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Blida

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Bli·da  (bld)
A town of northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains southwest of Algiers. It was built on the site of a Roman military base. Population: 161,000.
Blida [ˈbliːdə]
n
(Placename) a city in N Algeria, on the edge of the Mitidja Plain. Pop. (urban area): 226 512 (1998)
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Noun1.Blida - a city in northern Algeria at the foot of the Atlas Mountains to the southwest of Algiers
Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria - a republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim; colonized by France in the 19th century but gained autonomy in the early 1960s


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55) Algerian officials responded by commissioning studies, but the outbreak of war in 1914 delayed construction and Blida only opened two pavilions in 1933, when metropolitan institutions categoric ally refused admission to North African patients.
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In Blida, Islamists snatched schoolbags in an attempt at intimidation, and a number of schoolgirls were killed for not wearing the hijab.
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