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Lakhdaria Ait Ulmu ⵍⴰⵅⴷⴰⵔⵉⴰ الأخضرية
Commune and town

Lakhdaria
Coordinates: 36°33′44″N 3°35′40″E / 36.56222°N 3.59444°E / 36.56222; 3.59444
Country	Algeria
Province	Bouïra Province
Population (2008)
• Total	42,886
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)

Lakhdaria (Arabic: الأخضرية), is a town in northern Algeria, in the Bouïra Province. It is located 50 miles (75 km) south east of Algiers. It is surrounded by the Kabylie mountains, and by a 3 miles long river named oued Isser, passing by rocky mountains called the grottoes of Lakhdaira.

History

The town was named Palestro when it was founded in 1860, it was named in honour of the Franco-Piedmontese victory over Austria at Palestro in 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence. It was renamed Lakhdaria after Algerian independence in honour of Mokrani Rabah Lakhdar, known as Si Lakhdar, a senior FLN leader during the Algerian War.^[1]

Population

The population is now around 59 009 people. Farming, construction and transportation are the main sources of employment of the local population. Some residents also commute to Algiers for work. The city is very busy, people like to do shopping and meeting in coffee shops and mosques.^{[citation needed]}

Agriculture

Agriculture prevails in the area, especially vegetables and olive trees on family farms, many located at the bottom of the mountains that surround the area.^{[citation needed]}

Industry

A telecommunication site is located in East of Lakhdaria that includes huge TV transmitters and receivers that is used by the Algerian television.^{[citation needed]}

References

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^ "Commémoration du 48e anniversaire du décès du commandant Si Lakhdar". Dépêche de Kabylie (in French). 7 March 2006. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2019.

v t e Bouïra Province
Capital: Bouïra
Districts	Aïn Bessem Bechloul Bir Ghbalou Bordj Okhriss Bouïra El Hachimia Haïzer Kadiria Lakhdaria M'Chedellah Souk El Khemis Sour El Ghozlane
Communes	Aïn Bessem Ahnif Aghbalou Aïn El Hadjar Ahl El Ksar Aïn Laloui Aïn Turk Aït Laziz Ath Mansour Taourirt Aomar Bouderbala Bechloul Bir Ghbalou Boukram Bordj Okhriss Bouira Chorfa Dechmia Dirrah Djebahia El Hakimia El Hachimia El Adjiba El Khabouzia El Mokrani El Asnam Guerrouma Haizer Hadjera Zerga Kadiria Lakhdaria M'Chedallah Mezdour Maala Maamora Oued El Berdi Ouled Rached Raouraoua Ridane Saharidj Sour El Ghouzlane Souk El Khemis Taguedit Taghzout Zbarbar

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