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Saïda was a stronghold of Abd al-Qadir, the Algerian national leader, who burned the town as French forces approached it in 1844. [1] Modern Saïda was founded as a French military outpost in 1854 and once housed a regiment of the French Foreign Legion.
Category. : Saida (Algeria) From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Saida. municipality of Algeria. image. Θέση της Σαϊντά στην ομώνυμη επαρχία. locator map image.
Saïda, city, northwestern Algeria, on the southern slopes of the Tell Atlas Mountains and the northern fringe of the High Plateau (Hauts Plateaux). The city’s site has been of military importance since the construction there of a Roman fort. Saïda was a stronghold of Abdelkader, the Algerian.
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Saïda (Arabic: ولاية سعيدة) is a province (wilaya) of Algeria, named after its capital. History. The province was created from parts of Oran department, Saïda province and Saoura province in 1974. In 1984 El Bayadh Province and Naama Province were carved out of its territory. Administrative divisions.
Saïda is a commune and the capital city of Saïda Province, Algeria. Saida has about 128,000 residents and an elevation of 840 metres. Photo: habib kaki, CC BY 3.0.
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Politics of Algeria. Algeria, since December 18, 2019, is divided into 58 wilayas (provinces). Prior to December 18, 2019, there were 48 provinces. The 58 provinces are divided into 1,541 baladiyahs (municipalities). The name of a province is always that of its capital city. According to the Algerian constitution, a wilaya is a territorial ...