Algeria / 09 Blida
Blida
Population
1,002,937
RGPH 2008
Wilaya number
09
Area
≈ 1,480 km²
678 people per km²
Municipalities
25
Phone code
+213 25
025 from inside Algeria
Time zone
UTC+1
no summer time
About Blida
The wilaya of Blida lies in north-central Algeria, on the Mitidja plain south-west of Algiers. Its capital is the town of Blida, whose name comes from the Arabic for "the little town". Andalusian refugees founded the present town in the 16th century. It is wilaya number 09. It has 25 communes in 10 dairas. The wilaya had 1,002,937 inhabitants at the 2008 census (ONS).
Municipalities of BlidaMunicipalities
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