Baghlia
بغلية
Commune and town
Baghlia is located in Algeria
Baghlia
Baghlia
Coordinates: 36°49′N 3°51′E / 36.817°N 3.850°E / 36.817; 3.850
Country Algeria
ProvinceBoumerdès Province
Population
 (1998)
  Total15,854
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)

Baghlia (Arabic بغلية) is a town and commune in the Baghlia District of Boumerdès Province, Algeria. According to the 1998 census it has a population of 15,854.[1]

During the colonial period, it was given the name of Rébeval, after Napoleonic general Joseph Boyer de Rébeval.[2]

History

French conquest

Algerian Revolution

Salafist terrorism

Notable people

References


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