Mitidja, (Arabic: متيجة, Berber: Mettijet ⵎⴻⵜⵙⵉⵛⵝ) is a plain stretching along the outskirts of Algiers in northern Algeria. It is about 100 km (62 mi)...
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French conquest of Algeria (section Mitidja)
against the Algerian resistance in the Mitidja plains. On 24 February, the French met Algerian resistance on the Mitidja plains, and pushed towards the city...
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Pierre Château-Jobert [fr] Robert Martel aka the chouan de la Mitidja ("chouan of the Mitidja") Captain Pierre Sergent Chief of Staff Lieutenant Daniel Godot...
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experienced a large measure of independence under Thaaliba amirs who settled the Mitidja plain at around 1200 AD. The Kingdom of Tlemcen was the target of the Spanish...
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Ahmed bin Salem (section Mitidja Campaign)
started a campaign against France, and the tribes loyal to France in the Mitidja plains. The campaign was initially extremely successful, and caused several...
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Charles-Marie Denys de Damrémont (section Mitidja)
rebels affiliated with Emir Mustapha (1814–1863) in the Algerian Sahel and Mitidja. Indeed, the Emir Mustapha organized from his stronghold of Médéa in the...
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Eastern Kabylie[fr] (Kabylie of Collo, Kabylie of the Kutama) The M'zab Mitidja Annaba region The Saoura Titteri The Tell[fr] Tidikelt[fr] Trara Mountains...
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triggering a land rush. Clauzel recognized the farming potential of the Mitidja Plain and envisioned the large-scale production there of cotton. As governor-general...
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in the countryside of the Mitidja region and took upon themselves the task of confronting the French occupation. The Mitidja is a large plain surrounding...
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Following the Fall of Algiers, the French started encroaching on the Mitidja region surrounding the city. Initially defeating the forces of Mostéfa...
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des voix, Le Monde, 29 September 2005 (in French) En Algérie, dans la Mitidja, ni pardon ni oubli Archived 29 June 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Le Monde...
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chosen as its site because of its location at the heart of the fertile Mitidja plain, following a narrative according to which the region prosperous agriculture...
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Zeralda Forest is a forest located in Zeralda, in the Mitidja region of Algiers Province. It is managed by the Forest Conservation Authority of Algiers...
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Kabyle resistance of Abdelkader against France. Following the retreat from Mitidja, Ahmed bin Salem made the strategic decision to fortify the mountains of...
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the Mitidja plain in the medieval period, and came to rule Algiers and the towns around it from 1204 to 1516. The Thaaliba first reached the Mitidja plain...
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Bahia Rachedi (Arabic: بهية راشدي; born 25 September 1948 in Mitidja, Algeria) is an Algerian actress. She has appeared in many plays, films and television...
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Uarsenis, Madiyya (Médéa) and Mitidja c. 1190-1126 and died in 1126 at the hands of Yahya Ibn Ghaniya, who occupied Mitidja. Mandil II had several sons...
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invented stories. Zaphira is said to be from illustrious Arab families in Mitidja. In 1510, she was the wife of Selim al-Toumi and the mother of their twelve-year-old...
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Abd al-Qadir attacked the French as they were colonizing the Plains of Mitidja and routed the invaders. In response the French officially declared war...
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Souakria (category Mitidja)
Souakria is a village in the Blida Province in Mitidja, Algeria. The village is surrounded by El Harrach River and also the town of Blida. Yahia Boushaki...
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sea, at the base of the Tell Atlas, on the southern edge of the fertile Mitidja Plain, and the right bank of the Oued el kebir outflow from the Chiffa...
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towards Tunis with a caravan on his Hajj journey and traveled to Béjaïa from Mitidja, a plain near Algiers. The Djurdjura National Park is a protected area...
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with stopping the march of the Algerian masses who were threatening the Mitidja. The unit consisted of 2,300 infantrymen made up of Zouaves, Algerian riflemen...
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Algiers Province. Its inhabitants are called Rouibéens. Capital of Oriental Mitidja, of agricultural vocation, Rouïba became an industrial city after the Second...
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of Algeria, initially at the Mouzaia Pass action (March 1836), then at Mitidja (September 1836) and the siege of Constantine (1837). From 1843-44 either...
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Sheikh Mohamed ben Zamoum organized with the marabouts of Kabylia and Mitidja a meeting of the heads of the zawiyas in the Bordj Tamentfoust on 26 July...
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Djurdjura against the colonial power of Algiers and in all the plain of Mitidja. Marshal Bugeaud then asked for a reinforcement of some companies of light...
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are the gentle hills extending 100 kilometers westward from Algiers; the Mitidja Plain, which was a malarial swamp before being cleared by the French; and...
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along the coastal areas initially and later into the eastern mountains of Mitidja, reaching as far as Constantine, it continued its progression into the...
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elevation of 410 m (1,345 ft), overlooking the western Gulf of Algiers and the Mitidja Plain, and facing the Khachna Mountains to the east and the Titteri Mountains...
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