Blida

Blida is a town in Algeria. It is the capital of Blida Province, and it's far positioned approximately 45 km south-west of Algiers, the national capital. The name Blida, i.E. Bulaydah, diminutive of the Arabic phrase belda, city. The present metropolis, French in character, has properly-constructed current streets with many arcades, and numbers amongst its homes numerous mosques and church buildings, enormous barracks and a large army health center.

The main square, the place d'Armes, is surrounded with the aid of arcaded homes and shaded with the aid of bushes. The middle of a fertile district, and a submit on one of the primary routes in the united states of america, Blida has a flourishing change, mainly in oranges and flour. The orange groves comprise over 50,000 trees, and in April the air for miles round is laden with the fragrance of the orange blossoms. In the general public gardens is a collection of magnificent olive timber. The merchandise of the neighboring cork bushes and cedar groves are a supply of revenue to the town. Sidi-Ahmed El-Kebir, Blida's founder, is buried in Sidi El-Kebir. He based Blida in the sixteenth century.