written المعالمة. It belongs to the Zéralda circonscription administrative, one of the 13 groups of communes created by decree 26-112 of 8 March 2026. It had 20,758 inhabitants at the 2008 census (ONS).